On Jun 11, 9:23 am, "Virginia Tadrzynski" > wrote:

> Duh, I guess it is too PC to do what our parents used to do......remember
> 'if you don't stop crying over something so silly I'm going to give you
> something to cry for?' Let the beach ball with feet cry. Give them what
> they NEED to keep them healthy not what they DEMAND. I like the Brit show
> with a nutritionist named Jillian McKenna (I think that is her last
> name).....she flat out tells them you are killing yourself and your kids.
> -ginny

Some of it may be stupidity, some of it laziness. A lot of it is
"mother of 4 other kids, including a 5-month old." My DH was out
with the kids when DD was about a year old. I had to go pick
something up, and sent him off with the two boys and baby and told him
to get her a container of milk to go with the graham crackers we'd
brought along.

I come back in maybe 15 minutes, and DD has a bottle of brown stuff--
cola. DH said he couldn't find any milk in the cafeteria. I glared
at him, took the bottle, and went up to the counter and asked. The
guy took the bottle, emptied it, rinsed it, and poured the milk in. I
must have been scary looking, because they didn't charge me.

DH gave me this innocent look. The boys cracked up as they watched
the smoke exiting the top of my head....

It seems to take a certain amount of concern and effort to be a good
parent. Maybe this lady does not have the energy to make the effort.

(BTW, DD didn't touch cola or much other soda until she hit her
teens.)

maxine in ri