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Meglet · 13/04/2010 21:10

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hogshead · 13/04/2010 21:36

sorry that should in context with Alfie and Kaitlyns mums

nannyj · 13/04/2010 21:37

I agree i definately think social services should be involved with Leon. She doesn't understand that all food counts even if healthy. If she was feeding him Lager they would be invovled.

thatsnotmymonkey · 13/04/2010 21:37

WTF is it with the whole council/roughest estate stuff? Hmm, don't like that at all.

whifflegarden · 13/04/2010 21:37

FFS. This isn't ignorance. This is stoopidity.

LynetteScavo · 13/04/2010 21:38

"As long as they don't bunk off school they'll be fine"

Now to me, that is the bare minimum, with no guarantee they will be fine at all.

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Meglet · 13/04/2010 21:38

This puts my guilt over a few bits of Easter choc for the dc's into perspective.

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totallydifferenttypeofperson · 13/04/2010 21:38

I'm getting annoyed at hearing "it's costing the hospital £1million per year". It's not costing the hospital, it's costing the health service/the taxpayer.

mamazon · 13/04/2010 21:39

its easy. you dont allow them to get into the habbit of eating 4 or 5 lollipops a day in the first place.

the mum talking to camera about how its not down to where you live its how you bring your child up...and yet she carries on playing on the slide whilst her neighbour is getting raided by the police.

my children would have been terrified if they had witnessed that.

a grown man not knowing what a KIwi is!!!

BelleDeChocolateFluffyBunny · 13/04/2010 21:39

At least she's going to make sure they do go though Lynette, it's more then some parents.

OrmRenewed · 13/04/2010 21:39

I suspect very hard alibean. Just as hard as an adult trying to diet - added to which a 6yr old won't feel any ownership of it. He will just be resentful.

Mine ate really good stuff at 7m

whifflegarden · 13/04/2010 21:39

i just can't believe any of this tbh

LynetteScavo · 13/04/2010 21:39

Snort @ the weekly fruit trolley.

And don't kiwi's have too much magnesium in the centre?

thatsnotmymonkey · 13/04/2010 21:39

they are saving the vodka drinking kid for last though aren't they?

sarah293 · 13/04/2010 21:40

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wintera · 13/04/2010 21:40

I find the smoking debate interesting. Surely in this day and age kids aren't exposed to as much smoke as when we were kids though? People used to smoke in their houses years ago. And most of my older relatives who always smoked gave up years ago. Smokers these days are definitely in the minority, whereas when I was a kid smokers were the majority of people. It seems strange to me that so many kids would be suffering nowadays when the situation should be getting better. The other things like the obesity, tooth decay I can understand but not the smoking.

hogshead · 13/04/2010 21:42

my DH has just come in to the lounge and asked whereabouts Alder Hey is in the country!!

LynetteScavo · 13/04/2010 21:42

Yeah, Vodka defo doesn't count as 5 a day.

I give my kids Merlot, as I'm pretty sure that it will prevent them getting heart disease. (And it doesn't count as 1 of your 5 a day, doesn't it?)

Joolyjoolyjoo · 13/04/2010 21:42

It actually depresses me that people actually need educating about such basics area of health. Previous to seeing things like this, I was of the opinioon that all the government healthy eating campaigns were just preaching stuff that we all knew.

I don't know about other people, but I didn't get any home economics or food science etc at school. I don't really know how I learned about what is healthy and waht is not, but it seems like you can hardly avoid the messages nowadays. When I was pregnant with no 1, I read up more about it, and starting shopping better and cooking from scratch because that's what you do when you have kids, don't you? You read up on stuff, and determine to do the best you can for them. I changed mine and DH's eating habits on the basis of what I wnated for my children. I really thought most parents were more clued up (or proactive) than these ones seem to be

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AliBean · 13/04/2010 21:43

Thanks Orm...he is eating well when he wants solids not me!

I was referring to Kaitlin's mother who said it was too hard cutting out sweet things all together after she had 9 milk teeth surgically removed...

At this stage in my parenthood career I think I would prefer a few days of tantrums over the lifelong issues with food...but I may just be being naive?

lifeissweet · 13/04/2010 21:43

No Lynette - I'm pretty sure Merlot is fruit based, so it would be, no?

mamazon · 13/04/2010 21:44

vodka comes from potato so surely its part of your carbs allowance?

LynetteScavo · 13/04/2010 21:44

wintera, that is a good point...my dad smoked, and none of us had any problems, but also we had no CH.

DH's dad smoked, adn he had asthma. They also had CH.

I declare Central Heating to be dangerous to children's health.

BelleDeChocolateFluffyBunny · 13/04/2010 21:44

Liverpool.

Vodka's made out of potatoes, potatoes are a starch so not part of the 5 a day. A nice pinot gritio (sp??) on the other hand....

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