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
I usually use the “c” word when referring to fast food… and my 7-year-old has repeated it in front of people! oops.
I loved it! yes it’s over the top but that’s why it works. If I had a memory of my mom doing this as a child I would have never been so in love with Whoppers from “Booger Sling” – I reposted because it great! I had no idea where you were going with it but then when you explained it at the end it made complete sense:) thanks!
Why didn’t she take the food to a little lake somewhere…pack a healthy food for a picnic ..took the hamburger to the park fed the ducks etc, and leave some milk outside somewhere for a homeless animal? not throw it away and waste it..and the Child gets a toy and teaches to feed homeless animals or ducks , fish etc, in the lake..or maybe even a homeless person laying or sitting in the streets starving to death with no food for days? she could have found another use for the food if she didn’t want her Child to eat it the child would have learned abt, the animals and the homeless..starving …she is crazy!!!!!
not fit for consumption of the homeless or animals. sorry.
ridiculously over the top. seriously, the toys are not why i let my kids indulge in an occasional milkshake or nuggest from Chick fil a. Do my kids eat fast food every day or week? No, but are they mainstream kids who will grow up to make good choices? Yes. But not because I knock other brands or products but because I make sure my influence over them is positive. I actually feel sorry for your kids and you are a waaaay over extreme person. Get over it. There are millions of people who are diagnosed and die of cancer and other diseases who live the healthiest lives possible. No one, no matter what your diet routine, is exempt so I am sorry to disappoint you but simply not having fast food ever is going to keep your kids “healthy”.
It certainly is a good start to getting them to be healthier.
I used to think like you, Candy…..but serving KIDS fast food meals – might as well pour down their throats PURE POISON. People can live without fast food and not feel deprived – just has to be taught, like Sarah is demostrating in this video. Does her son feel deprived? He
doesn’t care!
I go into Baskin Robbins once every 10 years, max – and the last time cured me forever:
after an ice-cream sundae, I was clearing my throat for the rest of the afternoon – was a distinct scratchy feeling there. WHAT ON EARTH do they make that ice-cream with???
And find on the net the time-laspe photos of McDonald’s french fries – they never degrade.
They look as fresh months later as the day you bought them. If you’re ready to serve that to you kids……….well……..can’t make the case better than this.
Wish you, this video and WAPF was around back in 1980 when I had my first child. We had no fast food joints in our tiny valley until he was around 4-5 and I sure did succumb to Mickey D’s when they first went in!! I will pass this on to the new moms that I know. Thanks! Keep up the videos, they are great!
Does it work on adults?
Perfect vid – I’m sending it onto MANY folk out there!
I suggest to adults to watch the movie Food Inc. that’ll work! 😉
…any advice for training husbands??? 😀
Keep on cooking delicious real food and gently explaining the good these foods do for our bodies, moods, sleep, sex life… That last one might win him over! Real food equals a good libido and blood vessles that are healthy and obviously so much more. Once a person detoxifies from the “poinsonous food” they just don’t taste good at all anymore.
I have an almost 4-yr-old and a 5-1/2 yr-old. We’ve only learned about the danger of the typical “civilised” diet and the benefits of traditional foods in the last year, so unfortunately my kids spent much of their formative years eating 2-minute noodles, chicken nuggets and Happy Meals. They’re very receptive to eating healthy food, but they still ask for McDonalds and Burger King quite regularly. I’ve just watched your video with them, and afterwards when I asked them if McDonalds food is good for them, they both immediately said “No”. I told them that we can buy the toy by itself next time they have some pocket money, and they were quite happy with that compromise — thank you!!!
Sarah, I think this is nothing short of brilliant.
I don’t have kids (yet – God willing!) but when I do hubby and I will definitely be doing this.
Oh and, as for the arguments about giving McDonalds money and therefore supporting them? By teaching your kids to NEVER eat there you are taking money out of their pockets. And hopefully your kids will pass that lesson on to their friends and spread the word – therefore depriving them of yet more money.
Basically, I think this video was fantastic and I salute you for posting it.
Thanks,
Cat
Love that! Nicely done, Sarah. I just have to share this with my friends, many of whom have young children.