C is for Carrot

Ok, this is so 3 months ago, but since I didn't rant about it then, I'm going to rant about it now.

First, PBS cancels Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, now this. You see, kids, Cookie Monster is now going to eat healthy foods and learn moderation because child obesity is becoming a serious problem. This country is in a pathetic state when a wonky-eyed muppet has more control over what a child eats THAN FUCKING PARENTS DO.


This has always been my favorite Got Milk ad.

Seriously. If I wanted a cookie and my mother didn't think I needed one, she said "no." And you know what, I rarely asked for them because she always said "no." The problem here is NOT kids asking for sweets; the problem is that parents won't say no! If all parents buy is pre-packaged process food garbage, that's all the kids will eat, and we'll still have a childhood obesity problem. Parents are the fucking problem here, not kids.

I had very little sugar as a kid. Soda was something we had only at restaurants, and even then we could only have Sprite if the restaurant didn't have Spritzers (not wine coolers, those fruit sodas). McDonald's was a rare treat, and my mother froze fruit juice for ice pops (and quite frankly, most kids thought that making your own ice pops was the coolest thing ever). And we weren't allowed to have other snacks until we ate a piece of fruit. What does this all mean? PARENTS: YOU HAVE CONTROL OVER WHAT THE FUCK YOUR KIDS EAT. And if you think you don't, then you need to be sterilized so you can't bring another baby in this world to pork up.

Child obesity is a reflection of poor parenting, plain and fucking simple. Leave Cookie Monster alone.