Comments on: Holt – 7. The Burden of Having Children http://atypicalhomeschool.net/on-books/holt-7-the-burden-of-having-children/ my personal space Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:02:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Marion Wiesler http://atypicalhomeschool.net/on-books/holt-7-the-burden-of-having-children/#comment-150 Marion Wiesler Tue, 03 Jan 2006 20:50:00 +0000 http://atypicalhomeschool.net/on-books/holt-7-the-burden-of-having-children/#comment-150 Elaborating on Andreas comment about marketing: there is a further problem to this. Most "child-nutrition" would fall into the group of sweets (though often cleverly disguised as healthy snacks with lots of milk...), containing far too much sugar and fat. And artificial flavour. Not only does that make the kids fat, but the artificial flavours conditionate the kids to a certain brand, make them "loyal customers" for the rest of their life for the kids believe that a peach has to taste the way it tastes in Jell-o (or whatever). there have been tests where kids could not name the fruits by tasting them blind! Simply because a real apple does not at all taste like the "appleflavour" used in many foods. Not to talk about allergies etc that can (and do) arise from bombarding the childs system with artificial products. Why don't they put Narnia on a fresh apple????? Elaborating on Andreas comment about marketing: there is a further problem to this. Most “child-nutrition” would fall into the group of sweets (though often cleverly disguised as healthy snacks with lots of milk…), containing far too much sugar and fat. And artificial flavour. Not only does that make the kids fat, but the artificial flavours conditionate the kids to a certain brand, make them “loyal customers” for the rest of their life for the kids believe that a peach has to taste the way it tastes in Jell-o (or whatever). there have been tests where kids could not name the fruits by tasting them blind! Simply because a real apple does not at all taste like the “appleflavour” used in many foods.
Not to talk about allergies etc that can (and do) arise from bombarding the childs system with artificial products. Why don’t they put Narnia on a fresh apple?????

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