your reaction to

[Sara516]

Re: your reaction to

@Paheli00

Forget family members…plenty of parents themselves are fine with giving their kids soda/cake/candy and other sweets. Dunno about NY but here in the South, overweight kids drinking big glasses of sodas or over indulging on other crap in public is not a rare sight.

My SIL is fine with my in-laws giving her daughter cake and other sweets during special occassions. But then again, my in-laws live in a different state and only see the little girl 2-3x/YEAR so its far from being their usual routine.

I don’t think that’s OK. Definitely not on a regular basis. When my nephew was 6 months old, relatives fed him soda and ice cream cake–but MashAllah he’s healthy and eats almost everything, including lots and lots of vegetables and fruits (he’s 5 now)…I can understand the fear of developing a habit but these things ARE food…not poison.

in the latter post, that’s how it should be I think–if parents are strict enough with their chlid’s diet, they know a little bit during special occasions won’t kill them.

Personally I dont’ think I’ve offered food that a parent would get offended at…or at lesat I’ve never been reprimanded for it.