Food Fanatic Moms
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I was at a kiddie party this weekend that totally proved my thesis on this one. All the little kids were sitting around the little table outside after the birthday girl had blown out her candles. And as children around the world know, after the candles it means cake time! Unless of course your mother is a nut.
So, one woman started to hand out cake and ice cream to the kids who were patiently waiting for their treat. After she placed it in front of a particular 4 or 5 year old girl, the girl's mother comes running over "Oh, no, Debbie, oh, no!" She fluttered around holding the paper plate aloft with the sweets looking for someone to had it back to. I stared for a minute, trying to figure out what she was flapping around about. When I figured it out, I offered to take the plate from her and I gave it to my daughter.
Debbie looked forlorn as the other kids stuck their fingers in their food. She was beat down, she'd been through this before. The mom came back and handed her daughter a piece of cookie the size of half of my pinky. Ironically, Vivien ate one bite of the cake and two spoon-fulls of the ice cream and then left the table for the jumpy house. I nudged the woman who had been handing the plates out and she said, "That women is going to give her kid an eating disorder. I went to medical school and that's what they told us, because those kids never learn to regulate their own eating."
Food-controlling-mom wasn't done making it a special day for her offspring, "Here, Debbie, here's your treat," as she placed a plate full of cut watermelon in front of sad Debbie. One mommy friend said, "She shouldn't even take her kid to a party if she can't have the cake. That's the deal, kids at party get cake." That's what I thought.
This can also be said for those moms who don't allow "certain" toys, TV, etc. I am what I call a moderate mom- we allow a bit of everything!
Love your videos. They are hilarious! They're just what moms need!
I am with you! Poor little girl.
When my hubby was a little boy he and his 2 brothers were not allowed to have sweets at all. So, on the walk home from school, they would stop at the local convenience store, buy a box of Ho Ho's and eat the entire box before they got home!
Moderation is my motto!
Your videos are hysterical. Thank you!
Poor little girl! It is ironic when you see how much cake gets thrown away at these parties.
Glad she didn't come to one of our parties. We usually have a pinata - guess her mom would have been there to hand out office supplies or something as an alternative.
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I SO agree!!!! I get really upset over situations like this, because like that other parent said, it's what breeds eating disorders…..especially when food is lokked at in a negative way, it only makes them want to eat it more….and ALOT of it!
When I have a kid over I don't know really well, I usually ask if the kid is allergic to anything. But if the answer is no, I just give them whatever I'm feeding my kid.
Your video said exactly what I think…sometimes I water it down and sometimes I don't. And the french fries…yeah who can resist…funny!
That's a shame the child has to see the other kids having cake and her Mom won't let her!
I might have smooshed said cake into Debbie's mom's face.
yup, that's the rule. party=cake, anything else is just unamerican.