The Blame Game On Raising Children

I will admit that I'm not a parent but I am a daughter, a sister, a friend and a mentor. The other day one of my coworkers and I were talking about health and convenience. We live in a society that is go go go and so we don't stop to take the time to take care of ourselves.
One topic that came up is my sister who has terrible acne scarring on her face. She spends hundreds and hundreds of dollars every year trying to get rid of it, from one treatment to the other. Last month it was microdermambrasion, which didn't help, with a side of pregnancy pills to control her hormones. This month she is continuing the pills but has replaced the microdermambrasion with an orange peel. She has a morning and night ritual of face creams and nothing has helped. I have talked to her before and recommended that she look into detoxing and changing what she eats. Her diet consists of easy to create food such as frozen pizzas, instant things, pop, beer and such. Our bodies needs more nutrients, vitamins and just plain old healthy things. Unfortunately she won't touch the vegetables I cook and her version of vegis are either frozen or from a can (filled with preservatives). One night she took a can of corn and heated it in a microwave. Intending on making me proud she pointed out she was eating vegetables. I didn't have the heart to tell her that corn has no nutritional value and the corn she was eating was not only drenched in preservatives but also it was genetically engineered. My sister is a prime example of someone who thinks she is doing what is right but isn't. Instead she wants an easy fix, an easy answer, so she can go on and enjoy her life. Detoxing means giving up somethings she likes to eat and spending the time to take care of herself.

The example my coworker had was of her children and their friends. One of her daughter's friends stayed with them. She wouldn't eat their organic chicken nuggets and said they tasted funny. Her breakfast at home was typically a poptart and when offered fruits she didn't want them and with quite a few berries have never had them. That is sad. It makes you wonder what her diet at home is. There was a video clip from a documentary that I saw a long time ago. A doctor came into a classroom of children bringing vegetables to show the children. The children didn't know what a potato was but knew what fries were. The children didn't know what a tomato was but knew what ketchup was. The world of convenience made it very difficult for people to lead healthy lives. Instead on changing ourselves we go back and try to get a pill to fix our problems.

We need to take responsibility for our actions and change ourselves instead of trying to cover up the symptoms then blame the world.