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Smug fruit shoot feeders - don't you ever worry about 20 years down the line?

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welliemum · 18/03/2007 21:09

Lots of people here talk about feeding their dcs crap food as a badge of honour - it's a weird kind of street cred.

"My kinds eat junk food - so shoot me, ha ha"
[subtext: I am a laid-back cool person and people who fuss about junk food are so up their own bums it's unbelievable]

But.... there's a big worry out there about obesity, about additives in food, about the way bad eating habits often have their beginnings in childhood...... and the concerns are likely to get stronger with time.

Don't you ever worry that 20 years from now when times have moved on, one of your dcs will read your light hearted comments and actually feel a bit that you seemed so proud of feeding them crap?

Whereas what I'd hope for with mine is to be able to say, "Well, you did sometimes eat rubbish at parties and I wasn't all that happy about it, but I let you because I didn't want you to feel left out. I didn't stress about it too much because I knew you ate well the rest of the time."

[subtext: I was never a perfect parent but I did my best to find the balance between feeding you well and not being obsessional about food].

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WelshBoris · 18/03/2007 22:06

If everyone else is showing their cards, my DD doesn't have Fruitshoots, transfats or anything similar but she has been addicted to crack cocaine since she was 18 months old.

I tried weaning her off but she keeps telling me that everything is ok in moderation.

Who am I to argue? There are children starving all over the world whats the point in being smug?

THAT SHOULD COVER EVERYTHING, THREAD CAN CLOSE NOW

LadyOfTheFlowers · 18/03/2007 22:06

LotF

welliemum · 18/03/2007 22:06

WannaBe, no. What I'm saying is a very very different thing.

I'm saying I don't think our children will care what they ate, but they'll probably live in a world which is much more disapproving of crap food, so hearing their parents almost boasting about fruit shoots might seem strange.

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lionheart · 18/03/2007 22:07

But, but, but ....

o.k.

lionheart · 18/03/2007 22:08

I'm not even Catholic.

Soapbox · 18/03/2007 22:08

I've put a couple of photos of my DCs on my profile for a short time only! They don't look to be doing too badly on my 'relaxed attitude diet' do they?

Unlike their mum so no photos of me

ScummyMummy · 18/03/2007 22:08

She has excellent language development, wb. Do you think it's worth me introducing crack to my 7 year olds in a bid to increase their paltry vocabulary or is it too late?

LadyOfTheFlowers · 18/03/2007 22:09

lol

LadyOfTheFlowers · 18/03/2007 22:09

soapy, they are so lovely! bless them!

Soapbox · 18/03/2007 22:10

LOl at Scummy - the master of the one liner

lionheart · 18/03/2007 22:10

They look pretty radiant, Soapbax.

lionheart · 18/03/2007 22:10

*o

ScummyMummy · 18/03/2007 22:10

They are really gorgeous, soapy.

CountTo10 · 18/03/2007 22:11

I'm still trying to work out how anyones kids would ever know what they'd post!!! God of all the things I've posted - fruitshoot related ones are the least of my worries!!!!

WelshBoris · 18/03/2007 22:11

With crack it's never too late.

welliemum · 18/03/2007 22:12

at WelshBoris, but you haven't mentioned "food nazis" so I submit that the thread cannot possible close just yet.

Blu, is this true about more vs less processing? That's not what I would expect - sounds worrying.

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nulnulcat · 18/03/2007 22:12

i learnt not to give dd lentils even in moderation!! the farting was bad enough but dont even mention the nappies!!

Soapbox · 18/03/2007 22:12

My 8yo, knows my talk name and it will only be a matter of time now before she is reading my posts

fortyplus · 18/03/2007 22:13

Are the mums giving their kids Fruit Shoots the same ones who fed formula?

Obviously child abusers! What a lot of pious nutters some of you are...

lionheart · 18/03/2007 22:13

They will make it their mission to discover your secret mumsnet name and any aliases deployed over the years.

It will be the cyber equivalent of finding out what is hidden in the box under the squeaky floorboard in your parent's bedroom.

You can bet on it--they will find out.

welliemum · 18/03/2007 22:14

I'm a techno-idiot but my understanding is that stuff we post could be retrievable pretty much for ever. That's what got me thinking about mn.

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LadyOfTheFlowers · 18/03/2007 22:15

ds2 is now on formula and ds12 had a frootshoot yesterday, only the second one in his life but he had one and he loved it! lol

Soapbox · 18/03/2007 22:15

Welliemum - the margin on processed foods is 3 times that of non-processed. Blu is right, it is a non-brainer - the multi-nationals are not going to give up making processed foods any time soon!

I think the trend will be for increased processing but pharma solutions along side them. So people will eat more crap but will be detoxed/kept thin by drugs.

welliemum · 18/03/2007 22:15

fortyplus - think you need to read the thread - you're in a different conversation

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LadyOfTheFlowers · 18/03/2007 22:16

shit! ds1 even, not 12! christ! lol