dumbf*ck parents

Sharon spent the night last night. We'll be going walking shortly. That new TD bank is opening at the five points. It will be one of our stops.

Before Sharon can do anything she needs coffee. So I went to the Wawa to get her some. There I met the dumbf*cks parent from hell. I tried the "mommy" look, the "really" look and the "disapproving" look. None worked. My friend Angel would have read her the riot act.

They pulled in about the same time as I did. Mom's overweight, but not horribly. The kids are maybe 6-7 and 3-4. I get to the coffee area, pour Sharon's coffee and turned around. I'm now facing the fountain drinks. The  7 year-old is pouring himself a blue 32 ounce Icee* drink. It not even 9 am.

He starts to pour the 3-year-olds Icee. She cries. She doesn't want blue she wants red. So he makes it rainbow. She's happy. I'm appalled. And frozen in my spot. Then he pours one for mom.

Next stop. The doughnut case for glazed doughnuts. The little one cries again. She wants a hot dog. She gets one and the boy gets a pepperoni and cheese cup.

They would have been better off with breakfast at McDonalds.

I got fat by myself. I made wrong choices. Not my parents. Hell, I was seriously underweight when I was a teen. These kids don't stand a chance in hell. They'll be fat teenagers. Fatter adults. And probably never be elderly.  

Obesity in America is not caused by fast food, HF corn syrup, and white sugar. They are just scape goats. It's caused by dumbf*ck parents. It's just another form of child abuse.


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*I have no problem with Icee's. I love them, especially the Slurpee variety at the 7-11. Haven't had one in years but I'd let my kid have a small one, on a hot summer afternoon, occasionally. Everything is okay in moderation. But frozen sugar is not breakfast food.