Maybe Im a bit ahead of myself, but

[ChickenLittle]

@simo74

the most dreaded time of the week is deciding what groceries to buy and what we will cook for dinner this week.

Every single day

[cdep89]

@Brant_Drake

If this was me

It was just the direction the thread went probably before you even got back involved. I would probably have reacted in a similar way to you reading the previous comments. My original post was maybe worded a bit too general so came across as hostile and misunderstood.

@simo74

I am sure there are parents who say they have no time, when really it is education and discipline that they are lacking.

This is exactly it. I concede, I should have differentiated better. I think it’s also a bit a personalization because I have a particular problem with somebody fairly close to me and have to watch them live poorly whilst their kid misses out on things because of it. The frustration maybe came out a couple of times.

I just think it’s a deeper thing than “it’s processed foods fault”. It can be generational, it can be the more sedentary culture, it can be attention online being more rewarding than other more wholesome things, and a whole host of other reasons. I either saw or read something probably 15 years ago now where a guy was talking about how getting stuck in traffic is great, having a really long poo, walking out in nature. It’s great because it’s in those moments we stop, we think, we better ourselves, we process our emotions, we think about our day, whether this or that was the right decision, whether this brings me closer to a position of power, or a position of pain. Accountability or victimhood. That was FIFTEEN YEARS AGO. Many people don’t get those moments any more because in any period of downtime we always have SOMETHING to do, SOMETHING to distract us - be it necessity or addiction.

@simo74

The choice then is for them to go hungry or eat something else.

I can imagine that being really tough at times. My partner actually attributes her past poor relationship with food on her mother being extremely strict on the whole “eat it or go hungry” thing. If she was ever caught eating anything outside of dinner she’d be deeply shamed for it. She’s doing better now but it came from understanding how she built that relationship. I do fully appreciate that kids won’t always eat what you want them to eat. It’s hard enough for me to avoid my current pistachio ice cream addiction, let alone get a kid to eat >insert veg they hate<.

[redbby545]

The legal system doesn’t really work that way because people are choosing to buy these things. As long as the ingredients are on the label, the companies aren’t technically lying about what’s inside. It would be almost impossible to win a case like this without some kind of massive fraud discovery.