Reply To: Child Safety Laws

NY Mom, Yep, she’s my first. When she starts school, it will be out of my hands, but while I still have the control, I want to know that she is eating well.

Health, There’s nothing wrong with drinking milk (unless you have an allergy to it), in fact milk plays a very important part in our diets. Also, it’s not “bad” to give kids juice. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends no more than 4 oz of juice a day. I give my little one juice, but it’s watered down a lot, so she doesn’t have that much juice in the end. She also doesn’t “suffer” when it comes to having treats and goodies. There are healthy bars, crackers, and other such nosh out there. Plus, when she goes to “Bubby’s” house, there’s always cake waiting on the table. I let her have a nibble, and for her, that is sufficient.

I grew up on vegetables. My father would come home from shopping, saying he got us “treats” from the supermarket, only to find out that the “treats” were brussel sprouts and spinach! YUM… But, as NY Mom said, when I got to school, I always managed to schnorre nosh from my friends lol.

I think one of the biggest problems nowadays are the handheld games, tv, computers, etc. I believe those things are contributing to the obesity epidemic we are facing today. In my day (makes me sound so old), We didn’t have game consoles, although the “rich” kids might have owned them. We had a tv in my house, but it was usually for the parents to watch their “news.” We didn’t have a “home computer’ either. All we had was our legs and imagination, which in turn gave us amazing exercise!