{"id":23,"date":"2008-01-05T03:36:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-05T03:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/01\/since-when-is-kfc-the-authority-on-family-values.html"},"modified":"2008-01-05T03:36:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-05T03:36:00","slug":"since-when-is-kfc-the-authority-on-family-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/01\/since-when-is-kfc-the-authority-on-family-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Since when is KFC the authority on family values?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bring Back Dinner<\/a> <– Click the link to see more! This isn’t meant to specifically pick on KFC. I don’t mind the occasional (read: 1-2 times per year) fried chicken dinner from a no-kidding friend chicken establishment. (But I’d prefer to go here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

I’ve been seeing KFC’s TV ads about how they can help you re-establish those good-old-fashioned daily family dinners. I admire the company’s attempts. I also have sympathy for families who are attempting to balance the kids’ busy schedules, the parents’ work schedules and the need for sustenance.<\/p>\n

But there’s something about suggesting that KFC at the dinner table is the definition of “family dinner”. It just doesn’t seem the same…<\/p>\n

I have a serious soapbox about kids’ fitness and kids’ weight. I’m not the model mother, I’m not super-organic, zero transfat, 8-10 servings of fruits and veggies kind of gal by any stretch. I consider myself a moderate…for the most part,<\/em> my kids have a healthy diet. And it’s important to me they get lots of playtime…and Jake’s starting to venture into organized sports, and I’m thrilled he’s enjoying his soccer.<\/p>\n

Many times over the years since Jacob was born, I’ve seen Jacob and Timmy show interest in a particular food or dish. Let’s start with Kids’ Cuisine:<\/p>\n

\"\"I consider this the first food that Jake “noticed” at the grocery store. You know what I mean — he’s about 2 years old, I’m pushing him in the cart, and we’re in the frozen foods section. He sees the cartoon character and starts asking for it.<\/p>\n

So I get it for him.<\/p>\n

And he loves it!<\/p>\n

And he asks for it again…and again…and again.<\/p>\n

And I want to see my little boy happy, so I’m happy to get it again, especially when it’s on sale for $0.99 apiece at Super WalMart!<\/p>\n

Well, in my opinion, these meals are pretty gross. So after a few weeks of this [no, I wasn’t giving these to him every single day — probably 2-3 times per week, though!] it was high time Jake started eating the family dinners, so it was right about when Timmy was born that I started my “Mom can make anything<\/em> from scratch” campaign.<\/p>\n

Starting with Betty Crocker home-baked macaroni and cheese and hand-breaded, baked chicken nuggets. (Pictures are representative only, not my own!)<\/p>\n

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“Mommy, I don’t like this!”<\/p>\n

Let the games begin!<\/p>\n

…To be continued! I’m tired!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bring Back Dinner <– Click the link to see more! This isn’t meant to specifically pick on KFC. I don’t mind the occasional (read: 1-2 times per year) fried chicken dinner from a no-kidding friend chicken establishment. (But I’d prefer to go here.) I’ve been seeing KFC’s TV ads about how they can help you … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[8,616],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-cooking","tag-ranting"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t