Obviously the AMA has a hard time determining the perfect diet, but Pizza Rolls and french fries 29 out of 30 days a month seems criminal to me. And their are a lot of parents that are about that careless with their children's diets.
Is that not neglect?
2006-12-27 20:25:30 · 14 answers · asked by Red Winged Bandit 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
NOT prosecuted....but EDUCATED!!!
2006-12-27 20:27:12 · answer #1 · answered by Kymmie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess you can start prosecuting school lunch programs then, because many schools I have been at serve Pizza and French Fries daily.
What is truly criminal and neglectful are areas of the world where the government cannot provide their people with any food, much less "appropriate diets"...and the amount of money that is wasted in other countries that could go to truly starving people, including children.
Don't forget not only what we feed children's stomachs may be bad, but what we feed their minds. Try watching tv. See what many children live with, not even looking at what they're fed or what's on tv.
2006-12-27 21:38:54 · answer #2 · answered by doublewidemama 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I totally agree with you. Fast food almost every day will cause health problems down the road. They will most likely get overweight, and, eventually, build up cholestrol, and will have a high risk of diabetes, heart attacks, or strokes when they reach adulthood. If the parents are that careless about their children, then why did they ever bother having them? No offense to them, but when a child is born, that child has rights to be raised properly, to make them the best that they can be. The parents should start considering home cooked meals, and if they can;t cook, get some experience first. That is BS. If nothing is done to change their kids' diets, they should be charged for neglect.
2006-12-27 20:39:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think this is a slippery slope issue. If we start regulating what a person can put in their mouth or the mouth of their children, what is next???? It is a total invasion of privacy.
I think people should be better educated. If you see a person giving their child these foods, show them what a healthy diet consists of, and how it would benefit them monetarily to lay off the fries and pizza rolls, and pick up the yogurts and apples.
Then appeal to their sense of duty to their child's health, show them a asic list of what their child needs in a day and WHY.
Most people in our generation did not grow up with good eating habits because of the commercialization of ENRICHED foods in the 60's and 70's where parents thought anything mass produced would be better than what they could fix... Carnation Instant breakfast for example!!! Then add the work loads people have now, and it gets pretty scary how easy reaching for fries is.
Look for more positive approaches. Invite the family for dinner at your house, and show them what a good meal looks like by example and how easy and cheap it was to fix.
There are lots of ways to educate people to make right food choices without making them oose face or fell guilty, and have them make positive changes for their Children and themselves.
If you do not see any changes over time, then say something directly to the parent about you feling they are neglecting their child's nutritional needs and WHY. Be prepared to back it up with proof, like a needs list, and try to be friendly about it.
TACK a food pyramid to their front door.
Put a peanut butter, fruit basket on their doorstep.
Suggest taking a cooking class with the offender, cause you feel like a fool in the kitchen, but do not want to go alone!!
Be creative and remember, seperating a child from their parent is more traumatic to a child than them not eating all the right foods, and they will likely get what they need in school too.
2006-12-27 20:43:04 · answer #4 · answered by Etain 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As with most crimes, education and counseling should be the primary goal. Punishment rarely helps society. If after reasonable attempts to reconstruct the feeding and eating habits of those families it can be determined that it is a choice to be negligent rather than sheer ignorance, then punishment may be in order. But I would concern myself with the needs of the children first which include having a father and mother in the home when possible.
2006-12-28 19:41:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To me, neglect would be no meals for 29 out of 30 days.
Neglect is no affection, no attention and no praise. If a loving parent only knows how to re heat fatty meals, then education would be more appropriate than prosecution for neglect.
Parents teach what they know. Look at a fat parent, see a fat child.
2006-12-27 20:35:16 · answer #6 · answered by Fuzzy Wuzzy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i does no longer say that's ignore as much as that's lack of understanding. they're feeding the toddler, and that beats no longer feeding him/her. If be sure's understand that's inflicting weight problems, then there are a number of possibilities to contemplate. -mothers and fathers are too busy -mothers and fathers are unwilling to take time to computer screen weight loss plan -toddler refuses to exercising, or would not choose for healthful ingredients The record is going on and on. it somewhat is not ignore, considering maximum of people could KILL for the foodstuff those teenagers have become. The in touch families are probably in basic terms ignorant to a pair element they neglected. in the event that they actually do no longer care, it somewhat is nevertheless in basic terms lack of understanding. no longer ignoring the toddler, they're feeding him/her! in basic terms being stupid, in a nutshell.
2016-10-19 02:06:09 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're right, we should give the government all our money. We can then all report to government feeding centers 3 times a day where the government will make sure we get a proper diet. Maybe they'll put us in jail if we don't eat everything the government puts on our plates.
2006-12-28 01:07:41 · answer #8 · answered by Yak Rider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, i agree, its pasive neglect. id just be worried about who's gonna be the one who defines "appropriate diet" theres too many special interest groups who could lobby for their own cause. for instance, would vegetarians prosecute parents for feeding their kids meat? would meat producers want to prosecute for not letting the kids eat meat? it could all get very complicated.......
2006-12-27 20:30:57 · answer #9 · answered by mickey 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it absolutely is, but until we give out training and licences for people to have the privilege of becoming parents, I don't think anyone will hold them accountable for such neglect.
2006-12-27 20:27:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
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2006-12-28 08:56:10 · answer #11 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋