LDH:
OK Big I don't want you to take this thread in another direction.BUT At first I said IGNORANT people feed their children junk food. Now there are ignorant people be they rich or poor.
Not trying to take this in another direction at all. You at first said uneducated, then( where you attempted to justify the statement you made) in a later post you said you saw "many welfare recipients". Sorry if I misunderstood you, but I thought welfare recipients are poor.
I was remarking on my experience regarding SOME welfare recipients (NOT ALL) who need to be counseled on how to budget their food dollars, as well as what makes up a healthy diet for a child. Now just because YOU used to be poor and you knew how to eat well, does NOT MEAN all poor people know how to eat well.
Ok, I don't see anything wrong with that. Everyone needs some advice on their diet and budgeting these days. why do you say just poor ppl though? The problem with nutrition and health affects everyone. Why single out the poor?
I used to belong (actually coordinated) a food co-op. Of all the times I tried to get women who I was mentoring (family svcs and all that) to take advantage of these nutritious whole foods, NEVER ONCE did anyone on food stamps want to buy bulk rice, oats, grains, cheeses, meats etc. The members of my food co-op were all working middle-class women.
Hell, I ain't on food-stamps. I don't buy bulk rice or anything like that because of my lifestyle. I prefer the little boxes of Zatarains rices. They're pretty good and they're ready in 25 mins. All you have to is boil and maybe brown some beef or cook a lil chicken and it's done. Are you saying their are working middle-class women on food stamps? I didn't know such creature exixted. Maybe they just didn't feel like cooking? You may say well you don't have kids. Well, when I get some I'll prolly just buy a couple more boxes is all.
NO I did NOT say being poor means you eat like shit, you implied that. I told you being IGNORANT makes people choose unhealthy foods for their children. And it's not in my head, look at the statistics on the way obesity has risen in children here in the US.
Are you sure you never made that implication? As I stated earlier, you said:
{PS Bigboi, don't you know that nutritious whole foods cost WAY MORE than the crap most people feed their kids? Don't believe me? Ever been in a Whole foods market?--Why did you say WTF? I have seen many welfare recipients with their shopping carts full of Trix, Froot Loops and Shit, and mine is full of Meuslix etc etc.)
If you weren't making that implication, then why did you mention only welfare recipients? I don't think they are the only ppl who eat Froot Loops, Trix etc.... I'm sorry, I didn't imply anything. I merely responded to what you said.
ANY parent will tell you it is more expensive to feed your kids right than just load them up on Kraft Macaroni and Cheese.
That's right, it prolly is. Yet, these ppl live a different lifestyle than you do. It prolly has more to do with the fact that most of em are young than poor. A lot of ppl are too tired to cook after working and just want to do something simple. Then again maybe they prefer the taste of so called "unhealthy food". Not to mention being a single mother w/ no help, they just want their children fed, and satisfied so that they tend to their other responsibilities or get some rest.
ONE....
bigboi
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