Yes, kids, the Douchebag Daily, your window to the world, our local newspaper, is at it again. I don't even subscribe to it, I just notice the ridiculous front page headlines on my way to the library. The top headline on today's front page:
Strict moms produce fat kids
Here's how the article begins:
"'Clean your plate or else!' and other authoritarian parenting methods can lead to overweight children, a new study finds."
In other news, beating your children might make them violent and distant from other people. Unfortunately, the article is not just a local article, it's an Associated Press piece. I won't get into the problems of the study (I won't link to it, but you can easily find it on your own, if you'd like to smack your forehead), but here's what bothers me about the study and the odd publicizing it's getting on the front page: it's the mother's fault. The study didn't take fathers into account, so all the blame--on the top of the front page, no less--goes to mothers. Geez, can't moms do anything right?
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I saw that. My Mom took the "eat whatever you want" approach, perhaps due to growing up in WWII France. That is why I am the terror at metropolitain food festivals that I am today.
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