No you can't have it!

"No, you can't have it. Do you want to get fat like Jennie" said the mother to her little daughter in the supermarket the other day.

I was in the next aisle; so I made a mad dash to see what this was all about.

Ah, the little tyrant was crying about not being allowed to buy any candy.

Hooray! A parent who actually gives a damn. Of course some would argue that calling Jennie fat was not PC. But screw that; here's a mom that quite possibly understands that obesity starts at a very young age.

Did you ever wish that your parents had given a damn?

I wish my mother had offered alternatives to chocolate donuts with grape juice and any sugary cereal I chose.

What about you? Are you a parent? An aunt? An uncle? A brother? A sister? Are you setting a good example for a young one in your life?