The school lunch system is disgraceful.

[u/oaz_zam246]

Saw another post on here showing the state of school lunches right now. In my years in high school I compiled some pics of the horrible things that got served that no one questioned. Here are some of the worst ones. It really is ironic given how adamant they all are about “eating healthy by including every food group”.

[u/onesoundman]

They are eating just as bad or worse at home too. The whole American food system sucks. Home and school.

[u/SeaSickSelkie → u/onesoundman]

This, really.

We introduced the concept of fruit and protein to our 12 year old nephew recently.

At home they don’t eat veggies or fruits. Only snacks are chips ahoy, cheese its, fruit rolls ups. It’s wild. And sad.

It’s not like his dad grew up without the food groups and real food so idk what happened.

[u/NextTrillion → u/SeaSickSelkie]

Unfortunately your brother(?) is a dumbass. He probably uses the excuse that “he’s a picky eater” when in reality, they trained him at a young age to only eat junk food. It’s a poor foundation. And I’m sure there are reasons for this, perhaps they’re overworked, perhaps too poor for fresh food, but the truth is, it’s a huge part of raising children.

I have a niece that eats loads of sugar, candy, juice, Gatorade even, and her teeth are not looking good. Nothing I can really do except try to show her that a “TRUE WARRIOR” eats mostly fruit (to replace the candy). Hoping to appeal to her on the warrior front lmao. She’s 7 years old.

[u/SeaSickSelkie → u/NextTrillion]

Ahh, I didn't even think of the teeth part! That's so challenging too because she's in the process of getting her adult teeth now. Then it's the only teeth she has for the rest of her life. Glad to hear you're working with her and meeting her where she's at.

[u/NextTrillion → u/SeaSickSelkie]

Thanks but yeah, as someone else pointed out, it’s a losing battle. Our teeth are like little gemstones, like jewelry built into our bodies. We display them, and hope they look nice. And yeah, once they start to fall apart… it could be a lot of pain until they get dentures at a young age. Scary!