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Monday, January 5, 2009

Laura Bennett: My War Against Food Nazi Moms


"Feeding your child a sandwich made with white bread or—the horror, the horror—a bag of Doritos could cost you custody of your children?

I just want to let the food Nazi moms in on what happens when your kids come to a house where junk food inhabits the pantry. They have no decision-making skills or sense of moderation when faced with the forbidden fruit roll-up. Like deprived animals, they are determined to consume the lifetime allotment of sugar they have been denied; all before pickup.


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I get similar reactions from the kids who are denied cartoons, video games, or porn. (Okay, my kids don’t exactly have porn, but South Park comes close, and I do have a book of Helmut Newton nudes.) They stand wide-eyed in front of the screen, unable to move as my boys beg them to come and play."


Read the entire article here.



My War Against Food Nazi Moms [TheDailyBeast]
[Photo: Corbis]

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