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> It's hard to read this and come away from it feeling that the problem is anything more than willfully ignorant parents (healthy eating information isn't hard
by archimedespi 11y ago
> It's hard to read this and come away from it feeling that the problem is anything more than willfully ignorant parents (healthy eating information isn't hard to come by), indolently wallowing in their lack of self-awareness and inconsistencies.
> In other words, normal people.
As much as this looks like a rude thing to say, (and it kind of is), it's really quite true and I've experienced similar things with various parents I've seen (thankfully not mine).
- hugh4 11y agoIsn't this whole thing just another case of the upper middle class sneering at the lower middle class for not being as educated, sophisticated and clever as we are? This time through the lens of dinner?
- detaro 11y agoWhere do you get that from? I don't really see that in the article. (And I bet many "upper middle class" families aren't exactly great about proper dinner together as well.)
- archimedespi 11y agoNot really. I'm actually talking about upper middle class families in my comment, and it's more about how good food/eating education isn't available to lots of children because their parents have no idea about it, regardless of class.
- WalterSear 11y agoIt doesn't matter if your terrible diet came from Wholefoods or Walmart, whether it's organic or conventionally grown. There's a vast amount of lip service paid to to almost anything in the personal milieu that that involves the slightest forebearance, forethought or effort.