I dislike when children’s media that tries to encourage healthy eating pretends that eating junk food feels bad. “Cookies make my tummy feel wrong” etc. When I was a kid I knew that was bullshit. Eating cookies felt great! So I would dismiss the whole message as bullshit too. Counterproductive… - ThreadSky

magnoliapearl.bsky.social • 14 days ago

I dislike when children’s media that tries to encourage healthy eating pretends that eating junk food feels bad. “Cookies make my tummy feel wrong” etc. When I was a kid I knew that was bullshit. Eating cookies felt great! So I would dismiss the whole message as bullshit too. Counterproductive…

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cat-father.bsky.social•14 days ago

Mmmmmm, cookies!

golfgate.bsky.social•14 days ago

Cookie is a sometimes food song by Cookie Monster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaHkwE7TaNg was awesome and gets what you are saying

spacewizardfaerie.bsky.social•13 days ago

If only they didn’t stick high fructose corn syrup in everything like Campbells soup as well. I don’t need 7 grams of sugar in a plain bagel.

rob-knotts.bsky.social•14 days ago

2di2d.bsky.social•14 days ago

Exactly the same deal with drugs

pivnifilosof.bsky.social•14 days ago

Nothing new. I'm in my 50s and still remember how we were taught about the dangers of drugs when I was 12. With a story of a girl, someone put drugs in her drink and a couple of weeks later she was sucking willies for her next hit,or something to that effect

cdnhelp.bsky.social•14 days ago

Who baked your cookies?

neuro-sparkly.bsky.social•14 days ago

The only time cookies have made my tummy feel wrong is when I eat more than one package in an episode of deep depression.

The ice cream probably didn't help either...stupid milk allergy. It ruins cheese, too.

bbgorl-ixy.bsky.social•14 days ago

I also hate when brands intentionally spell things wrong for kids. Some of the first things kids learn to read are on their toys or clothes.

waitingonme.bsky.social•13 days ago

Kidz throws me into a rage.

bbgorl-ixy.bsky.social•13 days ago

Kidz Klub.

waitingonme.bsky.social•13 days ago

Make it stop

jmeber2.bsky.social•14 days ago

THIS. (Despite my username)

depechejoe.bsky.social•14 days ago

The “adult” version of this is whenever people on Instagram share stuff like “your body will tell you when you need to eat and sleep” etc. Not in MY experience lmao

ronchronchronch.bsky.social•14 days ago

Like, tell that to my insomnia!

aaleiv.bsky.social•14 days ago

My body gives me a narrow window to do those things before it decides "you waited too long, now it's not gonna happen"

taylorjoseph.bsky.social•14 days ago

I think in reality your body only starts nagging you like that after you've waited way too long

jenxhausted.bsky.social•14 days ago

Yes! Was just saying this to someone the other day. The whole “just eat when you’re hungry and stop when you’re full” “wisdom” does NOT apply to me. And also explains why I have so much weight to lose.

magnoliapearl.bsky.social•14 days ago

Yeah “listen to your body” is so fake. I’d have so many problems if I just list to my body lol

captainsidecar.bsky.social•14 days ago

Cautionary materials with simplistic messages that are contrary to the target audience's actual lived experience are worse than useless, regardless of the target group.

dragonladynp.bsky.social•14 days ago

I ate so much candy I threw up once as a kid. Eating so much sugar it causes upset is definitely a thing at all ages. You just had an iron stomach apparently.

lakerbraker.bsky.social•14 days ago

💯 treat children like they will be adults one day.

gael-ico.bsky.social•14 days ago

I mean it depends, and on what you eat. A youth eating something too sweet, which in the case of 'Murica is even more common than in my country due to industrialists taking fully over local bizz owners and local bakeries (the colombian middle class is filled of those), then they'd tummy would hurt.

lnluck.bsky.social•14 days ago

When I was younger, a kid’s show or maybe tv channel ad talked about how a specific food helps build your skin, hair, etc., while many junk foods can’t, and that one was actually effective likely because it treated kids respectfully and provided information logically in a cool way.

joybunny.bsky.social•14 days ago

That's my approach with my kid. Donuts taste good and give you energy to play. But chicken tastes good and makes your muscles strong! And since different foods do different things, we need to eat a variety.

cheesecultist.bsky.social•13 days ago

I mainly think about that one episode of Kim Possible where Ron became a nacho monster

johnwestar.bsky.social•14 days ago

Same applied to the 'scarey' anti Marijuana adds in the past..

donnadeka.bsky.social•14 days ago

Yup! They tried to make it sound as bad as heroin!

ahhaenlighten777.bsky.social•14 days ago

Moderation is key...🍪

torekdva.bsky.social•14 days ago

Right? I grew up around a lot of diet stuff and seeing things like that made me just wish I was one of those magical people that hated chocolate 🤣 there's no amount of tricking your brain that's going to make junk food not taste pretty good

markspence1.bsky.social•14 days ago

100% advertisers are out of touch with kids, no kids are falling for that dumb shit.

donnadeka.bsky.social•14 days ago

I once ate an entire bag of “Mothers” chocolate chip cookies in one sitting, 12-13 yo, while reading a book. It was yummy!!!

donnadeka.bsky.social•14 days ago

My sisters were not happy…

soultrains.bsky.social•14 days ago

When I was a teen they told us that weed would send us into a murdering rage. Since we all knew it made us sit on the sofa and eat cookies and love our friends, we rejected everything else they told us too.

shinecast.bsky.social•14 days ago

I’m the opposite. I was a kid before these ads, but I recognized the foods that made me feel bad and gave me a stomach ache at school were always the sugary carbs and junk like the rectangular precooked pizza like substances. So I avoided them, and thankful that I was a kid who trusted her gut.

donnadeka.bsky.social•14 days ago

I was the other way around. Healthy foods made me feel bad.

bluegirlva.bsky.social•14 days ago

Well, I did argue at age 5 that my Easter basket bounty should not be rationed, as it was my property. Wore them down, ate everything (including the old school solid chocolate bunny), and then spewed it up in technicolor while playing with cousins later. I was booted from the game then. 😂

nerdyrockmom.bsky.social•14 days ago

Yeah, but it's predicated on the belief that children are stupid... Which... Not great.

allaboutcox.bsky.social•14 days ago

They focus on the wrong thing. They always focus on just not eating the "bad" thing, they should focus on promoting moderation. Fuck, they teach adults to drink alcohol in moderation. Use the same lesson for junk food.

donnadeka.bsky.social•14 days ago

Teach them to like food that is good for them by cooking and seasoning well.

allaboutcox.bsky.social•14 days ago

This too. More people could learn to season their food better!

rosalarian.bsky.social•14 days ago

Cookies make my tummy feel bad NOW as an adult, but not when I was a child. I feel like whoever is making that media has forgotten being a child when you could eat a bunch of cookies and feel extremely good afterwards.

hotdogh2o.bsky.social•14 days ago

Right? Now it just makes me shut my pants at work.

daisyfm.net•14 days ago

Heck, me as a middle-aged adult can eat a bunch of cookies and feel good immediately afterwards.

The bad feelings don’t happen till the cookies have had time to digest.

daisyfm.net•14 days ago

I me, if I eat an entire bag of Milano cookies, I’ll get sick every time, but I could probably eat half a bag of Milano cookies.

In theory.

daisyfm.net•14 days ago

I don’t buy Milano cookies for the same reason I don’t play video games.

I don’t trust myself with them. I have zero self control.

rosalarian.bsky.social•13 days ago

Oh no now I want these cookies

zodberg.bsky.social•14 days ago

Milano cookies are gamer fuel

gangler52.bsky.social•14 days ago

Plus, even as an adult, that feels like questionable wisdom.

A lot of stuff makes my tummy feel bad as an adult. If we went around advising kids not to eat anything that makes me queazy, they'd lose a lot of perfectly healthy foods for their growing bodies.

pseudandry.bsky.social•14 days ago

That's what I always wondered ever since I was both old enough to buy and eat an entire cake and also regret buying and eating an entire cake.

pseudandry.bsky.social•14 days ago

A member of my grandfather's lodge owned a chocolate factory and every year at the lodge Christmas party every child would get 6-8 FULL SIZED bars as well as all the chocolate milk they could drink and the only side effect was excited screaming kids and chocolate stains on nice clothes

42theanswr.bsky.social•14 days ago

Right even as an adult you feel fuckin awesome for about half an hr to two hrs then you seriously regret your life choices

capnraye.bsky.social•14 days ago

Same. I kind of wonder if this happens to be a mistranslation between adults and children.

This is true for a lot of ADULTS, but Children? Rarely.

dougjohnson17.bsky.social•14 days ago

Moderation. Cookies rock. Too many cookies bad.

oliviamlondon.bsky.social•14 days ago

As a vegan teacher I hated teaching “healthy eating” as if eating animals and their products is the only way to get calcium, protein etc. There isn’t even space to suggest plant based alternatives. Many medical issues are caused by obesity and poor diet and teaching nutrition properly would help.

cynrosemw.bsky.social•14 days ago

The same approach with DARE; and we got an opioid epidemic because "they lied about marijuana, we thought they lied about all the drugs"

blacniss.bsky.social•14 days ago

AHHHHH, HERETIC!!!!!
Never mind, cookies make my tummy feel good.

magnoliapearl.bsky.social•14 days ago

Muting this one, I should know better than to post a general observation that will potentially reach a wider than usual audience lol

pikablu.bsky.social•13 days ago

I know you just muted it (sorry), but did you ever see the Bluey episode about this topic? The pavlova vs. edamame episode. The conclusion surprised me, with Dad giving in a letting Bingo have the pavlova (although Bingo does try some of the edamame too). It was nice to see some nuance to it.

dfulton808.bsky.social•14 days ago

Junk food made me sick as a kid just as it does now, but that's how I found out I had blood sugar issues and IBS.

charcoalnfurnace.bsky.social•14 days ago

Honestly I eat really bad but I’ve stopped caring. So long as I’m at least a little active I should be fine right? (I’m an artist that never leaves her room unless needed)

mountainmomma31.bsky.social•14 days ago

We have Cookie Monster.

Always look to Cookie Monster.

doctorsynth.bsky.social•14 days ago

Oreos taste great! Can you eat a whole row?

irunamuk.bsky.social•14 days ago

Kids aren’t as stupid as adults really want them to be

richardblogger.bsky.social•14 days ago

I agree. As a kid in the 70s I was diagnosed type 1 diabetic. The point was, cookies/candies were treats I wasn't denied them. Now sadly sugar laden foods have become staple food for some. That is the real problem

repetah.bsky.social•14 days ago

Reminds me of D.A.R.E. a bit.

modernminstrel.bsky.social•13 days ago

This! All those funds would have been better spent having universities research the drugs and provide accurate health information/warnings about them.

mybfflolly.bsky.social•14 days ago

Best NOT to lie to others….

megannoelmouse.bsky.social•14 days ago

Cookie Monster now claims cookies are sometimes food. That really feels open to interpretation.

theproperlexicon.bsky.social•14 days ago

This is why Cookie Monster is so important. He shows kids they can enjoy cookies, but also veggies and proteins.

summerlilacs.bsky.social•14 days ago

I had the same reaction in junior high when they told us if we we ever tried marijuana we'd die in an alley with a needle stuck in our arm.

tomtommn.bsky.social•14 days ago

I never got a stomach ache from eating too much sugar that's obviously a lie parents tried to tell kids

1tsthr.bsky.social•14 days ago

You may not be attuned to your digestive system's response to what you consume then, when you abstain from a foodtype, you will generally feel more sensitive to its effects when consuming it again.

grsullivan.bsky.social•14 days ago

But I’ve also seen kids eat way too much candy and feel sick after.

donnadeka.bsky.social•14 days ago

Every digestive system is different.

iinnocence.bsky.social•14 days ago

Its quite true, when i was a kid, things i was told not to do always peaked my curiousity to know why.

So lying to me never really worked and i always knew that some situations were bad but never had the vocab to describe what was bad.

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roddlyyours.bsky.social•14 days ago

True. But we are also creatures of habit. Our culture is saturated with sugar. For example, my wife and many other Chinese people I know find a lot of North American food too sweet.

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