lol no friends, I didn’t not “accidentally” mention Hello Fresh in this video. I was talking about *cooking* specifically, which you do NOT need to do with Factor. This why I love them both! Whether you don’t feel like cooking at all or want to cook but don’t have several hours 😝🥰
@@halcyon3116she probably uses both, hello fresh for when she has the energy to cook and prepare stuff and factor just when she wants to have something to warm up in the microwave, quick and simple! :)
You are the only UA-camr that actually has planned ad breaks, and don't just have ads randomly pop up in mid sentence. I wish more content creators did it your way. It reminds me of the way traditional television used to be where ad breaks were naturally transitioned into.
My big issue is that she has said she’s just trying to represent how “normal moms” are. This should not be normal, I was raised that way and absolutely blame being fed this way for my eating disorder.
maybe not normal but common. which is sad but apparently it is common if you were raised that way, along with many other people that have said the same
I don’t think this is normal… my mom was a typical 90s mom, not health crazed, made casseroles, but she understood the principle of having a protein, starch, and vegetable with every meal. And she didn’t buy a lot of processed snacks and drinks. I think of that as much more normal than dumping some donuts on a plate for your kid :/
There’s a happy medium- I was raised in a house no sugar, no soda, no candy etc and being told “a moment on your lips a lifetime on your hips” for as long as I can remember and ended up with a lifelong struggle with eating disorders and body issues.
Oh yeah that phrase was spouted constantly in my house growing up! Growing up with a diet so tied to morality (good food/bad food, and having to optimize everything all the time) really messed up my relationship with food.
No sugar, soda or candy is good. Just because those things exist, doesn't mean we need to have them. However, connecting it to weight gain and appearance is the problematic part. You can avoid junk in your child's diet without making it a big deal, while teaching them about good health. "Everything in moderation" is a myth and moderation has even led to addiction for many. My mother was the opposite of how you were raised. She was clueless about nutrition and would give us junk and processed foods constantly. I didn't know what many fruits and vegetables even looked like or tasted like. We are paying for it now. I had/have to work extremely hard to be a normal weight. Best wishes to you in your struggle and I'm sorry it happened that way for you.
Wow I couldn’t imagine a childhood with no sugar!! My mom was always skinny as a toothpick. I remember her trying sooo hard to gain weight when I was little to no avail. We always had sweet tea and koolaid in the fridge and snacks in the cabinet. My mom cooked every night except Friday nights were always fast food or takeout and we’d have one “left over night” during the week. We never even thought about weight growing up. We’ve always been thin BUT I’m afraid of the effects you can’t see…clogged arteries, cholesterol…😒
I grew up no sugar, candy, soda in the house and my mom cooked a well balanced dinner every night and breakfast in the morning and only healthy snacks. That didn’t mean we didn’t ever have sweet stuff it was only for a special occasion or every once in awhile. I’m very thankful for that because I’ve always been slim and at a healthy weight
@@Loverscardwell it seems she is based on what Jamie said and others I've watched. I'm a self trained chef but ONLY because I have severe ADHD that I hyper focused on it for a full year. My grandma taught me basics and her cooking was mostly homemade, but it didn't taste amazing or great. There's a passion some people just don't have
She’s certainly receiving enough reflections to at the very least contemplate changing her ways. She’s craving and loving all the attention from TT, why would she stop?
I was an obese child growing up and I still struggle with food. This has to be considered child abuse. My weight is constantly yo-yo and I binge eat so much. Eating like this effects you for life
I don't know. Until we were 12 or so, the junkiest cereal my mom let us eat was Raisin Bran, and I struggle too. I feel like it was more about the messages I received re. weight and body image, especially from fat jokes, movies, tv, kids at school, etc.
Growing up my dad would make my plates, I lived in a eat everything on your plate house. So he would fill mine the same as his. Because of this I never learned how to properly portion meals or balance plates. I still struggle with this. Things like this 100% effect your relationship with food.
Child abuse?! Come on.. that's reaching. You don't know her children's specific situations. I have 6 kids, 5 of which eat normal meals I prepare of have brought in. One is special needs and will not eat virtually anything. Not feeding her children is child abuse. What she chooses to feed them is ultimately parental choice and bc we dont know her specific situations calling it child abuse is ridiculous. I struggle with my weight, binge, and yoyo and I was fed a cookie cutter perfect meal 3x a day for the first 16 years of my life.
@@nms4521 I became a mom at 19. I had virtually no money. My parents were both dead and I was in a state away from my family. I applied for WIC and started couponing to save money. My child still ate healthy. Purposefully neglecting your child’s health IS ABUSE. Of course if she wasn’t feeding them at all it would be worse but purposefully causing childhood obesity that turns into adulthood obesity is terrible.
As a very fat person now and there’s a formally fat child I have very complex feelings about the matter. I was 150 pounds when I was 10 years old. My mom knew I shouldn’t been eating when I was eating and it made my life miserable, I was bullied I couldn’t find any clothes and worst of all I couldn’t keep up with other kids. I couldn’t run I couldn’t play. I hated my childhood because I was too overweight to enjoy it. I do think feeding your kids like this when you have other options is child abuse, at the very least it’s neglect
I’m sorry you experienced that. That enrages me when I see parents feed their kids in a way that gets them fat. It’s cruel and abusive. As a kid you don’t know or have choices. My heart goes out to you
Yes neglect is recognized as a form of abuse. I have sympathy for you as I've been through this as a kid as well. My mother always showed love towards me and has been my support but as far as diet goes she was complacent in trying to keep my diet and weight under control. In her case I think it stemmed from pure ignorance. What enrages me is when people would boast about their diet and weight loss routine, talk about going to the gym ... Yet don't ever put their foot down on their kid's diet and the child is clearly overweight and on the verge of being obese... I've heard people say, " I can't control what my kids eat." Yes. You absolutely can. And you should...
Thank you for sharing. It's important to know the perspective of someone who experienced this. How are you doing now? Are you able to find resources to help your health and healing journey? It can be such a a difficult task to take on ❤❤
@ryangrundy4290 no but I don't think you understand how much pressure mothers are under including myself. Perfection perfection perfection. Its all you people care about, unrealistic standards. Until you have kids you won't understand the struggles.
What bothers me is that she just looks absolutely miserable, devoid of joy and feels like she needs to share that. The combination of horrendous food and misery just reallt rubs me wrong.
She might be a single mom. It’s hard out there. We seek validation. The man loves the woman so the woman can properly love her kids. I’ve lived it unfortunately. The internet is the last ditch effort for stimulation other than raising kids(which is a privilege but we are human and are social creatures with peers around our age. It’s just how it is)
Honestly though least she is feeding her kids. There are many parents who don’t feed their kids and go on an 11 day vacation while their child dies in their crib after eating their own feces
As a kid that was fed in this way by an obese parent. I wish that someone would have told her to put some effort into feeding her children healthy foods. We were really poor, but I know that we could have eaten better than pancakes, topped with about a cup of brown sugar and margarine, and snacking on plain (non toasted) white bread covered in margarine and white sugar. Can you take a guess if my brothers and I struggle with weight? Our entire lives!!
@SS24ist I genuinely also think it's harder to refrain from than drug use. Don't get me wrong, sugar is not as addictive as some drugs and doesn't do as much damage - but in terms of sobriety? Everyday is a struggle for addicts, everyday they have to make the decision not to use. Sugar/food addiction? You have to eat! There are so many temptations and it's so easy to fall into lazy eating. Life gets busy, sometimes we need to take shortcuts in order to feed ourselves. Cooking is a lot of effort. Cooking from scratch is even more effort. My mom decided to make homemade Shepards pie for the two of us... it took her hours and it didn't taste as good as the store bought boxed kind, due to missing an ingredient. Plus, we had too many leftovers!
Yes I was the same, and also have weight issues. Said parent still doesn't understand why I'm so diligent in giving my kids such a variety of foods, and as least processed as possible.
Why do people still use margarine? I get why people used it back in my Mom’s day - they thought that butter was bad for you. Is it cheaper? Maybe I’m a coastal elite, but when I became an adult I came to realize that butter made things taste sooooo much better, and wasn’t full of chemicals. My mom put margarine on everything so I ended up eating Doritos instead of her cooking
I struggled with weight issues. I wasn’t confident in grade school, always had body issues. I knew I needed to break the cycle with my daughter, she’s in sports and eats healthy food 💪🏼 I grew up on soda and I never gave her any as a toddler and till this day she does not drink bubbly drinks. I love my parents but I wish they kept me active as a kid.
Growing up my family had a ritual I think was really beneficial. We grocery shopped on average every other week. You are allowed to pick out 1 "kind" of treat from roughly 3 categories: •chips/crackers •cereal/bars/toastables •confections/candy. You didn't get the "family size", you got the regular bag/box. That was your junk (I usually got cheetos, devil dogs and a block of Monterey Jack cheese😂). You were allowed to have them whenever you wanted, as much as you wanted, any time of day, but when you ran out, you were out for up to 2 weeks. We never skipped groceries because "we still had food" so sometimes you ended up with more junk bc we were allowed to replenish even if we still had some at home; we skipped for budget reasons, So we weren't incentivized to eat everything to justify shopping - Instead we had good reason to try and stretch out how long we could have our snacks around. This made the junk food special but not craved, encouraged pouring small bowls of cereal/chips instead of eating out of the bag, and choosing/waiting for actual meals when hungry instead of eating away the snacks too soon. We also got to choose small treats for movies, weren't forever denied fast food, and were allowed enjoy anything offered at special events. We rarely went to restaurants and never got appetizers but I was allowed anything I wanted on the menu, it just had to be 1 thing - I would order an appetizer as my meal because I thought appetizers were just smaller regular meals. So yeah, we didn't have restriction or deprivation, there was rarely "you can't have that, it's not healthy", we just had controlled portions that I've since learned others consider really small. But it really worked. This left MOST of our consumption to the regular daily meals - which weren't always the healthiest but for the time, it did reflect the food pyramid and we always tried to have greens and proteins on every plate. We also always bought a little fresh fruit. I remember on vacation we'd get chewy chocolate chip cookies and all year I'd refrain from eating them except at the beach so they would always be a beach treat. I feel lucky because I think I was (accidentally) raised right with portion control. To this day I still prefer to have "a little at a time".
We had a similar-but-different upbringing. We didn't have restrictions but my mom was a nurse and made us homecooked, mostly-healthy food 80% of the time for dinner. A meat, a starch and always 3 steamed veggies. Every night. We were allowed fast food as a treat, we were allowed some snack foods that weren't healthy but usually just the plain granola bars. We ate all our Halloween candy :D BUT THE PORTIONS. We were chubby kids because we just ate and ate and had seconds and thirds if it was really good. So while my taste buds are excellent and I was never sick as a kid (nor my brother), we still both struggle with our weight because we grew up eating adult-sized portions as kids. It's such an untalked-about aspect of learning how to have a healthy relationship with food.
Don't ever stop having young Jaime give her intros and outros. It's the cutest and totally 'Leslie Knope for Congress' video. Like you always knew you were going to be a UA-camr.
Jaime I love how you use the footage of you filming when you were young. That ‘word from our sponsors’ moment gave me the full circle feels. You should be proud girl 🥲
I know someone who was probably raised on this diet who won't go to get Asian food with me or other culturally different foods and it's kinda sad. Like we could hang out more but they refuse to try new foods more than anyone I've ever met. Food diversity opens so many doors to friendship across cultures. I still love them but I wish they could branch out of their typical diet.
I knew someone who was like “my kid is so picky he’ll only eat pepperoni pizza chicken nuggets and regular milk” I had Japanese curry one day for lunch and she was like “oh gross, what IS that!?” And that must be where her kid got it from. 😂
I get you! I have a friend who was raised in Cuba (so he had very limited food options) but now as a 30-something year old, he doesn’t eat more than like pizza and chicken nuggets. It is heartbreaking. I feel like there’s a whole culinary world out there he simply will not try. 😭
yes exactly! and for some people in some crucial circumstances this sort of thing gets so extreme it can actually become an eating disorder. called ARFID. avoidant restrictive food intake disorder. they will only eat one food group, or one color food, or one texture food, stuff like that. to the point that they miss important proteins and vitamins and have to supplement it. i know you’re speaking generally about cultural food types but was just giving the extreme example. but even when ur not missing out on nutrition i agree it’s such a sad thing to even imagine not having other culture’s foods, let alone not being able to have friends/fam experience it! exposing outer influences to kids young for parents who have the means to is such a good thing
Pretty sure that's exactly what she's doing. Making fun of all the "aesthetically pleasing" videos by showing a dash of crappy reality. Probably playing up the crappy parts for the camera tho.
I was raised the opposite of this. Fresh cooked meals every night, no junk food, very rarely given chocolate/fizzy drinks. This was the 90s when fat and sugar were devil foods. Because it was all 'forbidden', it's all I eat as an adult. Nutrition should be taught in schools and nothing should be labelled 'bad'. It creates unhealthy relationships with food, no matter which side you were raised.
I was raised like that too, but mostly because my parents were too poor to afford anything other than necessity 😅 I get that, I had that problem when I first started being more independent, but I got over it quickly when I saw that my parents weren't lying when they said its bad food lol I felt so greasy and heavy and it was really a wakeup call. I'm actually glad I got to eat like that when I was a kid.
Yeah my mom was really moderate about food after she taught a kindergarten student who was so obsessed with sugar, she caught him licking cupcake crumbs off the floor. Poor kid wasn't allowed to have sugar and was obsessed.
@moononthewindynight27 I'm glad I got to eat like that too! My mum was a chef (and so is my husband!), so I'm exaggerating a bit when I say everything I eat now is unhealthy. I just wish there had been more of a balance I guess. My mum struggled with her weight for my entire childhood, and it definitely got passed to me!
was going to comment something akin to this, didn't help my mom was constantly scolding my dad's "trailer trash" habits when he bought hot dogs or potato chips and said he "might as well suck on a stick of lard" oof. i remember apple and grape juice being deemed explicitly unhealthy growing up, along with a lot of other pretty normal and fairly nutritious "kid foods"
Came here to say the exact same thing! Demonizing certain foods is a toxic way of thinking and can lead to issues with restriction and binge. There is not a single food on this earth that if you eat it in a concious, moderate fashion that will make you immediately gain fat. Treat a treat as a treat. Not as a standard.
Right, my mom was that parent. I grew up eating things like Totinos party pizzas, ramen noodles, sugary cereals, snack cakes, fried chicken and fast food pretty much every day of the week. I was CONSTANTLY sick. I had a fast metabolism so that’s the only reason I never gained weight but by the time I hit my teens I had IBS and other medical issues brought on by awful diet. I missed so much school growing up and my mom truly didn’t understand why. It got so bad to a point where I was waking up and vomiting about once a week with stomach pains so bad I could hardly walk. One of my favorite things about being an adult is that I’m finally able to get all the fresh foods I would always ask my mom for growing up, but she refused to get it for me because according to her it was a waste of money because I was “the only one who would eat that crap” and because they considered fruits and veggies to be rabbit food. Sadly my siblings think this way now as well and are battling with their weight and health issues because of it. My sister will over dramatically gag and dry heave if I serve salad or desserts with real fruit when she comes over.
My neighbor's kids got fed like this... the mom didn't understand why her little daughter's knees were hurting. It was because her little legs weren't meant to carry so much weight. And her little son couldn't play soccer like the rest of the kids in his soccer club. The mom really didn't know any better. The kids are now a bit under 35 years old and have struggled with their weight their whole lives now.
@@Omnibushido- Man I'm so sorry to hear that, it's really a problem with our education system and the fact that those kinds of "foods" are even on grocery store shelves. They don't want us healthy, they want our money.
As a Mom trying to work through my own food issues and fighting hard not to pass them on to my kids, this breaks my heart. I would never forgive myself if my kids grew up to deal with the same health issues I have now and I had never done anything to give them a healthy foundation and teach them how to eat in a healthy, balanced way. The goal should be to give our kids a better life than we grew up with, and health is part of that.
I love that you don’t shred her apart for her choices. You’re rational, thoughtful, fair, and caring in your assessment of her. There are so many things this could be … depression; making what she knows and is familiar with; not having a proper understanding of diet and nutrition. I’m happy she’s improving and wish people would give her more constructive criticism.
How about the constructive criticism, "Have you considered that how you behave toward your kids while depressed may be hurting them -- now and quite possibly longterm?"
Here’s the unfortunate fact though: once you have kids, you need to get your ish together. Improper understanding doesn’t fly when you have the equivalent of 20,000 libraries right at your fingertips. She’d have to know if that’s how she was fed, that this is going to lead to a bad path, and for crying out loud, we all had school meals. You should know at least the basics.
@@TheBaumcm Exactly. One can have compassion for people with mental illnesses without ignoring how they are injuring others, especially their kids. They need to let their kids' welfare motivate them to get help, manage their symptoms, and find better info on caring for their children.
There is literally nothing you can give your kids that everyone will agree with. You give them yogurt and fruit, it's "too much sugar! Not enough protein!" Add some bacon or sausage and it's "too much sodium!" My kid is allergic to eggs. There is no winning as a parent.
That's honestly so nice that people commented making suggestions and then she made an effort to change her ways. Finally, something wholesome happens as a result of a mommy vlogger getting attention.
Honestly, the idea of giving the kids half a donut with strawberries to start out with is great! Gets them to wean off the donuts will giving them a healthier, sweet alternative.
Serving sausage in boiling water is what my traditional German Austrian mom did. She had the pot of boiled water with the sausage in it, and you would pull the sausages out of the water as you ate them because it would keep them very hot until they were eaten. They had sausage casings that the water didn't penetrate. So far this is the most normal thing she's doing
Are you thinking about sausages or frankfurts. I'm part German and would never boil a sausage at least not what we call a sausage here in Australia. They would be fried, BBQ's/grilled, perhaps even squeeze the meat out of the casing and make little meatballs.
@@justinm2697 I thought all Frankfurters were sausages, but not all sausages were Franks? As in, _sausage_ is a generic term for long tasty meat tube and Frankfurter is a specific type of long tasty meat tube? Anyway, the prep method is as you described in my country (and every other potato country in Europe AFAIK) - the Frank-y kind (so whichever ones are emulsified and pre-cooked as opposed to the raw and less finely grinded ones) are the only ones that are boiled.
I'm part German and I cook sausages like that too. It helps them get done all the way through more quickly, I usually get a sear first and then boil. Not these kind of sausage (I think those are frozen?) But like bratwurst sausage
I so appreciate Jaime being critical of the food choices while also being kind. Like, yeah, the kids' diet is not super healthy, but I don't know how mocking her weight/appearance will help that.
@@play-fool Fat phobic language? She's fat. She has an eating disorder and is passing that on to her kids and you are concerned about 'offensive' language?
@@play-fool. I too am considered “fat” and as a fat person , I think it’s okay to be fat phobic. It’s unattractive and unnatural. We were Not created to look like this.
I mean....these people choose to be on TikTok. As a fat person myself, I don't put myself out on the internet because yes, the internet is cruel. It always has been. No one's obligated to be nice to you.
She should teach herself at this point. My parents definitely fed me a lot of processed junk when I was growing up, and they still eat that way--all the Little Debbie snacks, Bagel Bites, frozen everything for snacks, pudding, jello, etc. (they still have TUBS of Country Crock in their fridge...😂). I was a little chubby as a kid before puberty, then after puberty I started gaining weight again because of my diet and had to start learning about calories, vitamins, etc. As an adult, I still eat processed stuff, but I pay attention to the ingredients, calories, and portion sizes, and my husband and I cook dinner from scratch most nights. It's never too late to learn, especially if you have kids!
@@DoctorSib I totally agree! I was in the same position growing up as you, and it is hard to turn it around but absolutely essential, especially with kids in the house. There is so much freely available education around food now! Plus, how much better does pudding taste when you haven’t had it in a while?!
I'm not going to say I've never had a REALLY hard day with my son that has a lot of food aversions and given in to some unhealthy things to get him to eat, but it is by far not an everyday occurrence! **Edit** Came back to say that you're the first person to go in depth of how many small changes she has been implemented. Good for her and her babies ! ❤️
Good on you! I’m not a parent but I was the picky kid. I’m autistic and have a very very long list of food I will not touch with a 10ft pole. My Mom wanted to rip her hair out some days trying to feed me and I HATED when she wouldn’t give into just feeding me Pizza or noodles with butter for the 10th time a week. I’m grateful for her now tho because I know that just giving me the crap I wanted would’ve been easier and that she struggled a lot to get me to eat in general. Thx Mom for giving me balanced meals even if I screamed for Pizza the whole time. I’m sure your son will be grateful too someday even if he isn’t now.
When i said this was neglect on an other commentary channel i was called nasty things and i should be happy she feeds her child. I feel like we should have our standards a little higher
Exactly. Intentionally doing something which we know is harmful (sometimes at all-depending on the exact issue, or on a regular basis-versus as the occasional treat), when there’s doable alternatives available to us, is highly concerning.
@Kattydid19 "intentional" is the key word, though. Assuming this is how she was raised (and likely was, probably in a small, poor town where most people are overweight), I don't think she is intentionally harming her children. And as Jamie said, it appears that she is taking advice from some of the kinder, more helpful comments and implementing protein via eggs, etc. Of course you could say she could just google "what should I feed my 4 year old?" But it's quite possible that these kids are really picky eaters having grown up eating so much sugar. I understand veggies and lean protein are a must, but if a grape or blueberry doesn't taste sweet to your child (or likely, even to mom), making the switch to grilled chicken and spinach won't happen overnight.
I am literally so nauseous watching these “meals”. These children will have food problems for life 😢. You are spot on about once these kids get hooked on the mega processed sugary foods, they will refuse any real food. It literally rewires your brain and tastebuds. I have been keto for 6 years and theres still times i crave this junk since i ate it for so long growing up. People just do not understand the effects of highly processed foods. It will be the cigarettes of this generation in 50 years.
And just like with cigarettes, there will be addicts defending it with false equivalencies and “youre gonna dīę anyway” too, regardless of consequences.
Hey totally not what you were looking for but I’m trying to inform myself about food stuff in order to confront my own eating disorder), do you have any articles or websites I can read about that rewiring stuff? I have never heard of that before and I’d love to know more.
I’m really glad to hear she’s improving. I feel like too many content creators get stuck feeling like they have to stay with the same content even if it’s harmful.
Cooking sausage in water is an old-school way to cook pork sausages fully in the middle. . First boil meat then browning them after. She learned it from momma.
I cook bacon this way, it's an easier way to fully cook them and control how crispy they get afterwards. Although I don't use quite as much water. The plus side is they require less babysitting so they don't suddenly go from raw to overdone.
The thing is there are plenty of parents who do this every day and feed their family absolute garbage (for the majority). The difference is they are not filming it and putting on online up for scrutiny.
I've been so depressed for a few months and ever since I started binging your content last week I am happy to say that even though I'm still depressed you make me laugh because you are truly hilarious. Thank you for making me a little happier even though I'm sad a lot.
Ugh same boat hon. Massively depressed nearly all the time. It helps to find things here and there to make us feel a little better and maybe even laugh. Just wanted you to know you aren't alone.
The reality is that, a lot of moms actually do feed their kids this way. You would be surprised how many parents I’ve seen feed their kids things like this daily.
@@emilyd.6371I know it’s way easier these days to find this stuff, and cheaper relatively than it used to be. It’s also more shelf stable, and maybe some moms didn’t learn how to feed a family because of how they were raised (meaning larger meal preps, budgeting and reading a recipe for common items). The thing is though, it’s a choice. You have a choice to change your lifestyle. I’m not saying it’s an easy one but a choice nonetheless.
@@TheBaumcmit’s not like you just wake up one day and choose tho. It takes energy and time and years of knowledge and slow transition to more fruits and vegetables and it’s not like she’s never feeding them any protein. Those burger patties and chicken nuggets and eggs are all protein. We really need to not base our opinions of people around their 30 seconds videos and assume we know anything. It’s a long process. And this woman has 3 kids all young. I know post partum depression can be so real and go for so long and you are just trying to survive…. You do your best. Just because they eat bowls of marshmallows once doesn’t mean anything. And we don’t even know if they did actually eat all that. In the donut video the kid goes right for the applesauce which is perfectly healthy.
@kristin87425 thats not an excuse. You want shelf stable? Frozen bulk meat, rice, potatoes, beans, lentils, all sorts of canned goods. You can even grow your own food in pots. Buying boxed processed stuff isn't the cheap option anymore. What it is is laziness and lack of motivation. I feel like a crap parent when I give my toddler a processed meal even a couple times a week or let her snack on packaged stuff twice a day. When you have kids you are 100% responsible for ensuring their wellbeing. There are food stamps, programs like wic, food banks, all of which offer ways to fill in gaps of nutrition especially when providing a great range of nutrients is not within your means.
@@kristin87425 I do wanna say, the affordability isn't an excuse. Ppd is serious, but women need to have resources to feel safe enough to ask for help. Even in my pp rage and anxiety, we still have kids to care for.
So glad that it looks like they’re taking people’s genuine suggestions to heart. That even if it’s small, they’re changing their diet to be better bit by bit. Really hopeful for them! Everyone should work to better their diet
Your voice is so calm and mellow. Thank you for providing me with content I want without an over the top voice situation. I could watch you for hours instead of a 10 second tik tok
I appreciate you being kind and also hilarious. That’s why I keep coming back. A lot of other UA-camrs just jump and judge and they don’t know the whole situation. It doesn’t make me want to watch their videos because it’s mostly judging and negativity.
My first reaction to the first one was I thought it was meant to be full parody. Making fun of those ridiculous tiktok moms that are like “I make the pasta from scratch every day for little 29 month old Jimothy” but then I wonder if she read the comments and said f it I’m just going to lean in
Our son dated a girl who had been raised exclusively on fast food and processed foods. When she would eat good homecooked food, like at someone's home for Thanksgiving or Christmas, she would get sick. Her body just could not handle that non-pre-processed food.
Oh bull. I had a cheap lazy abusive mother and the foods I craved the most as a child were vegetables and lean meats. I call bs. Nobody gets sick on healthy food.
Guys, unfortunately this is absolutely a thing. I'm 31 years old and now that I have children of my own I've worked hard to learn about healthy eating and they rarely have unhealthy foods. But when I was young I was raised on processed everything, cue to being an adult pre children and all I ate was "food" from a gas station or fast food place. It got so bad at one point that I was eating a cosmic brownie or some sort of candy and drinking just energy drinks everyday. I weighed maybe 110. Which isn't a healthy weight for me. And I can 100% honestly tell you that from the time I was maybe 17 to 25 yrs old, if I went to a friend's and had home cooked food or decided to rarely switch things up and get a salad or fruit, or meat that wasn't from a fast food place, it absolutely made me feel like garbage. I would get really painful gas pains and had bathroom issues, to say it politely. Not often but a few times I had even thrown up bc my stomach was so upset. It finally got to the point where I just stopped eating healthy ever bc it just wasn't worth it. When I finally got it together when I became pregnant, I had to start out with a very bland, simple, but not heavily processed diet. It took maybe a month to be able to eat like a normal person without any negative effects. Sorry for the novel. Just had to share my experience so that people can know how badly things can get.
That’s why they should re introduced cooking lesson in higher school for everyone! boy and girl ! Juste the simple base of alimentation , how to cook proper meal , what to buy at the grocery store, how to cut and cook vegetable and meat… plus how many freacking OIl you should used !
i’ve been saying this since i moved out on my own at 17 and real life hit me like a ton of bricks. i had to teach myself to cook and to do my own taxes. over 10yrs later i finally realized, the american government wants us exactly how we are, fat, sick, and stupid. since being on a fitness journey i realized that all of our food is poison, we eat chemicals that are banned in other countries. why teach us about taxes when they have the bigger advantage over you not knowing. it sucks but this country is not for its people, i finally got that.
As a mom to mini chaoses. I will say, yes sometimes my kids have a donut for breakfast or cheetos with lunch. But guess what, treats in moderation make life worth just a little more sometimes. But also I would never put my meal or my kids meals online for millions of people. You can have that donut of breakfast but maybe not everyday and also maybe balance it with a healthier lunch and dinner. Moderation is key
This! For the most part, we eat pretty well balanced meals here but some mornings the children choose violence so I choose cinnamon rolls . We played too hard outside before lunch so applesauce, crackers, and juice for lunch while they try and nod off . Then many a night we have good old fashioned sandwiches for dinner because we barely survived the day, are out of leftovers, and the last thing we want to do is dishes! I'm lucky that most of my kids will eat literally anything so we have the fun of being able to add variety to our meals which allow for creativity with ingredients and figuring out alternatives to make the meals a little cheaper. We have Hella kids here.
@@megand12345 I think we should also consider that what she feeds her kids is none of our business cause at least they're being fed, and there are children who are picky eaters so just getting them to injest some type of food can be a difficult task at times alot of people are suggesting to feed them eggs and sausage but some kids don't like those foods and won't eat them so it's either feed them chicken nuggets or they'll starve cause they won't eat anything else, cause believe it or not but some kids are incredibly picky and sometimes ya just gotta stick with your childs chosen saftey food (saftey food- food your child will always be willing to eat) not everything is neglect or child abuse y'all are being dramatic grow up and learn to mind your own business ya judgmental bully
Doubt you'll ever see this Jaime, but you are a bright spot when life gets dark. You never fail to make me laugh. Thank you so much for all the hard work I can tell you put into your videos.
I keep thinking "this is fake, right?" I hope it is. Kids develop diabetes etc way sooner now... we have a real crisis... And then I see people do this.... these kids become addicts. This is beyond bad parenting.
No matter what you’re talking about, you still are the best editor on the internet!! I love the little things too, like cutting to a plate being thrown at you after all the other clips of her throwing plates at the camera. You make me laugh so hard. 😂😂🤣
I’ve said this before, but your hair is sooooo good!! from a natural curly girl to another whatever you’ve been doing to it is totally working and I’ve never seen your curly hair looking THIS good!!! 🤍
Of course I'm not Jamie, but I have curly hair. Use a gentle shampoo and a deep conditioner weekly, while your hair is wet, (if it's only damp it frizzes) add your leave in conditioner and gel. The kind of conditioners you use will depend on what your hair needs (moisture, protein, or both). You have to experiment and find what products work for you. Recommendations won't always help because everyone's hair has different needs. Hope this helps
Your videos always brighten my day, and your nuanced take is basically where I'm at. Also, ok vocals!!! Can we get a full cover? Your voice is beautiful!
"Children of the corn...syrup" genuinely made me LOL. By the way, changing the water filter in my shower got rid of the frizz that wouldn't go away no matter what products I used.
The worst part is the things she feeds her kids there are equally easy healthy alternatives. Like washing some veggies or fruit and throwing it on the plate is literally as difficult as opening a bag of donuts and giving it to her kid. What is sad is her kid actively chooses the healthier option when given the choice.
The only criticism I have for that is depending on where they live, their schedules, and financial situation, getting fresh fruit can be obnoxious as hell. Like you buy a carton of strawberries for the same price as donuts and they go bad like within a day whereas the donuts are good for at least a little longer.
going bad within a day is a stretch. Prepackaged donuts only last ab a week and a half before tasting stale. And given America's capitalism, we can get fruit year round. Thankfully even Dollar General has fresh or frozen fruit now.
Depending on where they live yes… I just went to a discount grocery store and bought a bag of apples for $5, a bag of tangerines for $3.99 and a whole pineapple for $2…. those same powder donuts were $6 and I left them there 😂
That's really exaggerating. Fruit and veggies can't just be washed and tossed on a plate for a small child. They need to be peeled/cored/seeded and/or cut as well (depending on the fruit) and even having fresh fruit on hand isn't as easy. I'm not saying the effort isn't worthwhile, I luckily was not fed donuts nor was my child. But you're not really being realistic. Healthier options are generally going to take more time than Hostess options and be less accessible if you can't get to the store more than weekly. (For instance, I live in the boonies, nobody will deliver groceries out here, the closest Walmart is 35+ min away, so I would need frozen or shelf-stable options requiring preparations if I had a bunch of little kids to raise.)
@@FrenkTheJoyI totally agree with what you're saying but if your strawberries go bad in a day I would highly suggest refrigerating them cuz they shouldn't! Those packages of donuts have a surprisingly poor shelf life, convenience stores throw them out all the time. The strawberries should last just as long before they even get shriveled a bit (and are still good, can throw in a smoothie as long as they don't mold.)
I'm seriously so grateful that you have videos from when you were a literal child that can be used and relevant to this day. ❤❤❤ you are meant to be here
Jaime I love your content. You have changed my life. Just when I thought UA-cam was a ghost town and nothing good was on here anymore, I found you. You’re so talented and I think I would actually explode if I ever got to meet you. Love you so much! ❤
Wow! Your editing skills, transitions into ad breaks, and overall humor and personality got me to subscribe before I even finished this video. About to watch 10 more of your videos I love this! ❤️
I watched someone else cover this topic and they actually showed several moms feeding their kids junk food who didn't get nasty comments. The difference is one was in a nice car and fairly thin while feeding her kids a dozen Krispy Kremes, the other spent hours making sugary foods in her aesthetically pleasing kitchen in her multimillionaire home. She was also a thin mom and there was not one kid in sight as she prepared this unhealthy meal for hours on end. She obviously has the luxury of handing her kids off to someone else to do what she likes, yet she only received praise for being a beautiful mom in a beautifully expensive kitchen even when feeding her kids junk. I guess she gets points for making the junk herself so it's less processed? But it still was total junk food.
I think one difference could be the mom’s attitude towards it. There is also a difference between a one off versus everyday. That’s a lot of calories from fat and sugar with very little protein (needed for bone and muscle growth), and I can’t imagine feeding a child a fruit pouch and those powdered sugar donuts all together. That is about 400 calories right there and again, there is very little protein.
I am loving your videos. You’re really funny and expressive and your videos are really well put together including your timed ad breaks. From London, UK
The super model Mormon mom, Nara Smith she makes cookie cereal cookie crisp for comparison, it takes hours, it's still full of sugar. It's very aesthetic, people praise her for her beautiful videos, she spends all day making aesthetic videos. Someone else is feeding the kids.
And how often do you assume her kids eat cookies? Based on this mom it looks like her kids eat dessert items nearly every single meal. I all for parents going out of their way to bake cookies once a week for their kids.
Another video about this mentioned that we criticize the mom who looks poor and praise the one who looks more aesthetically pleasing. Rich vs poor and kinda shows how much we hate the appearance of being poor
My uncle thought my cousin and I to have at least 5 different colors of foods for each meal on the plate. I thought that was a fun and smartway to encourage and introduce new foods, and be creative in the proccess. ❤ Love you uncle ❤
Her hair has made me try to encourage my naturally wavey hair to do its thing and want it to grow long. It's been a week, it doesn't look like hers but I can dream! 😂
@@legoqueen2445 Don’t give up! It takes a minute for your hair to transition when going natural. Might I suggest looking into websites for naturally curly hair? It’s true that often people may think of African-American textured hair when they think of those sites, but the basic information really applies to all curly girls, even if you just have the smallest whisper of a wave. Your natural hair can be just as stunning!
@@mamigotz4 banquet "brown n serve" pre cooked sausage links and patties, it only calls for 3 tablespoons though.. just helps them thaw and heat evenly, then when the water evaporates out they start browning
Yes! Brown and serve need a little water but you have to be patient and brown them well after water evaporates. I think of it kind of like beer brats where you boil in beer and then sear on a pan after. It cooks the inside of the brat, and with brown and serve which you cook from frozen it warms the inside.
When I grew up in the 80's and 90's, breakfast for myself and most other kids I knew were sugary cereals, pop tarts, toaster strudels, etc. it wasn't healthy, but at the time it was the norm
definitely agree, breakfast was definitely any of those through my whole childhood and teens. In jr high and high school most kids (skinny or fat) ate literal snack cakes instead of the hot meals. Washed down with Pepsi or Sunny D.
@@seltzermint5 70’s/80’s, and same- sugary cereal or pop tarts. Both my parents worked, so my brother and I were total latchkey kids. I will say, though, we had a family home-cooked dinner every night, and weekends were bagels and lox for breakfast. I consider myself lucky- my parents did the best they could ❤️
@@camilove318 47 here, I do eat some of it too and lots of healthier food. But gotta say, I saw another comment about kids being sick all the time eating this food and that was never me or my friends in the 80s-90s. I'm never sick now either. So IDK. Maybe it's immunity building to eat Fruity Pebbles and chicken nuggets.
1. That wasn't normal for all kids. 2. Good then wasn't ultra processed. Now we are in peak food engineering, where most food isn't.. well.. food anymore... And most adults are woefully uneducated in nutrition
I know this is a tough subject. Times are hard. But as someone who was a child who grew up with neglect, and have serious weight and health issues as a result. Can we all agree that cooking NEEDS to be taught in school and healthy lunches provided. Japan and China have schools that do this with great success.
I find it interesting there are so many comments insinuating she’s playing 4D Chess but it’s clear her and her family are nutritionally starved so even if it was for the views, it’s still extremely unhealthy.
That was my thought. It's all for views. She doesn't give a F about the negativity because those who hate-watch are making her money. She films then (hopefully) she makes the children a nutritious meal.
I've seen someone review her videos before. I'm still thinking at least some of these are just to get a reaction because negative interaction on a video is better than no interaction. It reminds me of the person that said if they have a question they post it on reddit, then sign into a different account & answer it with a wrong answer because people are more likely to correct the wrong answer than just answer the question to begin with.
That transition from one food to another is called food chaining and it's a great way to help anyone try new foods. My son has arfid with an extremely restricted diet and is been incredibly helpful. It might look like glazed donut> blueberry glazed donut> blueberry donut> blueberry pancake> pancake with blueberries> blueberries with yogurt.... you get the idea. You can do the chains as long/short/subtle according to your specific needs
My kid is autistic and as a baby would eat fruit puree, but when we switched to solids he refused fruit and veggies. Now at 4 he will only eat a handful of things, mostly brown and tan colored. He used toneat scrambled eggs but gagged on them once and refused them every time after that still does. It sucks trying to navigate feeding kids, esp kids with special needs. He enjoys 1 good healthy meal with rice and veggies and chicken, but it can't be too chickeny 😂. He won't even eat doughnuts!! I hope it gets better eventually!
My child is also autistic and this is exactly what happened with him too. As soon as we switched over to solids he refused. It's a texture thing with him. I've been able to sneak some in and also he is a lot more tolerant than he was a few years ago. Do not feel guilty. We are just doing the best we can. 💓
My child has ADHD and also has issues eating a broad range of foods. I was referred to a dietitian but I know what to feed my child they just won't eat it. I hope it's not like this forever 🤞🤞🤞🤞
My kid is the same. He is actually more adventurous since his younger brother is so adamant about not trying things. It's gotten better and better. Don't worry, you're not screwing up.
Saaaaaaaame. My son will eat like, 5 healthy things... sometimes I grind myself feeding him just to get some calories in him so he doesn't get into a hangry meltdown
Great video, Jaime! I tend to concur with you regarding all of the points you touched on. Thank you for being so entertaining, and for delivering this type of content so candidly and humourously, without putting anyone down (unlike many creators that do reaction videos). I appreciate you! I always get excited when I see that you've uploaded. Thanks again❤
Insert Abby sharpe 😒 God forbid you try and feed yourself or child something healthier and she accuses you of being wrongfully restrictive and unhealthy.
Yup. It’s a really toxic mindset to have that “mamas know best” so nobody can say anything. If that was the case, things like CPS wouldn’t exist. She’s setting her kid up for a lifetime of health issues if this is the garbage her kid is eating regularly at such a young age. The lady doesn’t even take the time to sit the baby down at the table to feed her. She just sets her plate on the floor like she’s feeding a dog and giving her kid finger foods so she won’t need help eating. She should have her kids taken away, tbh. If you can’t be bothered to feed your kids properly or even so much as sit with them, you shouldn’t have kids.
true but if change is what people want, a hot tip, insulting others does not do the trick. It just makes them retaliate and not change. So giving her tips on how to do it better in a nice way goes a longer way than telling her that her children should be taken away because of the food she serves (some comments actually suggest that). The tone makes the music.
I mean, there is a living breathing child actively being given an addiction and eating disorder that won't just affect their health, it will color their entire life, every meal, every drink, how they see themselves, how they are treated and could potentially limit their options in life just from physical limitations. We would judge a mother starving her children and being hyper restrictive. I don't understand the concept of the opposite extreme being seen as "she's just doing her best with what she has." She's literally not. I've been low income, junk food is crazy expensive. It's just as easy to make some toast and an egg or oatmeal as it is to cut up doughnuts. We need to bring stigma back into our culture. We've destigmatized society to the point abuse is being excused and ignored. We can't normalize nutritional abuse in children. It ruins lives.
As someone who worked in the public school cafeteria, these are the kinds of meals kids get at school every day. It's all processed foods that are so unhealthy. Her kids will get the same things when they get to school. 😮💨
This. I tried so hard cooking healthy meals and putting veggies in things when the kids were little. Once they started school, it became a struggle to get them to eat healthy once they were exposed to all the processed and sugar filled foods.
@fernthegreenfairy raw ingredients. Stay out of the middle isles! Learn to cook from scratch and if time is an issue, pick a day to make ahead things from scratch .❤
@fernthegreenfairy It’s good to find a starting point, too. Maybe a UA-camr that teaches fairly simple healthy meals you can make if you’re trying to go from scratch/learn to cook a bit more. Unprocessed foods at the grocery store aren’t too hard to find; like the other commenter said, just try to stay out of the middle aisles (except I go there for things like soy sauce or other simple seasonings I need). It’s good not to overwhelm yourself at the beginning otherwise you may give up. Just try to read labels on boxed/canned things you buy and stick with ingredients that you can actually understand what they are, for the most part. That will help a huge chunk. It’s not as difficult to make some of your favourites as you might think, either. If you find a good quality frozen burger (without a bunch of junk in it/it tastes good), then it’s fairly simple to add things like that as occasional treats. As for learning to eat more healthy/delicious options… I prefer to cook a more Asian-based diet (mostly Thai these days, though it’s also included Japanese and Korean). There are some pretty simple and very delicious recipes that just naturally incorporate real ingredients and lots of vegetables. I find their meals to be generally quite well balanced without having to try to figure out “what’s my protein going to be? How do I get vegetables in here?” etc. North American cooking is honestly pretty hard for me to eat healthy AND enjoy (the flavours just don’t really jive with me…) I don’t know if this is what you were asking. Sorry for the wall of text if it wasn’t. But just in case, as a suggestion, I would recommend trying out Pad Woon Sen, specifically the recipe from Hot Thai Kitchen (AKA Pailin’s Kitchen) as an example for how delicious/healthy Asian food can be. It’s an almost entirely vegetable based stir fry with a super killer sauce that works well with basically anything, and it takes a very small time to prepare and uses mostly “regular” ingredients you may already have on hand if you’re cooking your own food, plus a couple you may need to go to an Asian grocery store for (tends to be cheaper where I live, anyway, so I love shopping there). But these ingredients should be fairly simple to get (she has a couple of videos of this recipe, but I’m specifically referring to the one she made during the lockdown, which she mentions basically at the beginning of the video, so it should be easy enough to find. It’s a very quick, cheap, and tasty stir fry). While you’re at the Asian market if you do go, might I suggest also looking at her recipe for chicken wing Tom Yum because… man, oh man… that’s some delicious stuff right there (and you don’t have to add chilies if you can’t have spice. Just leave them out. It still tastes fantastic, and is a recipe where you basically put in minimal effort for maximum deliciousness). Hope this helps and wasn’t overwhelming/a bunch of nonsense to you. lol
just putting a frozen waffle in the toaster putting peanut butter on it and cutting up some fruit is so simple and way more healthy. I used to make that for my siblings all the time.
This reminds me of my family. I was surprised to see people say they would only give their kids two marshmallows…..my grandmother had an entire drawer in her fridge with candy bars that I would take. And all of my meals were box meals or fast food. My grandma would also regularly have 3-4 bags of opened potato chips. It’s wild to me to see how other people have healthy relationships with food 😂 I would wake up every day sooo dehydrated because I HATED water and would drink anything but until it was hard to talk. I still get cracked lips from not drinking water because “it tastes bad” 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️ pleaaaaase before you have kids, watch how other countries treat their children like little adults (Japan is my favorite with how their schools teach them to prepare the lunches, their lunches are so diverse and healthy), especially if you feel like it’s impossible to start your kids eating healthy things. It’s only hard if you start giving the wrong things first 😭 I hate that I still prefer lunchables and fake cheese over real cheese and natural ingredients. All I crave all the time is McDonald’s, Panda Express, and I don’t want to be this way 🫥
lol no friends, I didn’t not “accidentally” mention Hello Fresh in this video. I was talking about *cooking* specifically, which you do NOT need to do with Factor. This why I love them both! Whether you don’t feel like cooking at all or want to cook but don’t have several hours 😝🥰
We do not have/use microwaves. Just say no. . . . to nuking your food, Miss Jamie!
@JustYaeWendt Okay? Why does you not having a microwave have anything to do with whether someone else should?
maam.... @07:21, is it factor or hello fresh you use? just curious
@@halcyon3116she probably uses both, hello fresh for when she has the energy to cook and prepare stuff and factor just when she wants to have something to warm up in the microwave, quick and simple! :)
Hey sorry for random question but what foundation are you using in this video?? Cos your skin looks great!
You are the only UA-camr that actually has planned ad breaks, and don't just have ads randomly pop up in mid sentence. I wish more content creators did it your way. It reminds me of the way traditional television used to be where ad breaks were naturally transitioned into.
She does a great job with her videos.
Yessss totally agree
Personally pay for no ads. Many content creators find their way around that though.
I noticed this too!
Agreed I love it
My big issue is that she has said she’s just trying to represent how “normal moms” are. This should not be normal, I was raised that way and absolutely blame being fed this way for my eating disorder.
Just like being rail thin, being very overweight is a visible symptom of an eating disorder. I wish both were treated equally
maybe not normal but common. which is sad but apparently it is common if you were raised that way, along with many other people that have said the same
@@earthstar7534both of which often times the person is clinically malnourished, because they eat utter crap "dead" foods
@@earthstar7534 You can genetically be thin. You can't be genetically morbidly obese.
I don’t think this is normal… my mom was a typical 90s mom, not health crazed, made casseroles, but she understood the principle of having a protein, starch, and vegetable with every meal. And she didn’t buy a lot of processed snacks and drinks. I think of that as much more normal than dumping some donuts on a plate for your kid :/
There’s a happy medium- I was raised in a house no sugar, no soda, no candy etc and being told “a moment on your lips a lifetime on your hips” for as long as I can remember and ended up with a lifelong struggle with eating disorders and body issues.
Oh yeah that phrase was spouted constantly in my house growing up! Growing up with a diet so tied to morality (good food/bad food, and having to optimize everything all the time) really messed up my relationship with food.
No sugar, soda or candy is good. Just because those things exist, doesn't mean we need to have them. However, connecting it to weight gain and appearance is the problematic part. You can avoid junk in your child's diet without making it a big deal, while teaching them about good health. "Everything in moderation" is a myth and moderation has even led to addiction for many.
My mother was the opposite of how you were raised. She was clueless about nutrition and would give us junk and processed foods constantly. I didn't know what many fruits and vegetables even looked like or tasted like. We are paying for it now. I had/have to work extremely hard to be a normal weight.
Best wishes to you in your struggle and I'm sorry it happened that way for you.
Wow I couldn’t imagine a childhood with no sugar!! My mom was always skinny as a toothpick. I remember her trying sooo hard to gain weight when I was little to no avail. We always had sweet tea and koolaid in the fridge and snacks in the cabinet. My mom cooked every night except Friday nights were always fast food or takeout and we’d have one “left over night” during the week. We never even thought about weight growing up. We’ve always been thin BUT I’m afraid of the effects you can’t see…clogged arteries, cholesterol…😒
I grew up no sugar, candy, soda in the house and my mom cooked a well balanced dinner every night and breakfast in the morning and only healthy snacks. That didn’t mean we didn’t ever have sweet stuff it was only for a special occasion or every once in awhile. I’m very thankful for that because I’ve always been slim and at a healthy weight
Balance is so important
"I opened the comments. They were quite.... assertive..." 😂 That's certainly one way to put it
She is doing what was done for her- this is how she was raised. It’s a cyclical thing especially when no intervention or education to permeate.
She can change the pattern
@@Loverscardwell it seems she is based on what Jamie said and others I've watched. I'm a self trained chef but ONLY because I have severe ADHD that I hyper focused on it for a full year. My grandma taught me basics and her cooking was mostly homemade, but it didn't taste amazing or great. There's a passion some people just don't have
To give her props, the kids seem to have nice manners.
She’s certainly receiving enough reflections to at the very least contemplate changing her ways. She’s craving and loving all the attention from TT, why would she stop?
True!!! I've seen it happen in my own family
I was an obese child growing up and I still struggle with food. This has to be considered child abuse. My weight is constantly yo-yo and I binge eat so much. Eating like this effects you for life
I don't know. Until we were 12 or so, the junkiest cereal my mom let us eat was Raisin Bran, and I struggle too. I feel like it was more about the messages I received re. weight and body image, especially from fat jokes, movies, tv, kids at school, etc.
Growing up my dad would make my plates, I lived in a eat everything on your plate house. So he would fill mine the same as his. Because of this I never learned how to properly portion meals or balance plates. I still struggle with this. Things like this 100% effect your relationship with food.
Child abuse?! Come on.. that's reaching. You don't know her children's specific situations. I have 6 kids, 5 of which eat normal meals I prepare of have brought in. One is special needs and will not eat virtually anything. Not feeding her children is child abuse. What she chooses to feed them is ultimately parental choice and bc we dont know her specific situations calling it child abuse is ridiculous.
I struggle with my weight, binge, and yoyo and I was fed a cookie cutter perfect meal 3x a day for the first 16 years of my life.
@@nms4521 I became a mom at 19. I had virtually no money. My parents were both dead and I was in a state away from my family. I applied for WIC and started couponing to save money. My child still ate healthy. Purposefully neglecting your child’s health IS ABUSE. Of course if she wasn’t feeding them at all it would be worse but purposefully causing childhood obesity that turns into adulthood obesity is terrible.
**** me
As a very fat person now and there’s a formally fat child I have very complex feelings about the matter. I was 150 pounds when I was 10 years old. My mom knew I shouldn’t been eating when I was eating and it made my life miserable, I was bullied I couldn’t find any clothes and worst of all I couldn’t keep up with other kids. I couldn’t run I couldn’t play. I hated my childhood because I was too overweight to enjoy it. I do think feeding your kids like this when you have other options is child abuse, at the very least it’s neglect
Same here. I was skinny until puberty, but tht doesn't stop blood sugar spikes! I'm now a 23 yr old type 2 diabetic cuz of tht sht.🙄
@@deziiluv that’s so terrible. I’m a type one diabetic so I get it
I’m sorry you experienced that. That enrages me when I see parents feed their kids in a way that gets them fat. It’s cruel and abusive. As a kid you don’t know or have choices. My heart goes out to you
Yes neglect is recognized as a form of abuse. I have sympathy for you as I've been through this as a kid as well. My mother always showed love towards me and has been my support but as far as diet goes she was complacent in trying to keep my diet and weight under control.
In her case I think it stemmed from pure ignorance.
What enrages me is when people would boast about their diet and weight loss routine, talk about going to the gym ... Yet don't ever put their foot down on their kid's diet and the child is clearly overweight and on the verge of being obese...
I've heard people say, " I can't control what my kids eat."
Yes. You absolutely can. And you should...
Thank you for sharing. It's important to know the perspective of someone who experienced this. How are you doing now? Are you able to find resources to help your health and healing journey? It can be such a a difficult task to take on ❤❤
These videos make me feel like a better mom than I give myself credit for
Just because there are bad ppl out there shouldn’t lower your standards
@@ryangrundy4290 thats not what she said
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@ryangrundy4290 no but I don't think you understand how much pressure mothers are under including myself. Perfection perfection perfection. Its all you people care about, unrealistic standards. Until you have kids you won't understand the struggles.
@@dfayeart 💓👍🙏🙂
What bothers me is that she just looks absolutely miserable, devoid of joy and feels like she needs to share that. The combination of horrendous food and misery just reallt rubs me wrong.
She might be a single mom. It’s hard out there. We seek validation. The man loves the woman so the woman can properly love her kids. I’ve lived it unfortunately. The internet is the last ditch effort for stimulation other than raising kids(which is a privilege but we are human and are social creatures with peers around our age. It’s just how it is)
yeah it would be a different story for me if she looked even slightly happy to be a human.
right? why even post? I guess I do not get the point @@seltzermint5
She has two partners who live with her...@@Samlerpill
Some of us just have "resting misterable face" too lol
The comments being like “at least she’s doing the bare minimum feeding her kids”
The bar is in hell
A tripping hazard in hell and she still decided to do limbodance with the devil
Honestly though least she is feeding her kids. There are many parents who don’t feed their kids and go on an 11 day vacation while their child dies in their crib after eating their own feces
I live next door to meth addicts and have to call welfare regularly to make sure they eat and see daylight - there is no bar.
If you knew how many people didn’t feed their kids you wouldn’t call that the bare minimum lol
@@maddieb.4282it is the bare minimum. it’s just that people still can’t even do that
As a kid that was fed in this way by an obese parent. I wish that someone would have told her to put some effort into feeding her children healthy foods. We were really poor, but I know that we could have eaten better than pancakes, topped with about a cup of brown sugar and margarine, and snacking on plain (non toasted) white bread covered in margarine and white sugar. Can you take a guess if my brothers and I struggle with weight? Our entire lives!!
Yeah.... sugar messes with kids hormones and metabolism... It's also more addictive that nicotine.
@SS24ist I genuinely also think it's harder to refrain from than drug use. Don't get me wrong, sugar is not as addictive as some drugs and doesn't do as much damage - but in terms of sobriety? Everyday is a struggle for addicts, everyday they have to make the decision not to use.
Sugar/food addiction? You have to eat! There are so many temptations and it's so easy to fall into lazy eating. Life gets busy, sometimes we need to take shortcuts in order to feed ourselves.
Cooking is a lot of effort. Cooking from scratch is even more effort. My mom decided to make homemade Shepards pie for the two of us... it took her hours and it didn't taste as good as the store bought boxed kind, due to missing an ingredient. Plus, we had too many leftovers!
Yes I was the same, and also have weight issues. Said parent still doesn't understand why I'm so diligent in giving my kids such a variety of foods, and as least processed as possible.
Why do people still use margarine? I get why people used it back in my Mom’s day - they thought that butter was bad for you. Is it cheaper? Maybe I’m a coastal elite, but when I became an adult I came to realize that butter made things taste sooooo much better, and wasn’t full of chemicals. My mom put margarine on everything so I ended up eating Doritos instead of her cooking
I struggled with weight issues. I wasn’t confident in grade school, always had body issues. I knew I needed to break the cycle with my daughter, she’s in sports and eats healthy food 💪🏼 I grew up on soda and I never gave her any as a toddler and till this day she does not drink bubbly drinks. I love my parents but I wish they kept me active as a kid.
Growing up my family had a ritual I think was really beneficial. We grocery shopped on average every other week. You are allowed to pick out 1 "kind" of treat from roughly 3 categories: •chips/crackers •cereal/bars/toastables •confections/candy. You didn't get the "family size", you got the regular bag/box. That was your junk (I usually got cheetos, devil dogs and a block of Monterey Jack cheese😂). You were allowed to have them whenever you wanted, as much as you wanted, any time of day, but when you ran out, you were out for up to 2 weeks. We never skipped groceries because "we still had food" so sometimes you ended up with more junk bc we were allowed to replenish even if we still had some at home; we skipped for budget reasons, So we weren't incentivized to eat everything to justify shopping - Instead we had good reason to try and stretch out how long we could have our snacks around. This made the junk food special but not craved, encouraged pouring small bowls of cereal/chips instead of eating out of the bag, and choosing/waiting for actual meals when hungry instead of eating away the snacks too soon. We also got to choose small treats for movies, weren't forever denied fast food, and were allowed enjoy anything offered at special events. We rarely went to restaurants and never got appetizers but I was allowed anything I wanted on the menu, it just had to be 1 thing - I would order an appetizer as my meal because I thought appetizers were just smaller regular meals.
So yeah, we didn't have restriction or deprivation, there was rarely "you can't have that, it's not healthy", we just had controlled portions that I've since learned others consider really small. But it really worked. This left MOST of our consumption to the regular daily meals - which weren't always the healthiest but for the time, it did reflect the food pyramid and we always tried to have greens and proteins on every plate. We also always bought a little fresh fruit. I remember on vacation we'd get chewy chocolate chip cookies and all year I'd refrain from eating them except at the beach so they would always be a beach treat.
I feel lucky because I think I was (accidentally) raised right with portion control. To this day I still prefer to have "a little at a time".
We had a similar-but-different upbringing. We didn't have restrictions but my mom was a nurse and made us homecooked, mostly-healthy food 80% of the time for dinner. A meat, a starch and always 3 steamed veggies. Every night. We were allowed fast food as a treat, we were allowed some snack foods that weren't healthy but usually just the plain granola bars. We ate all our Halloween candy :D
BUT THE PORTIONS. We were chubby kids because we just ate and ate and had seconds and thirds if it was really good.
So while my taste buds are excellent and I was never sick as a kid (nor my brother), we still both struggle with our weight because we grew up eating adult-sized portions as kids.
It's such an untalked-about aspect of learning how to have a healthy relationship with food.
Don't ever stop having young Jaime give her intros and outros. It's the cutest and totally 'Leslie Knope for Congress' video. Like you always knew you were going to be a UA-camr.
Right? It's so perfect.
I love it so much ❤
All us dozens of viewers love it! ❤😂
Yes!!! Hahaha "Leslie Knope for Congress" video is spot on!!
I absolutely love it!
Jaime I love how you use the footage of you filming when you were young. That ‘word from our sponsors’ moment gave me the full circle feels. You should be proud girl 🥲
me too! i was like “little her knew” 😭
Getting an Ad for Ozempic in the middle of Jaime's video was truly criminal
I’m sorry I’m on the floor 😂
Bruh!😂😂😂😂😂
Gotta push those drugs 💸
Hahahaha 😂😂😂
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I know someone who was probably raised on this diet who won't go to get Asian food with me or other culturally different foods and it's kinda sad. Like we could hang out more but they refuse to try new foods more than anyone I've ever met. Food diversity opens so many doors to friendship across cultures. I still love them but I wish they could branch out of their typical diet.
I've been thinking this too.. so many cool food places to try but certain friends just wanting to stick to their beige WW2 diet.
I actually love this view, it's so true.
I knew someone who was like “my kid is so picky he’ll only eat pepperoni pizza chicken nuggets and regular milk” I had Japanese curry one day for lunch and she was like “oh gross, what IS that!?” And that must be where her kid got it from. 😂
I get you! I have a friend who was raised in Cuba (so he had very limited food options) but now as a 30-something year old, he doesn’t eat more than like pizza and chicken nuggets. It is heartbreaking. I feel like there’s a whole culinary world out there he simply will not try. 😭
yes exactly! and for some people in some crucial circumstances this sort of thing gets so extreme it can actually become an eating disorder. called ARFID. avoidant restrictive food intake disorder. they will only eat one food group, or one color food, or one texture food, stuff like that. to the point that they miss important proteins and vitamins and have to supplement it. i know you’re speaking generally about cultural food types but was just giving the extreme example. but even when ur not missing out on nutrition i agree it’s such a sad thing to even imagine not having other culture’s foods, let alone not being able to have friends/fam experience it! exposing outer influences to kids young for parents who have the means to is such a good thing
I honestly just think shes ragebaiting at this point. I blocked her.
She's wasting all that oil and seasoning. She's gotta be trolling
Even if it is, you'd think using your child for ragebait has to be some kind of abuse. A whole bag of gummie worms can make me puke.
Thank you! It’s pretty obvious. You get clicks that way
It has to be right??
Good for you. I thought the same; she might have started out genuine, but no way its genuine now
Are we sure she’s not trolling the absolute shite out of us 🤔😂 it’s my first time seeing her
It’s possible. We never actually see her kids eat. (Course that’s a good thing not to show your kids on social media)
This is what i tell myself to get through the day
This was my first thought. It seems like a bit. Like she's poking fun at the "cook with me" genre of video.
She’s definitely not. She is in a polyamorous relationship and her children truly live in filth. It’s awful and sad.
Pretty sure that's exactly what she's doing. Making fun of all the "aesthetically pleasing" videos by showing a dash of crappy reality. Probably playing up the crappy parts for the camera tho.
I was raised the opposite of this. Fresh cooked meals every night, no junk food, very rarely given chocolate/fizzy drinks. This was the 90s when fat and sugar were devil foods.
Because it was all 'forbidden', it's all I eat as an adult. Nutrition should be taught in schools and nothing should be labelled 'bad'. It creates unhealthy relationships with food, no matter which side you were raised.
I was raised like that too, but mostly because my parents were too poor to afford anything other than necessity 😅
I get that, I had that problem when I first started being more independent, but I got over it quickly when I saw that my parents weren't lying when they said its bad food lol I felt so greasy and heavy and it was really a wakeup call.
I'm actually glad I got to eat like that when I was a kid.
Yeah my mom was really moderate about food after she taught a kindergarten student who was so obsessed with sugar, she caught him licking cupcake crumbs off the floor. Poor kid wasn't allowed to have sugar and was obsessed.
@moononthewindynight27 I'm glad I got to eat like that too! My mum was a chef (and so is my husband!), so I'm exaggerating a bit when I say everything I eat now is unhealthy. I just wish there had been more of a balance I guess. My mum struggled with her weight for my entire childhood, and it definitely got passed to me!
was going to comment something akin to this, didn't help my mom was constantly scolding my dad's "trailer trash" habits when he bought hot dogs or potato chips and said he "might as well suck on a stick of lard" oof. i remember apple and grape juice being deemed explicitly unhealthy growing up, along with a lot of other pretty normal and fairly nutritious "kid foods"
Came here to say the exact same thing! Demonizing certain foods is a toxic way of thinking and can lead to issues with restriction and binge. There is not a single food on this earth that if you eat it in a concious, moderate fashion that will make you immediately gain fat. Treat a treat as a treat. Not as a standard.
“Donut to a banana, to a potato, to a green bean…The correct donut to green bean pipe line.”
😂😂😂😂
Oh my goodness, I've known people like this and then they complain about their kids being sick all the time 🙄 I just feel bad for the kids.
Right, my mom was that parent. I grew up eating things like Totinos party pizzas, ramen noodles, sugary cereals, snack cakes, fried chicken and fast food pretty much every day of the week. I was CONSTANTLY sick. I had a fast metabolism so that’s the only reason I never gained weight but by the time I hit my teens I had IBS and other medical issues brought on by awful diet.
I missed so much school growing up and my mom truly didn’t understand why. It got so bad to a point where I was waking up and vomiting about once a week with stomach pains so bad I could hardly walk.
One of my favorite things about being an adult is that I’m finally able to get all the fresh foods I would always ask my mom for growing up, but she refused to get it for me because according to her it was a waste of money because I was “the only one who would eat that crap” and because they considered fruits and veggies to be rabbit food. Sadly my siblings think this way now as well and are battling with their weight and health issues because of it. My sister will over dramatically gag and dry heave if I serve salad or desserts with real fruit when she comes over.
My neighbor's kids got fed like this... the mom didn't understand why her little daughter's knees were hurting. It was because her little legs weren't meant to carry so much weight. And her little son couldn't play soccer like the rest of the kids in his soccer club. The mom really didn't know any better. The kids are now a bit under 35 years old and have struggled with their weight their whole lives now.
@@Omnibushido- Man I'm so sorry to hear that, it's really a problem with our education system and the fact that those kinds of "foods" are even on grocery store shelves. They don't want us healthy, they want our money.
@@jonnnnniej That's so sad, thanks for sharing the story though, definitely helps me understand more of what people are going through.
It keeps repeateing..Common sense is not that common.
As a Mom trying to work through my own food issues and fighting hard not to pass them on to my kids, this breaks my heart. I would never forgive myself if my kids grew up to deal with the same health issues I have now and I had never done anything to give them a healthy foundation and teach them how to eat in a healthy, balanced way.
The goal should be to give our kids a better life than we grew up with, and health is part of that.
I love that you don’t shred her apart for her choices. You’re rational, thoughtful, fair, and caring in your assessment of her. There are so many things this could be … depression; making what she knows and is familiar with; not having a proper understanding of diet and nutrition. I’m happy she’s improving and wish people would give her more constructive criticism.
How about the constructive criticism, "Have you considered that how you behave toward your kids while depressed may be hurting them -- now and quite possibly longterm?"
Here’s the unfortunate fact though: once you have kids, you need to get your ish together. Improper understanding doesn’t fly when you have the equivalent of 20,000 libraries right at your fingertips. She’d have to know if that’s how she was fed, that this is going to lead to a bad path, and for crying out loud, we all had school meals. You should know at least the basics.
@@TheBaumcm Exactly. One can have compassion for people with mental illnesses without ignoring how they are injuring others, especially their kids. They need to let their kids' welfare motivate them to get help, manage their symptoms, and find better info on caring for their children.
Yes,I also was just thinking how kind she was,I wish more people were like this.She made her point (which I agree with) but did it kindly.
I'm glad she slowly seems to adapt some of the good food suggestions people have made. That's a good sign and I hope she continues ❤
She's focusing on the neglected food groups, such as the Whipped group, the congealed group and the Chocotastic
Just rub it on a piece of paper...if it turns clear, it's your window to weight gain :)
Classic dr. Nick!
obsessed with this comment 🤣
we found the simpsons reference
she can brush her teeth with milk shakes!!
With yogurt cups- eggs- easy to cut fruit … precooked sausage or bacon…there is just as easy if not easier options than a regular diet of pure sugar.
This is true but I think parents like using their kids as an excuse to buy junk food they are also addicted to.
Bacon and sausage is literally meat garbage .
Yup, being mom is all about being lazy
There is literally nothing you can give your kids that everyone will agree with. You give them yogurt and fruit, it's "too much sugar! Not enough protein!" Add some bacon or sausage and it's "too much sodium!" My kid is allergic to eggs. There is no winning as a parent.
That's honestly so nice that people commented making suggestions and then she made an effort to change her ways. Finally, something wholesome happens as a result of a mommy vlogger getting attention.
That's good to hear. ❤
Honestly, the idea of giving the kids half a donut with strawberries to start out with is great! Gets them to wean off the donuts will giving them a healthier, sweet alternative.
She was scooping the country crock out like it was some vanilla icecream 😭
Serving sausage in boiling water is what my traditional German Austrian mom did. She had the pot of boiled water with the sausage in it, and you would pull the sausages out of the water as you ate them because it would keep them very hot until they were eaten. They had sausage casings that the water didn't penetrate. So far this is the most normal thing she's doing
Are you thinking about sausages or frankfurts. I'm part German and would never boil a sausage at least not what we call a sausage here in Australia. They would be fried, BBQ's/grilled, perhaps even squeeze the meat out of the casing and make little meatballs.
@@justinm2697 I thought all Frankfurters were sausages, but not all sausages were Franks? As in, _sausage_ is a generic term for long tasty meat tube and Frankfurter is a specific type of long tasty meat tube? Anyway, the prep method is as you described in my country (and every other potato country in Europe AFAIK) - the Frank-y kind (so whichever ones are emulsified and pre-cooked as opposed to the raw and less finely grinded ones) are the only ones that are boiled.
Someone call the sausage police.
I'm part German and I cook sausages like that too. It helps them get done all the way through more quickly, I usually get a sear first and then boil. Not these kind of sausage (I think those are frozen?) But like bratwurst sausage
The ones she cooked look like the type of breakfast sausage that don’t have an outer casing, so still not the most typical cooking method of choice 😅
I so appreciate Jaime being critical of the food choices while also being kind. Like, yeah, the kids' diet is not super healthy, but I don't know how mocking her weight/appearance will help that.
exactly. Like I get that a lot of the criticisms are valid, but they are couched/expressed in very very fat phobic language.
@@play-fool Fat phobic language? She's fat. She has an eating disorder and is passing that on to her kids and you are concerned about 'offensive' language?
Not healthy at all you mean lol
@@play-fool. I too am considered “fat” and as a fat person , I think it’s okay to be fat phobic. It’s unattractive and unnatural. We were Not created to look like this.
I mean....these people choose to be on TikTok. As a fat person myself, I don't put myself out on the internet because yes, the internet is cruel. It always has been. No one's obligated to be nice to you.
It’s clear that growing up no one ever taught her about food, how to cook, or about nutrition. That makes me sad.
She should teach herself at this point. My parents definitely fed me a lot of processed junk when I was growing up, and they still eat that way--all the Little Debbie snacks, Bagel Bites, frozen everything for snacks, pudding, jello, etc. (they still have TUBS of Country Crock in their fridge...😂). I was a little chubby as a kid before puberty, then after puberty I started gaining weight again because of my diet and had to start learning about calories, vitamins, etc. As an adult, I still eat processed stuff, but I pay attention to the ingredients, calories, and portion sizes, and my husband and I cook dinner from scratch most nights. It's never too late to learn, especially if you have kids!
@@DoctorSib I totally agree! I was in the same position growing up as you, and it is hard to turn it around but absolutely essential, especially with kids in the house. There is so much freely available education around food now! Plus, how much better does pudding taste when you haven’t had it in a while?!
is this supposed to be an excuse for the fact that she’s poisoning them kids now?
@@pabloescobarschanclas we’ve literally discussed that in the comments above.
@@desireecrossing imagine inflating your importance to the point of thinking everyone will read each one of your comments…get over yourself
I'm not going to say I've never had a REALLY hard day with my son that has a lot of food aversions and given in to some unhealthy things to get him to eat, but it is by far not an everyday occurrence!
**Edit**
Came back to say that you're the first person to go in depth of how many small changes she has been implemented. Good for her and her babies ! ❤️
Good on you! I’m not a parent but I was the picky kid. I’m autistic and have a very very long list of food I will not touch with a 10ft pole. My Mom wanted to rip her hair out some days trying to feed me and I HATED when she wouldn’t give into just feeding me Pizza or noodles with butter for the 10th time a week. I’m grateful for her now tho because I know that just giving me the crap I wanted would’ve been easier and that she struggled a lot to get me to eat in general. Thx Mom for giving me balanced meals even if I screamed for Pizza the whole time. I’m sure your son will be grateful too someday even if he isn’t now.
When i said this was neglect on an other commentary channel i was called nasty things and i should be happy she feeds her child. I feel like we should have our standards a little higher
Exactly. Intentionally doing something which we know is harmful (sometimes at all-depending on the exact issue, or on a regular basis-versus as the occasional treat), when there’s doable alternatives available to us, is highly concerning.
Sorry that's child abuse. Depriving them of nutrition? Call CP fuckin S!
Just goes to show there’s a lot of id1ots out there. We absolutely should have higher standards, you’re not crazy
People get so freakin' up in arms about making sure their kids are fed. Like some angry beast when provoked.
@Kattydid19 "intentional" is the key word, though. Assuming this is how she was raised (and likely was, probably in a small, poor town where most people are overweight), I don't think she is intentionally harming her children. And as Jamie said, it appears that she is taking advice from some of the kinder, more helpful comments and implementing protein via eggs, etc. Of course you could say she could just google "what should I feed my 4 year old?" But it's quite possible that these kids are really picky eaters having grown up eating so much sugar. I understand veggies and lean protein are a must, but if a grape or blueberry doesn't taste sweet to your child (or likely, even to mom), making the switch to grilled chicken and spinach won't happen overnight.
I am literally so nauseous watching these “meals”. These children will have food problems for life 😢. You are spot on about once these kids get hooked on the mega processed sugary foods, they will refuse any real food. It literally rewires your brain and tastebuds. I have been keto for 6 years and theres still times i crave this junk since i ate it for so long growing up. People just do not understand the effects of highly processed foods. It will be the cigarettes of this generation in 50 years.
And just like with cigarettes, there will be addicts defending it with false equivalencies and “youre gonna dīę anyway” too, regardless of consequences.
Keto is stick hunk food in some ways
And I'm in that age sweet spot where I both smoke cigarettes and eat lots of processed foods;) pray for me y'all
@@sarahg2653 you’ll be fine
Hey totally not what you were looking for but I’m trying to inform myself about food stuff in order to confront my own eating disorder), do you have any articles or websites I can read about that rewiring stuff? I have never heard of that before and I’d love to know more.
The plate throwing got me 🤣🤣🤣 I can’t help but burst out laughing when you insert yourself in the clips. I freakin love you 😂😂
😂agree
I’m really glad to hear she’s improving. I feel like too many content creators get stuck feeling like they have to stay with the same content even if it’s harmful.
Cooking sausage in water is an old-school way to cook pork sausages fully in the middle. . First boil meat then browning them after. She learned it from momma.
I think the frozen links also instruct to cook in water on the skillet as well
@@tawnyew😂
I've definitely done it that way at times.
It says it on the package to
I cook bacon this way, it's an easier way to fully cook them and control how crispy they get afterwards. Although I don't use quite as much water. The plus side is they require less babysitting so they don't suddenly go from raw to overdone.
The thing is there are plenty of parents who do this every day and feed their family absolute garbage (for the majority). The difference is they are not filming it and putting on online up for scrutiny.
This is the comment that I wish had way more likes.
that's really sad :(
I've been so depressed for a few months and ever since I started binging your content last week I am happy to say that even though I'm still depressed you make me laugh because you are truly hilarious. Thank you for making me a little happier even though I'm sad a lot.
Ugh same boat hon. Massively depressed nearly all the time. It helps to find things here and there to make us feel a little better and maybe even laugh. Just wanted you to know you aren't alone.
Here’s some sunshine ☀️ hope you are doing well 🌸
Instead of saying “peace out” at the end, I totally thought you said “piss off” 😂
I love that u put a commercial counter on the screen..
Yes it's an elite editing practice here that really makes a difference to me ❤
Yes same
but still I watch every single commercial because they're very funny 🤣
I hate when people are so mean on TikTok. Thank you for always staying neutral and not being mean Jaime!
yeah i left tiktok about 2 months ago, theres great content on there but the mean comments can be brutal.
Your sound effects and clips are absolutely gut busting!!!!! So so funny!
You know you've made it in life when you get featured in a Jamie French video...
Purrr💅🏽
Werner Herzog's sad beige clothes for sad beige children.
Poor kids.
Ok, it wasn't just me then😂.
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Same, it’s funny, but those poor kids
Next he will film himself ear his shoes
The reality is that, a lot of moms actually do feed their kids this way. You would be surprised how many parents I’ve seen feed their kids things like this daily.
I've worked with little kids for a long time and confirm how many parents feed their kids complete shit.
@@emilyd.6371I know it’s way easier these days to find this stuff, and cheaper relatively than it used to be. It’s also more shelf stable, and maybe some moms didn’t learn how to feed a family because of how they were raised (meaning larger meal preps, budgeting and reading a recipe for common items). The thing is though, it’s a choice. You have a choice to change your lifestyle. I’m not saying it’s an easy one but a choice nonetheless.
@@TheBaumcmit’s not like you just wake up one day and choose tho. It takes energy and time and years of knowledge and slow transition to more fruits and vegetables and it’s not like she’s never feeding them any protein. Those burger patties and chicken nuggets and eggs are all protein. We really need to not base our opinions of people around their 30 seconds videos and assume we know anything. It’s a long process. And this woman has 3 kids all young. I know post partum depression can be so real and go for so long and you are just trying to survive…. You do your best. Just because they eat bowls of marshmallows once doesn’t mean anything. And we don’t even know if they did actually eat all that. In the donut video the kid goes right for the applesauce which is perfectly healthy.
@kristin87425 thats not an excuse. You want shelf stable? Frozen bulk meat, rice, potatoes, beans, lentils, all sorts of canned goods. You can even grow your own food in pots. Buying boxed processed stuff isn't the cheap option anymore. What it is is laziness and lack of motivation. I feel like a crap parent when I give my toddler a processed meal even a couple times a week or let her snack on packaged stuff twice a day. When you have kids you are 100% responsible for ensuring their wellbeing. There are food stamps, programs like wic, food banks, all of which offer ways to fill in gaps of nutrition especially when providing a great range of nutrients is not within your means.
@@kristin87425 I do wanna say, the affordability isn't an excuse. Ppd is serious, but women need to have resources to feel safe enough to ask for help. Even in my pp rage and anxiety, we still have kids to care for.
I came across this page in boredom. I really like your style and witty sarcastic videos. You are absolutely gorgeous . Much appreciation.
So glad that it looks like they’re taking people’s genuine suggestions to heart. That even if it’s small, they’re changing their diet to be better bit by bit. Really hopeful for them! Everyone should work to better their diet
Your voice is so calm and mellow. Thank you for providing me with content I want without an over the top voice situation. I could watch you for hours instead of a 10 second tik tok
Ditto
This
I appreciate you being kind and also hilarious. That’s why I keep coming back. A lot of other UA-camrs just jump and judge and they don’t know the whole situation. It doesn’t make me want to watch their videos because it’s mostly judging and negativity.
Most people don't like to be nice to child abusers.
One of the reasons I love her so much ❤
Children of the corn syrup! I’m stealing that!!!!!😂 🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽
My first reaction to the first one was I thought it was meant to be full parody. Making fun of those ridiculous tiktok moms that are like “I make the pasta from scratch every day for little 29 month old Jimothy” but then I wonder if she read the comments and said f it I’m just going to lean in
Yes I think it's all one big skit! You never see anybody eat anything, I don't think
I agree. Is this just rage-bait content??
“Jimothy” 😭😭
Trolling content gets more interaction, meaning more $$ if she's getting paid for her content.
Jimothy bahhah
It's the heavy breathing in the first video for me. Love it
right OMGGG
THE BREATHING! I was wondering if I was the only one to notice 😂
The video @4:04?
I think I noticed it in 2 or 3 of the videos😅
I misspoke, forgive. Me
It's the hard labored breathing just by making the plates of food that gets me. YIKES!!
Our son dated a girl who had been raised exclusively on fast food and processed foods. When she would eat good homecooked food, like at someone's home for Thanksgiving or Christmas, she would get sick. Her body just could not handle that non-pre-processed food.
I don’t see how it’s possible for someone’s body to have this reaction to homemade food. I don’t believe this for a second lol.
Yea clearly the girl just didn’t like your food HAHHA
Oh bull. I had a cheap lazy abusive mother and the foods I craved the most as a child were vegetables and lean meats. I call bs. Nobody gets sick on healthy food.
Guys, unfortunately this is absolutely a thing. I'm 31 years old and now that I have children of my own I've worked hard to learn about healthy eating and they rarely have unhealthy foods. But when I was young I was raised on processed everything, cue to being an adult pre children and all I ate was "food" from a gas station or fast food place. It got so bad at one point that I was eating a cosmic brownie or some sort of candy and drinking just energy drinks everyday. I weighed maybe 110. Which isn't a healthy weight for me. And I can 100% honestly tell you that from the time I was maybe 17 to 25 yrs old, if I went to a friend's and had home cooked food or decided to rarely switch things up and get a salad or fruit, or meat that wasn't from a fast food place, it absolutely made me feel like garbage. I would get really painful gas pains and had bathroom issues, to say it politely. Not often but a few times I had even thrown up bc my stomach was so upset. It finally got to the point where I just stopped eating healthy ever bc it just wasn't worth it. When I finally got it together when I became pregnant, I had to start out with a very bland, simple, but not heavily processed diet. It took maybe a month to be able to eat like a normal person without any negative effects. Sorry for the novel. Just had to share my experience so that people can know how badly things can get.
@@gracev2995 It was probably the drastic increase in fiber that made your stomach hurt. I’m glad you were able to adopt a healthier lifestyle ❤
That’s why they should re introduced cooking lesson in higher school for everyone! boy and girl ! Juste the simple base of alimentation , how to cook proper meal , what to buy at the grocery store, how to cut and cook vegetable and meat… plus how many freacking OIl you should used !
@@quisnessnessso the argument is “why bother” then?
Yeah they really messed up when they took away Health and Nutrition classes in schools in America.
Absolutely. Nutritional meals
i’ve been saying this since i moved out on my own at 17 and real life hit me like a ton of bricks. i had to teach myself to cook and to do my own taxes. over 10yrs later i finally realized, the american government wants us exactly how we are, fat, sick, and stupid.
since being on a fitness journey i realized that all of our food is poison, we eat chemicals that are banned in other countries. why teach us about taxes when they have the bigger advantage over you not knowing. it sucks but this country is not for its people, i finally got that.
@@quisnessness this is so overblown
As a mom to mini chaoses. I will say, yes sometimes my kids have a donut for breakfast or cheetos with lunch. But guess what, treats in moderation make life worth just a little more sometimes. But also I would never put my meal or my kids meals online for millions of people. You can have that donut of breakfast but maybe not everyday and also maybe balance it with a healthier lunch and dinner. Moderation is key
Yeah this is the opposite of moderation, it's neglect
This! For the most part, we eat pretty well balanced meals here but some mornings the children choose violence so I choose cinnamon rolls . We played too hard outside before lunch so applesauce, crackers, and juice for lunch while they try and nod off . Then many a night we have good old fashioned sandwiches for dinner because we barely survived the day, are out of leftovers, and the last thing we want to do is dishes!
I'm lucky that most of my kids will eat literally anything so we have the fun of being able to add variety to our meals which allow for creativity with ingredients and figuring out alternatives to make the meals a little cheaper.
We have Hella kids here.
Like you said, here and there… not when those treats are main staples right?
Exactly 💯
@@megand12345 I think we should also consider that what she feeds her kids is none of our business cause at least they're being fed, and there are children who are picky eaters so just getting them to injest some type of food can be a difficult task at times alot of people are suggesting to feed them eggs and sausage but some kids don't like those foods and won't eat them so it's either feed them chicken nuggets or they'll starve cause they won't eat anything else, cause believe it or not but some kids are incredibly picky and sometimes ya just gotta stick with your childs chosen saftey food (saftey food- food your child will always be willing to eat) not everything is neglect or child abuse y'all are being dramatic grow up and learn to mind your own business ya judgmental bully
Doubt you'll ever see this Jaime, but you are a bright spot when life gets dark. You never fail to make me laugh. Thank you so much for all the hard work I can tell you put into your videos.
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That is way too big of a serving for a two year old, she's basically forcing obesity on that kid.
It's the exact same thing as the restrictive almond mom's. They are giving those kids eating disorders. It's all highly abusive.
I keep thinking "this is fake, right?"
I hope it is.
Kids develop diabetes etc way sooner now... we have a real crisis...
And then I see people do this.... these kids become addicts.
This is beyond bad parenting.
No matter what you’re talking about, you still are the best editor on the internet!! I love the little things too, like cutting to a plate being thrown at you after all the other clips of her throwing plates at the camera. You make me laugh so hard. 😂😂🤣
I’ve said this before, but your hair is sooooo good!! from a natural curly girl to another whatever you’ve been doing to it is totally working and I’ve never seen your curly hair looking THIS good!!! 🤍
Oh spank you 🥹
@@jaimefrenchofficialcan you tell us what products you use? If you haven't already
I am also wondering
Of course I'm not Jamie, but I have curly hair. Use a gentle shampoo and a deep conditioner weekly, while your hair is wet, (if it's only damp it frizzes) add your leave in conditioner and gel.
The kind of conditioners you use will depend on what your hair needs (moisture, protein, or both). You have to experiment and find what products work for you. Recommendations won't always help because everyone's hair has different needs.
Hope this helps
Your videos always brighten my day, and your nuanced take is basically where I'm at. Also, ok vocals!!! Can we get a full cover? Your voice is beautiful!
The heavy breathing while she cuts up the glazed doughnut
So gross
She’s out of breath doing basic tasks and has the audacity to be mad that most mommy influencers are “skinny”. She seems like a miserable person
I can’t imagine how little energy she has to run around with the kids.
I’m legitimately worried for her health. She’s starving herself and her children nutritionally.
"Children of the corn...syrup" genuinely made me LOL. By the way, changing the water filter in my shower got rid of the frizz that wouldn't go away no matter what products I used.
The worst part is the things she feeds her kids there are equally easy healthy alternatives. Like washing some veggies or fruit and throwing it on the plate is literally as difficult as opening a bag of donuts and giving it to her kid. What is sad is her kid actively chooses the healthier option when given the choice.
The only criticism I have for that is depending on where they live, their schedules, and financial situation, getting fresh fruit can be obnoxious as hell. Like you buy a carton of strawberries for the same price as donuts and they go bad like within a day whereas the donuts are good for at least a little longer.
going bad within a day is a stretch. Prepackaged donuts only last ab a week and a half before tasting stale. And given America's capitalism, we can get fruit year round. Thankfully even Dollar General has fresh or frozen fruit now.
Depending on where they live yes… I just went to a discount grocery store and bought a bag of apples for $5, a bag of tangerines for $3.99 and a whole pineapple for $2…. those same powder donuts were $6 and I left them there 😂
That's really exaggerating. Fruit and veggies can't just be washed and tossed on a plate for a small child. They need to be peeled/cored/seeded and/or cut as well (depending on the fruit) and even having fresh fruit on hand isn't as easy. I'm not saying the effort isn't worthwhile, I luckily was not fed donuts nor was my child. But you're not really being realistic. Healthier options are generally going to take more time than Hostess options and be less accessible if you can't get to the store more than weekly. (For instance, I live in the boonies, nobody will deliver groceries out here, the closest Walmart is 35+ min away, so I would need frozen or shelf-stable options requiring preparations if I had a bunch of little kids to raise.)
@@FrenkTheJoyI totally agree with what you're saying but if your strawberries go bad in a day I would highly suggest refrigerating them cuz they shouldn't! Those packages of donuts have a surprisingly poor shelf life, convenience stores throw them out all the time. The strawberries should last just as long before they even get shriveled a bit (and are still good, can throw in a smoothie as long as they don't mold.)
I love that you use old clips of yourself for inserted memes. 10:58 the “what?” Clip had me in stitches lol 🤣
I'm seriously so grateful that you have videos from when you were a literal child that can be used and relevant to this day. ❤❤❤ you are meant to be here
The random memes and clips interwoven into Jaime’s videos absolutely kill me. They’re always the perfect reaction at the absolute perfect time.
I was laughing out loud at the “donut to green bean pipeline.”
I laugh every time you put in Michael Jordan’s stop it in videos 😂
you have rapidly become one of my favorite youtubers. funny as fuq!
Jaime I love your content. You have changed my life. Just when I thought UA-cam was a ghost town and nothing good was on here anymore, I found you. You’re so talented and I think I would actually explode if I ever got to meet you. Love you so much! ❤
Wow! Your editing skills, transitions into ad breaks, and overall humor and personality got me to subscribe before I even finished this video. About to watch 10 more of your videos I love this! ❤️
I watched someone else cover this topic and they actually showed several moms feeding their kids junk food who didn't get nasty comments. The difference is one was in a nice car and fairly thin while feeding her kids a dozen Krispy Kremes, the other spent hours making sugary foods in her aesthetically pleasing kitchen in her multimillionaire home.
She was also a thin mom and there was not one kid in sight as she prepared this unhealthy meal for hours on end. She obviously has the luxury of handing her kids off to someone else to do what she likes, yet she only received praise for being a beautiful mom in a beautifully expensive kitchen even when feeding her kids junk. I guess she gets points for making the junk herself so it's less processed? But it still was total junk food.
Maybe if it's once in a while vs every meal?
Same! It’s an interesting contrast!
I think one difference could be the mom’s attitude towards it. There is also a difference between a one off versus everyday. That’s a lot of calories from fat and sugar with very little protein (needed for bone and muscle growth), and I can’t imagine feeding a child a fruit pouch and those powdered sugar donuts all together. That is about 400 calories right there and again, there is very little protein.
I am loving your videos. You’re really funny and expressive and your videos are really well put together including your timed ad breaks. From London, UK
The super model Mormon mom, Nara Smith she makes cookie cereal cookie crisp for comparison, it takes hours, it's still full of sugar. It's very aesthetic, people praise her for her beautiful videos, she spends all day making aesthetic videos. Someone else is feeding the kids.
And how often do you assume her kids eat cookies? Based on this mom it looks like her kids eat dessert items nearly every single meal. I all for parents going out of their way to bake cookies once a week for their kids.
Another video about this mentioned that we criticize the mom who looks poor and praise the one who looks more aesthetically pleasing. Rich vs poor and kinda shows how much we hate the appearance of being poor
People also talk about how ridiculous those videos are, too
Isn’t that person a tradwife? Or am I getting them mixed up with someone else?
@@spa-peggymeatballs4861she is. She’s a tradwife, SAHM Mormon who has a nanny to tend to the children while she makes her aesthetic content.
Love baby Jaime transitions. You were made for this girl!
My uncle thought my cousin and I to have at least 5 different colors of foods for each meal on the plate. I thought that was a fun and smartway to encourage and introduce new foods, and be creative in the proccess. ❤
Love you uncle ❤
I love Jamie's singing voice! (And your content always brightens my day)
Your hair is beautiful. And I literally was typing this right when you said "you're thinking, my hair looks great today" 😂😂😂
Her hair has made me try to encourage my naturally wavey hair to do its thing and want it to grow long. It's been a week, it doesn't look like hers but I can dream! 😂
@@legoqueen2445 Don’t give up! It takes a minute for your hair to transition when going natural. Might I suggest looking into websites for naturally curly hair? It’s true that often people may think of African-American textured hair when they think of those sites, but the basic information really applies to all curly girls, even if you just have the smallest whisper of a wave. Your natural hair can be just as stunning!
People complaining about sausage water don't seem to understand that when you buy precooked frozen sausage, that's what the box tells you to do
It looks nasty though. Glad I don’t eat meat.
Which package says this cuz I've never seen this for breakfast sausage.
@@mamigotz4 banquet "brown n serve" pre cooked sausage links and patties, it only calls for 3 tablespoons though.. just helps them thaw and heat evenly, then when the water evaporates out they start browning
@@mamigotz4Filipino Loganisa sausages are bomb and also call for water 💧
Yes! Brown and serve need a little water but you have to be patient and brown them well after water evaporates. I think of it kind of like beer brats where you boil in beer and then sear on a pan after. It cooks the inside of the brat, and with brown and serve which you cook from frozen it warms the inside.
When I grew up in the 80's and 90's, breakfast for myself and most other kids I knew were sugary cereals, pop tarts, toaster strudels, etc. it wasn't healthy, but at the time it was the norm
definitely agree, breakfast was definitely any of those through my whole childhood and teens. In jr high and high school most kids (skinny or fat) ate literal snack cakes instead of the hot meals. Washed down with Pepsi or Sunny D.
@@seltzermint5 70’s/80’s, and same- sugary cereal or pop tarts. Both my parents worked, so my brother and I were total latchkey kids. I will say, though, we had a family home-cooked dinner every night, and weekends were bagels and lox for breakfast. I consider myself lucky- my parents did the best they could ❤️
Yeah, me too. I'm 40 and still eat that stuff 🤣
@@camilove318 47 here, I do eat some of it too and lots of healthier food. But gotta say, I saw another comment about kids being sick all the time eating this food and that was never me or my friends in the 80s-90s. I'm never sick now either. So IDK. Maybe it's immunity building to eat Fruity Pebbles and chicken nuggets.
1. That wasn't normal for all kids. 2. Good then wasn't ultra processed. Now we are in peak food engineering, where most food isn't.. well.. food anymore... And most adults are woefully uneducated in nutrition
I know this is a tough subject. Times are hard. But as someone who was a child who grew up with neglect, and have serious weight and health issues as a result. Can we all agree that cooking NEEDS to be taught in school and healthy lunches provided. Japan and China have schools that do this with great success.
Here's the thing. She is laughing all the way to the bank because the bad comments boost her algorithms
At her kids expense.
I find it interesting there are so many comments insinuating she’s playing 4D Chess but it’s clear her and her family are nutritionally starved so even if it was for the views, it’s still extremely unhealthy.
She's really despicable
That was my thought. It's all for views. She doesn't give a F about the negativity because those who hate-watch are making her money. She films then (hopefully) she makes the children a nutritious meal.
Shes not laughing to the bank. Shes posted about regularly going to food banks ect. So i dont think shes getti g paid much for views.
Obsessed with this transition period: Donut > banana > potato > green bean
I've seen someone review her videos before. I'm still thinking at least some of these are just to get a reaction because negative interaction on a video is better than no interaction. It reminds me of the person that said if they have a question they post it on reddit, then sign into a different account & answer it with a wrong answer because people are more likely to correct the wrong answer than just answer the question to begin with.
Wow, that's low-key genius
This makes me mad.
That transition from one food to another is called food chaining and it's a great way to help anyone try new foods. My son has arfid with an extremely restricted diet and is been incredibly helpful. It might look like glazed donut> blueberry glazed donut> blueberry donut> blueberry pancake> pancake with blueberries> blueberries with yogurt.... you get the idea. You can do the chains as long/short/subtle according to your specific needs
I love when you throw a little singing in! You've got a beautiful voice, even when you're singing sarcastically lol
My kid is autistic and as a baby would eat fruit puree, but when we switched to solids he refused fruit and veggies. Now at 4 he will only eat a handful of things, mostly brown and tan colored. He used toneat scrambled eggs but gagged on them once and refused them every time after that still does. It sucks trying to navigate feeding kids, esp kids with special needs. He enjoys 1 good healthy meal with rice and veggies and chicken, but it can't be too chickeny 😂. He won't even eat doughnuts!! I hope it gets better eventually!
My child is also autistic and this is exactly what happened with him too. As soon as we switched over to solids he refused. It's a texture thing with him. I've been able to sneak some in and also he is a lot more tolerant than he was a few years ago. Do not feel guilty. We are just doing the best we can. 💓
My child has ADHD and also has issues eating a broad range of foods. I was referred to a dietitian but I know what to feed my child they just won't eat it. I hope it's not like this forever 🤞🤞🤞🤞
My kid is the same. He is actually more adventurous since his younger brother is so adamant about not trying things. It's gotten better and better. Don't worry, you're not screwing up.
Saaaaaaaame. My son will eat like, 5 healthy things... sometimes I grind myself feeding him just to get some calories in him so he doesn't get into a hangry meltdown
@@SueEmery-pq8tb it's so frustrating trying to get them to even eat the 5 healthy things sometimes, right?!
Great video, Jaime! I tend to concur with you regarding all of the points you touched on. Thank you for being so entertaining, and for delivering this type of content so candidly and humourously, without putting anyone down (unlike many creators that do reaction videos). I appreciate you! I always get excited when I see that you've uploaded. Thanks again❤
I LOVE that you quoted Parks and Recreation!!! ❤
I really hate "you're doing great mama" messages. No, some moms just suck and should be told.
Insert Abby sharpe 😒 God forbid you try and feed yourself or child something healthier and she accuses you of being wrongfully restrictive and unhealthy.
Yup. It’s a really toxic mindset to have that “mamas know best” so nobody can say anything. If that was the case, things like CPS wouldn’t exist. She’s setting her kid up for a lifetime of health issues if this is the garbage her kid is eating regularly at such a young age. The lady doesn’t even take the time to sit the baby down at the table to feed her. She just sets her plate on the floor like she’s feeding a dog and giving her kid finger foods so she won’t need help eating. She should have her kids taken away, tbh. If you can’t be bothered to feed your kids properly or even so much as sit with them, you shouldn’t have kids.
@@holleyb1856 yeah...
Idk who that is
true but if change is what people want, a hot tip, insulting others does not do the trick. It just makes them retaliate and not change. So giving her tips on how to do it better in a nice way goes a longer way than telling her that her children should be taken away because of the food she serves (some comments actually suggest that). The tone makes the music.
@@holleyb1856yes, it seems very generalizing and compensational
I mean, there is a living breathing child actively being given an addiction and eating disorder that won't just affect their health, it will color their entire life, every meal, every drink, how they see themselves, how they are treated and could potentially limit their options in life just from physical limitations.
We would judge a mother starving her children and being hyper restrictive. I don't understand the concept of the opposite extreme being seen as "she's just doing her best with what she has." She's literally not. I've been low income, junk food is crazy expensive. It's just as easy to make some toast and an egg or oatmeal as it is to cut up doughnuts.
We need to bring stigma back into our culture. We've destigmatized society to the point abuse is being excused and ignored. We can't normalize nutritional abuse in children. It ruins lives.
100% agree! We've become so open-minded, our brains are falling out. Let's use some reason and judgement where needed.
I couldn't agree more....this western diet of processed food is killing us!
The age old saying, we are what we eat holds true.
Very well said!
Amen!
I agree with you! 💯%
I love your deadpan comedy and video add-ins, Jaime. It’s content like this that makes you stand out from the rest; keep on keeping on!
1 glazed doughnut for breakfast SOMETIMES will not harm anyone, (exceptions not included) the key is moderation, anything is fine in moderation
That’s how the box actually tells you to prepare the frozen breakfast sausage. Three tablespoons of water on the stove.
Proves mommy still makes their din din. Zero skills other than miserable misanthropy.
Yes, otherwise the sausage burns before being cooked through.
As someone who worked in the public school cafeteria, these are the kinds of meals kids get at school every day. It's all processed foods that are so unhealthy. Her kids will get the same things when they get to school. 😮💨
This. I tried so hard cooking healthy meals and putting veggies in things when the kids were little. Once they started school, it became a struggle to get them to eat healthy once they were exposed to all the processed and sugar filled foods.
So true
@fernthegreenfairy raw ingredients. Stay out of the middle isles! Learn to cook from scratch and if time is an issue, pick a day to make ahead things from scratch .❤
@fernthegreenfairy It’s good to find a starting point, too. Maybe a UA-camr that teaches fairly simple healthy meals you can make if you’re trying to go from scratch/learn to cook a bit more. Unprocessed foods at the grocery store aren’t too hard to find; like the other commenter said, just try to stay out of the middle aisles (except I go there for things like soy sauce or other simple seasonings I need). It’s good not to overwhelm yourself at the beginning otherwise you may give up. Just try to read labels on boxed/canned things you buy and stick with ingredients that you can actually understand what they are, for the most part. That will help a huge chunk.
It’s not as difficult to make some of your favourites as you might think, either. If you find a good quality frozen burger (without a bunch of junk in it/it tastes good), then it’s fairly simple to add things like that as occasional treats.
As for learning to eat more healthy/delicious options… I prefer to cook a more Asian-based diet (mostly Thai these days, though it’s also included Japanese and Korean). There are some pretty simple and very delicious recipes that just naturally incorporate real ingredients and lots of vegetables. I find their meals to be generally quite well balanced without having to try to figure out “what’s my protein going to be? How do I get vegetables in here?” etc. North American cooking is honestly pretty hard for me to eat healthy AND enjoy (the flavours just don’t really jive with me…)
I don’t know if this is what you were asking. Sorry for the wall of text if it wasn’t. But just in case, as a suggestion, I would recommend trying out Pad Woon Sen, specifically the recipe from Hot Thai Kitchen (AKA Pailin’s Kitchen) as an example for how delicious/healthy Asian food can be. It’s an almost entirely vegetable based stir fry with a super killer sauce that works well with basically anything, and it takes a very small time to prepare and uses mostly “regular” ingredients you may already have on hand if you’re cooking your own food, plus a couple you may need to go to an Asian grocery store for (tends to be cheaper where I live, anyway, so I love shopping there). But these ingredients should be fairly simple to get (she has a couple of videos of this recipe, but I’m specifically referring to the one she made during the lockdown, which she mentions basically at the beginning of the video, so it should be easy enough to find. It’s a very quick, cheap, and tasty stir fry).
While you’re at the Asian market if you do go, might I suggest also looking at her recipe for chicken wing Tom Yum because… man, oh man… that’s some delicious stuff right there (and you don’t have to add chilies if you can’t have spice. Just leave them out. It still tastes fantastic, and is a recipe where you basically put in minimal effort for maximum deliciousness).
Hope this helps and wasn’t overwhelming/a bunch of nonsense to you. lol
just putting a frozen waffle in the toaster putting peanut butter on it and cutting up some fruit is so simple and way more healthy. I used to make that for my siblings all the time.
This reminds me of my family. I was surprised to see people say they would only give their kids two marshmallows…..my grandmother had an entire drawer in her fridge with candy bars that I would take. And all of my meals were box meals or fast food. My grandma would also regularly have 3-4 bags of opened potato chips. It’s wild to me to see how other people have healthy relationships with food 😂 I would wake up every day sooo dehydrated because I HATED water and would drink anything but until it was hard to talk. I still get cracked lips from not drinking water because “it tastes bad” 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️ pleaaaaase before you have kids, watch how other countries treat their children like little adults (Japan is my favorite with how their schools teach them to prepare the lunches, their lunches are so diverse and healthy), especially if you feel like it’s impossible to start your kids eating healthy things. It’s only hard if you start giving the wrong things first 😭 I hate that I still prefer lunchables and fake cheese over real cheese and natural ingredients. All I crave all the time is McDonald’s, Panda Express, and I don’t want to be this way 🫥