to my son. I look at kids now and they are overweight everywhere. I live in Mississippi, so maybe I see more than average, but my God, why are we doing this to our children? I remember when I was little, I was given cupcakes, and brownies everyday, and sometimes, more than once a day. I drank soda like it was nothing. Tv for 7-8 hours a day. How crazy is that? I look at Lucas and think, how could I ever do that to him? Sure, he would be happy while it was going on, but later on, like when he is my age, the weight will start to come, or worst, he will be among the overweight kids who have a 1 in 3 chance of having adult onset diabetes in their 20s. I don’t want that for him. I am tired of people saying, oh he can have a little cake or ice cream, or something about me being a new mom. They don’t understand that this is an epidemic that is harming our children. Now, I know that one or two occasional sweets is not going to kill him, but this is my time to train his palate, while he is young, and I’m not going to mess it up.

Ok rant over.