Mom diets, child becomes obese – Which is more dangerous?
Maybe the title is exaggerating a bit, but this is something I see all the time. This was at a grade school classroom event where parents and siblings were invited. And yes, I took a picture in between chairs. That’s not normal?
Anyway, the root beer is for the toddler on the right (young enough that she isn’t in school yet or she wouldn’t have been able to attend). The water bottle is for the mom on the left.
I won’t climb up on a soapbox or dive into any in depth post here, especially not at the risk of coming off as too judgmental. After all, it’s just a single picture of a single set of drinks at a single time here. It does make me do a double take to see such big issues so clearly laid out sometimes, though.
There is absolutely nothing negative about water and it’s what I drink 99% of the time even, but I happen to know that this particular mom is very weight-conscious, has low self-esteem, etc, and that choice of drink is more likely sparked by a fear of calories than it is an actual choice for health. And on the flip side, if the kid is anything like half of her peers, that probably isn’t the first or last soda she had that day.
I wonder what their health will be like in 10 years. And if she’ll still own those polka dotted shoes by then. ;)
About Jessi
Silly, goofy, crazy….quirky, if you will. I know they’re overused, cliché descriptors, but hey, that’s me.
I started the original Quirky Jessi site several years ago and then eventually realized there was so much cooking-related stuff I wanted to post, that I needed a whole cooking site.
Playing with food makes me giggle and yes, yes, I realize that many mothers out there spend years teaching their kids to stop it. But why? It’s fun! And if you’re not having fun, then really, what’s the point?
As for stuff about me (‘cause oh right, this is an “about me” page, oops), I don’t know what people would want to know. I’m a youngin’, but the bunny ears make me look younger than I really am. I have my Bachelor’s in Journalism, with a few unrelated minors, including the safe one in business as a backup for when I became a starving writer/artist.
Oh right, that’s where I am now, hehe. Maybe I should check out a real job sometime? Instead, I spend much of my time goofing off in the kitchen and online….usually both actually, considering I keep my laptop on the kitchen table. Yes, I’m serious. Mostly.
What else would you want to know? I’m from the U.S….mostly the midwest….Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio, etc. I’m currently in Vancouver, Canada, so you’ll see both my love of the city….and how much I like to make fun of some of their strange eating habits.
Then again, I have my fair share of them, too.
Other names you might see on the site? The camera hounds or as I call them here “my girls,” in order of age they’ll be by end of 2011, are L (12), N (10), B (9).
Then there’s my little sister, 15, who I got permission to show her picture from, so now there’ll be no more black bars across her face.
And occasionally you’ll see me talk about my mom as inspiration or the creator of all those awesome birthday cakes.
Can I be done now? I really don’t like talking about myself. I want to talk about the food. Wanna come play?
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