In that tiny bit of time, the kids had been fed snack crackers and juice boxes - both completely laden with high fructose corn syrup, sugar, artificial colors, and a variety of toxins. I thought, "Seriously! Was that really necessary?" Would anyone have starved in that one hour? How about teaching them something about health and giving them water to hydrate their bodies while they walked. That's the equivalent of an adult going to the gym for an hour and not being able to get through it without a junk food snack! How ridiculous!
They had plenty of time to eat their after school snacks before the walk, and dinner was just around the corner. Why did they even need any food, let alone a group feeding of toxins? We wonder why childhood obesity is sky rocketing like we've never seen before! We're teaching kids that even a healthy activity involves being "rewarded" with garbage! I see the same thing at every sporting, athletic, team event or class I've taken the kids to. There's always a grown-up waiting to "reward" with
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We think, "But they're kids... they're supposed to have cake and ice cream and candy and treats... it's part of their world, it's part of childhood... every kid has it!" It's a dangerous mindset to pass along.
I'm certainly in favor of allowing children to have those tasty toxins once in awhile. But let's get real. The frequency of these toxic feedings is insane! We're not depriving a child of anything but a healthy future and their full potential when we allow this type of thinking to prevail.
We're kidding ourselves if we think this doesn't set the stage for every chronic illness we suffer from today. It gives me absolutely no peace of mind when I hear people say, "We had all that stuff when we were kids, and look at us now!" Exactly. Look at us now. Chronic illness is pandemic. Our lifestyle choices are destroying