why..?
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£10.00 spent on fresh fruit and veg, would provide enough food for stews, casseroles etc. for a family of four for three days.
Go figure.
As much as I detest both Matthew Parris and Michael Portillo, both proved that families can live more cheaply if food is prepared fresh, rather than bought as fast food, or prepackaged, in Panorama programmes on TV, were they had to survive on State benefits.
£10.00 spent on fresh fruit and veg, would provide enough food for stews, casseroles etc. for a family of four for three days.
Go figure.
As much as I detest both Matthew Parris and Michael Portillo, both proved that families can live more cheaply if food is prepared fresh, rather than bought as fast food, or prepackaged, in Panorama programmes on TV, were they had to survive on State benefits.
Phlegm said:
Well perhaps that is something that should be covered by parental control. Mine were brought up by a caring mother that always cooked for them except on special occasions when a fast food meal was a treat not something they thought compulsory because mum can't be bothered to cook.
I have 2 children myself and they get fresh cooked food every night with vegetables too, I dont blame the government for obesity in children, its down to us parents to make our kids eat healthy. However hard it may seem to a lot of people there is always a healthy way of eating.
Believe it or not - but some parents do go to work (I think everyone so far has assumed their on benefits) and I could fully understand that if both parents are working 45 hrs/week they don't have time to come home & cook a meal from scratch. There is so much pressure to rush life that we all often go for the easier & quicker option (not ness cheaper).
I hope that when I have kids I will be in a position to stay off work so I have the time to educate & feed them better quality food. (although not with my cooking skills at the moment!).
I still think it is down to the parents rather than the government but I think it is much harder nowadays that it has been for parents in the past.
I hope that when I have kids I will be in a position to stay off work so I have the time to educate & feed them better quality food. (although not with my cooking skills at the moment!).
I still think it is down to the parents rather than the government but I think it is much harder nowadays that it has been for parents in the past.
Another point to be taken into consideration is the number of fizzy drinks that some children consume......all loaded with sugar.
There has got to be an advantage in making childrem more active too. Even at school playtime there is little real physical activity......children no longer play the physically active games like skipping, tag, and hop-scotch. In fact i'm sure that I read about a school that was enlisting the services of someone to teach the children skipping games. This problem is multi-faceted and needs a multi-faceted approach.
Parents have a hard job.....OK, no-one ever said it was going to be easy......the state too must take some responsibility for allowing people to become dependent on someone else to sort out all the problems......I am NOT saying that the state is responsible for obesity in children....just the 'nanny' attitude that has prevailed for far too many years.
Do you as a parent remember doing without something as a child....? and then thinking that when you were a parent yourself you would not deny your child things...? I think most of us have been there. It is too easy to give in to the desires of children. We see ourselves as 'bad' parents if we don't provide the things our children ask for. Perhaps parents should learn to say NO more often.
Oh.....by the way, this is a very acrimonious thread....and it doesn't need to be.
There has got to be an advantage in making childrem more active too. Even at school playtime there is little real physical activity......children no longer play the physically active games like skipping, tag, and hop-scotch. In fact i'm sure that I read about a school that was enlisting the services of someone to teach the children skipping games. This problem is multi-faceted and needs a multi-faceted approach.
Parents have a hard job.....OK, no-one ever said it was going to be easy......the state too must take some responsibility for allowing people to become dependent on someone else to sort out all the problems......I am NOT saying that the state is responsible for obesity in children....just the 'nanny' attitude that has prevailed for far too many years.
Do you as a parent remember doing without something as a child....? and then thinking that when you were a parent yourself you would not deny your child things...? I think most of us have been there. It is too easy to give in to the desires of children. We see ourselves as 'bad' parents if we don't provide the things our children ask for. Perhaps parents should learn to say NO more often.
Oh.....by the way, this is a very acrimonious thread....and it doesn't need to be.
