• Adkml [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    Don’t you fucking lecture me like you know me or my family we’ve known plenty of struggles.

    Giving your kid something other than junk food is not a luxury or a privellage it’s the absolute bare minimum for being a parent.

    Rice and beans is cheaper and healthier than any of the shit in that cart, I know because for years that’s what I ate when I couldn’t have afforded the garbage in this cart.

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      1 year ago

      And if your children just steadfastly refused to eat rice or beans? For hours. Every day? And you didn’t have the spare time or energy to work out a cheap and healthy food solution because you have a chronic illness and you’re working 12 hours a day to afford a roof?

      Not denying your experience at all, but don’t deny others’ experiences either. I’ve lived through periods of it as a kid, and seen it as an uncle; there certainly are struggles that can make that kind of lifestyle effectively impossible for hardworking and loving parents to achieve.

      • Adkml [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        1 year ago

        They refuse until you make ot clear it’s that or be hungry.

        And then they eat.

        Sorry, not entertaining the argument that not parenting your kids is fine because it’s hard to do it.