Fancy junk food?

[beetiger]

I am feeding my son a snack of a cashew butter sandwich on whole wheat bread. With marshmallows on it. Homemade marshmallows.

I am really not sure where on the scale of good to bad parenting this falls. :)

Comments

[momentrabbit.livejournal.com]

I think it falls in the "OMGAWESOME!" camp, but that might just be me. n.n

(Seriously. Grains, protein, carbs; for a snack, not bad at all. :)

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

I was with you until you got to the homemade marshmallows part. How on earth do you make marshmallows? Is this some weird food scientist knowledge requiring a bunsen burner and a clean suit?

As for scale of good to bad parenting - well, if most of it was nutritious, and he doesn't usually get a lot of sweet snacks, then the occasional treat won't hurt him and I'd say it's high up on the scale. If in fact scales are important in such things.

[paka.livejournal.com]

No, that's good! Even the marshmallows are a statement, "unhealthy luxuries are fine, but you know, you can make 'em yourself for less."

Really. Not that I know anything about parenting, but I do know being a child and a college student. My parents were all about eating healthy and I barely got any sugary horrible as a kid, so as soon as I went to college all bets were off. Candy bars, cakes, scones, muffins, Hostess pies and snacks, I'm amazed that I got through that period of time without cavities.

[gcuvier.livejournal.com]

On the grand scale of parental things, it's probably just as good/bad as my daughter and I jumping on the bed. Depends on your perspective.

I think the sandwich sounds wonderful myself.

[featheredfrog.livejournal.com]

I think it's pretty bad. You forgot the bacon.

[sandramort.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I don't like cashew butter with anything else, but cashew butter on ww and homemade marshmallows on the side sounds good to me, so I can't think of any criticism of the mixture... did you cut them full size or are they little on the sandwich? I'm visualizing great big ones! LOL