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
My almost 5 year has never had McDonald’s or any fast food (she has lots of food allergies) not that we would go anyway. Every time we pass a McDonald’s she tells out “yucky-bad” which is what she calls it. She knows its all chemical and says they try to “trick you with their commercials to give prizes but its all a trick!!” She is always surprised to see people there and days “they don’t know it’s not real food!!”
A little naive I think. They will eventually try the stuff however if they are being fed a good whole foods diet, there will be nothing to fear.
A little naive I think. They will eventually try the stuff however if they are being fed a good whole foods diet, there will be nothing to fear.
definitely not over the top, actaully, in my opinion, its wrong if you dont teach children the difference between food and chemical look a like frankenfood. its our duty as mothers to educate our children how to live and be healthy, therefore its imperitive that we pass on our knowledge. my son is three and i am teaching him this as well, also how to garden. I believe that most of all of children shoudl be the ones educated about food.
Love it
My only thing is… Why take them at all. Those toys are just as toxic as the food!!! My daughter has never had a happy meal and I sure as hell wouldn’t go just for the toy. Why even give them your money and support them??? It makes no sense to me what you just did. I tell my daughter it’s junk and its left at that. The only way a kid knows you get a toy from those places is if you take them there and they learn this. Just my opinion 🙂
Good job!!!
I think its a great idea – when they’re young and impressionable. You can teach them lots of life values then. I made the mistake of giving in for a “treat” occasionally, then it became a convenience even more frequently. You have to keep it up. I rarely ate it myself. They learn more from what you do than what you say. I also think its a good idea to make home made healthy burgers and tacos for a treat. For me – it backfired. My son now in his 30’s says I deprived him – and loves junk food 🙁 He is getting better though, as he can see its affecting his health.
I think its a great idea – when they’re young and impressionable. You can teach them lots of life values then. I made the mistake of giving in for a “treat” occasionally, then it became a convenience even more frequently. You have to keep it up. I rarely ate it myself. They learn more from what you do than what you say. I also think its a good idea to make home made healthy burgers and tacos for a treat. For me – it backfired. My son now in his 30’s says I deprived him – and loves junk food 🙁 He is getting better though, as he can see its affecting his health.
As a kid, I did not care what my mom thought about food. In my opinion, at the time, her idea of healthy equated to ‘yucky’. I trusted her on everything else but that. I grew up in a time when ff was completely avoidable (born in ’60) but we had it once in a while. Food made at home from scratch was good if I liked what was in it, bad if I didn’t. It was as simple as that. You would have had to seriously gross me out to have that effect. Probably the pictures of Chicken McNuggets being made would have done it.