But Dads, You Can Do Whatever
Just to pile more guilt on the parents out there, if you are too strict or too permissive, your child will be overweight. Or should I say "tubby"?
"Strict mothers were nearly five times more likely to raise tubby first-graders than mothers who treated their children with flexibility and respect while also setting clear rules. But while the children of flexible rule-setting moms avoided obesity, the children of neglectful mothers and permissive mothers were twice as likely to get fat."
So if you screwed up your kids by feeding them dessert baby food and French fries, hey, you get a second chance! (Thank you, by the way, contributors to this post. It was especially great to hear from parents on that issue.)
"Strict mothers were nearly five times more likely to raise tubby first-graders than mothers who treated their children with flexibility and respect while also setting clear rules. But while the children of flexible rule-setting moms avoided obesity, the children of neglectful mothers and permissive mothers were twice as likely to get fat."
So if you screwed up your kids by feeding them dessert baby food and French fries, hey, you get a second chance! (Thank you, by the way, contributors to this post. It was especially great to hear from parents on that issue.)
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Actually a pretty interesting article. On your title though, the article did comment, "Not enough fathers participated in the study to measure their effects on children's weight, Rhee said." So I don't think its truly fair to imply that they're saying its all the mother's fault (or influence), just that they don't have enough data points to use (and believe me, if it got into the one-page article about the study, it will have been pretty solidly pointed out by Rhee).
Actually a pretty interesting article. On your title though, the article did comment, "Not enough fathers participated in the study to measure their effects on children's weight, Rhee said." So I don't think its truly fair to imply that they're saying its all the mother's fault (or influence), just that they don't have enough data points to use (and believe me, if it got into the one-page article about the study, it will have been pretty solidly pointed out by Rhee).
Children get there eating habits from there parents. And unfrotunatly my generation was the first to be introduced to fast food and its something that we have passed on to our children. Its not the amount of food thats being ate its the type of foods. Kids now are making less healthy choices when it comes to food and parents includeing myself are not helping like we should.
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