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Re: Park Slope parents back ban on ice-cream trucks in Prospect Park to avoid screaming kids
The reactions here are interesting considering the other threads.
People are taking their kids to the playground for some exercise and they need to be faced with an ice cream truck every time? When ice cream plus a million other junkfoods are available at least every 50 feet these days?
This is just one tiny example of the shiitty environment people are faced with day in and day out. Opportunities to make poor decisions regarding health are vastly outnumbering opportunities to make good decisions and we wonder why we're so fat.
I don't understand how the presence of an ice cream man isn't a possibility to make a good decision.
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There's this really magical word you can tell your child in instances like this, when they see the ice cream truck and are like, "OMG MOM, can I please have an icecream!!!?!!" and you'd prefer to keep popsicles and ice cream as an occasional treat and don't want them to have some right then.
You look at your child, and you tell them... "no."
People's kids aren't eating crappy food because parents have no say or control over what the shii!t is going in their kid's mouth, it's because this generation of child-worshipping type parent has a hard time telling their spawn that no, they cannot eat the chocolate coated sugar bombs no matter how much they whine or cry. Why should we be removing product and options from the market place and interfering with people's business and choice when you can just make one on your own and say no once in a while?
Why do you hate our freedoms?
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To add, maybe Johnny's mom always buys ice cream from the truck at the park because they go there once a week and it's his special treat. Johnny shouldn't have to give up his special treat because Susie's mom is a wiener-ish pushover who can't say no to her preshus.
Something that works with my kid is telling her it's not her turn. Maybe it'll be her turn to get one of those nasty Spongebob pops next time, but this time, it's that kid's turn. And she's cool with that.
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Sh!t, you all are missing a vital aspect of this story.
You teach the kids that ice cream vendors are actually pedophiles who want to touch their no-no parts - the ones mommy & daddy and Dr. Lollipop get to look at and exam, but no one else. That delightful dripping glob of sugary goodness is just a red herring.
And then, in all seriousness, I just want to run amongst these moms and make it rain Skittles. Take that, neurotic nurturers!
Oh brother. Ice cream men have been around since the ice age. You make it sound as if they are a new fangled way of giving your kid the diabeetus, like x box 360 and red bull.
Believe me, I say no constantly. We pass by about 5 different dessert trucks on any random walk we go on. My 3yo usually doesn't even ask because she knows the answer will be no. If she ends up with some random piece of junk I throw it into the trash. Our rules are that treats are only for special occasions like going to a party or something we decide ahead of time and not on a whim.
To me, there's this incongruity where I'm doing something perfectly reasonable (reserving treats for special occasions) and the way it's feeling IRL is that I'm neurotic and saying NO 98 times out of 100. I don't believe that I should adjust a reasonable expectation to an environment that is very UNreasonable. I'm not going to say no only 50 times out of 100 because that seems more normal.
But the consensus here seems like our environment is acceptable and it's all about someone selling someshit as the priority over our health. I'm in disagreement with that.
This is what I do as well and lord knows my kid is stubborn as hell. It even works for him.
Plus somedays it is nice to have a treat. We don't have ice cream at home so why not get a cone once in awhile.
I just think it is funny that this truck was banned because parents can't do what parents do, which is say no and set limits for their kids.
An ice cream truck is an awesome opportunity to make a good decision regarding health. ("I want that, but I had one yesterday, so I won't.") It's impossible to get rid of all the junk food options, so kids have to learn to have treats in moderation and say no even if the option is there.
Preferring the option be taken away for everyone rather than dealing with learning to say no to one's kid seems really selfish to me.
This article is a joke, right?
Unless the ice cream truck driver is from the sex offender registry, what's the big deal.
I don't buy ice cream from my neighborhood ice cream truck because he looks like a pedophile (my sentiments are shared with my neighbors). Instead, we get a shave ice from the Farmer's Market on Saturdays. The truck music doesn't bother me, but I do wish he'd play something besides Christmas music year round.
Playing with my money is like playing with MY emotions. IT'S THE PRINCIPALITIES SMOKEY!
AND if you show your ass in this park over not getting ice cream, we will be packing it up and going home, m'kay?
And see how long it takes for us to come back!
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