Soda baffles me. Even my own use of soda is baffling: I buy organic foods when available and not overpriced, yet I polish off a can of Diet Coke nearly every afternoon. It’s crap, and I’m grossed out by what I know it’s doing to my body.
So surely I wouldn’t let my kids drink the stuff, knowing that it’s rotting their innards. Right? Well, only on special occasions. Like birthday parties. And only when we eat out at a restaurant. Or when we get Subway. Or when we’re at someone’s house and everybody else is drinking it.
Sheesh. Considering the fact that I really don’t let them drink it, they drink it all the time.
We’ve known for years that things that are bad for us are specifically marketed to our kids. Click right here to read an interesting piece on advertising and kids. Effective and targeted advertising makes it hard to convince our kids that soda and beer and Doritos are bad for them, especially when we enjoy them ourselves.
Mmm. Doritos.
