I almost didn’t do this video.
I honestly thought it would be too wacky and out of the box for some readers to handle.
My change of heart occurred when one of my children said, “Mom, you HAVE to do that video”.
Out of the mouths of babes.
So here I am posting a video about the best trick I know for teaching your kids about the dangers of fast food and hopefully keeping them far far away from it forever – even once they are out of the house and making their own decisions.
While this trick won’t work for older children, if your kids are still quite young, it should work well.  My three kids want absolutely nothing to do with fast food and that includes my teenager who has more freedom away from his parents and has the opportunity to indulge if he chose to.
So here it is.   What do you think? Too wacky or totally on target?
Mom Versus Fast Food (Mom Wins)
Sarah, The Healthy Home Economist
It’s important to note that this is a lesson with a point to be made. It’s a direct response to the nonstop pommeling our kids get to come get the toy. I totally see the value in buying a happy meal in order to make a point. If I can make a $4 point that makes my kiddo a better eater then great. After that hurdle we can address not buying plastic, wasting our time etc, recycling. One hurdle at a time. Kids don’t usually respond to the ‘dump truck’ method of teaching until order. Mine are late teens and still don’t like the dump truck. Just one nugget of wisdom at a time is fine.
I think they are YOUR children and whether you taught them to love or to hate FF is YOUR choice! Obviously hating it is much better for their health and anyone who judges you is just jealous they can’t over come their love for it! Which I admit I lived the first 30.5 years of my life LOVING it :0/ But I am trying to break the habit which hopefully, obviously will break the habit for my children also.
I think it was a great way to teach them! as for being wasteful..that is ridiculous because you did it for a purpose and you are anything but wasteful. You teach your children daily how to make things from scratch and tons of other healthy ways to live. People that continue to take their families to fast food places teach their children about waste of money, gas, etc.
Excellent!
Awesome!
LOVE it…start educating them young. I’d skip the plastic junk toys too filled with chemicals and made on slave labor
I hate to be negative but that may have taught your kids that fast food belongs in the trash, but I think it teaches them to be wasteful too. Waste of money, gas, paper, more poison to go in our landfills. I think I will keep our current approach to teach our kid to make good decision for himself another way by giving him a pallet for good food.
That was simple enough!
love it and sharing!
I think that was awesome! And I thank you for sharing the idea. The power of the marketing and the general acceptance and participation with McDonalds and the fast food industry in general is no small force to be reckoned with by those who are trying to take a different path.
My kids are not small. But I showed your video to my daughters and we discussed the journey I have been on and the mistakes and the problems from outside of myself… And most importantly how they can be armed with better knowledge and better tools before they get to that stage of life and want their own children to be as healthy as it is possible for them to be. A thousand thank-yous.