.Perfect Parent Dilusion #5
Tonight we went to see the movie Venom. It had pretty bad reviews, but for someone who's not a hardcore movie (or Marvel) fan, I appreciated it for what it was.
We got our usual bucket of mixed popcorn with a bit of caramel and a bit of salt.
The theater was packed. It's a proper IMAX theater with balcony and VIP seats. There are probably 300 seats in all, and every one of them had a body.
In Dubai, it's totally fine to bring in all kinds of food to the movie. The lads in front of us were eating massive burgers that smelled divine. The guy next to my husband was slurping some noodly delight.
And the baby across the aisle was eating sugar, sugar, sugar. The ENTIRE time. He was probably about 1 and a half years old, maybe two. Sitting on his mom's lap and gobbling up caramel popcorn, candy, and a massive slurpee.
I kept glancing to my right and seeing a twizzler in his mouth. Then a big sip of the slurpee. Then a hand full of popcorn. Rinse and repeat.
My own stomach turned thinking about all the crap that kid was eating.
And it continued for the entire movie!
In fact, when the lights came on, he was still munching.
I just can't. I couldn't! I would feel so bad letting my child eat that.
But I started to think that maybe the mom let him eat it to keep him quiet during the movie. Does that make it better?
I mean no one had to deal with a screaming child, but also, that kid is definitely not going to sleep any time soon. And his poor teeth and tummy!
I don't pretend to have an amazing diet, but good grief, I'm going to try my best to introduce only good stuff to my kids - especially when they're that little.
Won't I?
xo Jenea
- Everything is always okay in the end; and if it's not okay, then it's not the end.
We got our usual bucket of mixed popcorn with a bit of caramel and a bit of salt.
The theater was packed. It's a proper IMAX theater with balcony and VIP seats. There are probably 300 seats in all, and every one of them had a body.
In Dubai, it's totally fine to bring in all kinds of food to the movie. The lads in front of us were eating massive burgers that smelled divine. The guy next to my husband was slurping some noodly delight.
And the baby across the aisle was eating sugar, sugar, sugar. The ENTIRE time. He was probably about 1 and a half years old, maybe two. Sitting on his mom's lap and gobbling up caramel popcorn, candy, and a massive slurpee.
I kept glancing to my right and seeing a twizzler in his mouth. Then a big sip of the slurpee. Then a hand full of popcorn. Rinse and repeat.
My own stomach turned thinking about all the crap that kid was eating.
And it continued for the entire movie!
In fact, when the lights came on, he was still munching.
I just can't. I couldn't! I would feel so bad letting my child eat that.
But I started to think that maybe the mom let him eat it to keep him quiet during the movie. Does that make it better?
I mean no one had to deal with a screaming child, but also, that kid is definitely not going to sleep any time soon. And his poor teeth and tummy!
I don't pretend to have an amazing diet, but good grief, I'm going to try my best to introduce only good stuff to my kids - especially when they're that little.
Won't I?
xo Jenea
- Everything is always okay in the end; and if it's not okay, then it's not the end.
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