Growing kids up

I know I probably sound cynical sometimes, and I kinda am- that's your warning that here comes another one.
Kid's shows SUCK ASS. Who the hell comes up with this stuff? They are situations that aren't real. Or, if they are...like say in Arthur, the fact that animals are talking is stupid, and they actually teach things that my kids don't even DO, like Arthur being an asshole to his sister, or them being mean to someone in school.
Right now the Fresh Beats are on- another stupid ass show.
I know, I can turn it off. They get to watch this right now, and when breakfast is over it goes off. They normally don't watch it again for the rest of the day. Today, they might, over nap time. We'll see. It's raining and shitty out.
We start off feeding babies healthy food. Well, as healthy as it can be. Then we get excited when they can eat table foods, and before you know it, they "dislike" vegetables because we have undone all our hard work and we've given them all the shit that we eat. Pile in the preservatives and artifical colors and meat that's been dead for far too long, carb city. I do it too. I'm hyper aware of it (you might have noticed) and I shovel vegetables and tofu and other horrible things into them way more often than they'd like, but gosh.
We wonder why american kids are obese- or american adults? Or why we have such high instances of heart disesase and cancer and all the other shit? Look what we put in. Gross.
I'll stop now. The heater just kicked on. Awesome.
So, I look like I'm here, but actually I am not. The whole family and i are in another country, helping rebuild after some natural disaster, eating much better than we eat here, and they learn by doing and by homeschooling, and we are just as happy as you please. Cullen said we can't up and move to Sri Lanka. I tried.
Cullen brought me a large coffee. Bring it on.
Did you hear the sirens last night? So many sirens. Made me cry, right then and there.
Happy Tuesday!
Love,
In search of a new attitude.