I was in Wal-Mart the other day. This woman nearby me had her son with her and he was probably just under the age of 10. Anyway, I noticed their cart was overflowed with twinkies, cupcakes, doughnuts, cookies, and milk. Then I heard the lady ask the kid, "anything else you want?" Let me remind you all I wasn't peeping this woman's business or checking her out. It was noticable. IMO, you don't buy that much of sweets for a kid. It could have been for a party, but there are limits to everything, including parties. assuming it wasn't for a party, that was a sh*it load of sweets in that buggy and like I mentioned before, she asked him what else he wanted! Like he was going to say, "Put some green vegetables in there, too. LOL

Anyway, I think that's spoiling a kid, party or no party. When I was a kid, I was lucky to see a pack of cookies if I went shopping with my mother.

I was in Wal-Mart the other day. This woman nearby me had her son with her and he was probably just under the age of 10. Anyway, I noticed their cart was overflowed with twinkies, cupcakes, doughnuts, cookies, and milk. Then I heard the lady ask the kid, "anything else you want?" Let me remind you all I wasn't peeping this woman's business or checking her out. It was noticable. IMO, you don't buy that much of sweets for a kid. It could have been for a party, but there are limits to everything, including parties. assuming it wasn't for a party, that was a sh*it load of sweets in that buggy and like I mentioned before, she asked him what else he wanted! Like he was going to say, "Put some green vegetables in there, too. LOL

Anyway, I think that's spoiling a kid, party or no party. When I was a kid, I was lucky to see a pack of cookies if I went shopping with my mother.
More like KILLING THE KID...

She better start learning abt childhood diabetes real fast.

Or... it may be sweets for the mom. She could just crave sweets (she might have a sweet tooth) but isn't thinking logically by placing them in her cart in front of the child. Who knows.... many reasons....

If that is the case; that the mother was buying all the sweets for her child and asking if he wanted anything else, that would explain at least one future case of childhood obesity.

Hmm, there is actually a lot of possibilities.

crazy

well, it could easily be for a party, in her asking "anything else you want?", i would assume she was asking if there is anything he wanted for his special day.

Otherwise; if it's for the kid on an everyday type basis, she's taking the easy route. It's easy to let 10 year olds eat sugar and sweets, the challenge comes in making sure they eat what's right.

I"m guessing it was for a party...?

Or... it may be sweets for the mom. She could just crave sweets (she might have a sweet tooth) but isn't thinking logically by placing them in her cart in front of the child. Who knows.... many reasons....
Oh, I read it wrong.... I missed the "Anything else you want?" part. In that case - yikes....

It also could have been for a school party. I remember in grade school when we had class parties, there always wound up being TONS of stuff there...and no, nobody ever ate all of it.

It sounds like a party to me, but who really knows. If it was for a party, then no, I don't think it's spoiling the kid. He could have been having a huge party.

assumptions, assumptions.

Who's to say it was just for that kid? I used to pick up sweets but the whole family ate them. It wasn't just for me.

Yeah, it couldve been for the whole family, i assume. but you never know.