https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Parental-responsibility/m-p/207345#M92566 <P>While flipping through channels the other evening, I came upon HBO's documentary "The Weight of the Nation". This particular segment was about childhood obesity. I didn't watch long, because I became frustrated almost immediately.</P> <P>The focus was on sugary cereals which are heavily advertised during children's programming. I think the main thrust of the program was that government should step in and control over what can be advertised and when. Really? What happened to parents saying "NO"? </P> <P>These same types of cereal were advetised every Saturday morning when my children were young. They begged me to buy this junk food cereal and I said "no". They are grown now and they still talk about it! We all laugh now.</P> <P>Why can't some parents seem to be able to say <SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;"><STRONG>no</STRONG></SPAN> to their children? Why does the government have to step in and take over parenting? What happened to parental responsibility?</P> Wed, 30 May 2012 16:51:31 GMT this is my nic 2012-05-30T16:51:31Z https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Parental-responsibility/m-p/207345#M92566 <P>While flipping through channels the other evening, I came upon HBO's documentary "The Weight of the Nation". This particular segment was about childhood obesity. I didn't watch long, because I became frustrated almost immediately.</P> <P>The focus was on sugary cereals which are heavily advertised during children's programming. I think the main thrust of the program was that government should step in and control over what can be advertised and when. Really? What happened to parents saying "NO"? </P> <P>These same types of cereal were advetised every Saturday morning when my children were young. They begged me to buy this junk food cereal and I said "no". They are grown now and they still talk about it! We all laugh now.</P> <P>Why can't some parents seem to be able to say <SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;"><STRONG>no</STRONG></SPAN> to their children? Why does the government have to step in and take over parenting? What happened to parental responsibility?</P> Wed, 30 May 2012 16:51:31 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Community-Chat/Parental-responsibility/m-p/207345#M92566 this is my nic 2012-05-30T16:51:31Z