What Happens When You Lie To Your Kids About Food

I just read this article telling me that 64% of children in the UK do not know that tuna is a fish. Many also don't know that beef comes from cows. What are people telling their children?!

It reminds me of the time my mom served us pig feet, but told us it was chicken to get us to eat it. Is that what is happening? Are parents trying to trick their children so much that children don't even know the truth anymore?

Or are many adults so out of touch with food processing that we don't even know where our food comes from?

It reminds me of a sneaky trick I heard from another mom: when you're eating chocolate and don't want to share with your kids, tell them you're eating raisins. Then they won't be interested and you don't have to hide in the bathroom to eat it.

Chocolate or raisins? Hmmmm (from SunMaid.com)

Good Chocolate And Children Don't Mix

If you're gearing up for an Easter chocolate-buying frenzy or like me, just love eating chocolate daily, you should start buying fair trade chocolate. Luckily, there's not only a site devoted to helping you find some:

The Good Chocolate Guide

There's also the Choco Finder App for your iPhone. (No worries, it's free!)

Fair trade does not automatically mean expensive! Cadbury's Dairy Milk is now fair trade certified (their only flavor that is at the moment) and I've seen it at the Dollar Store. You have no excuse now!

Nevertheless, the bigger picture is this: right now, right this very instant, children just like yours are being held as slaves to pick cocoa beans. They do not get to play, go to school or have a real childhood. They may not even see their own parents. No one is there to wipe their tears at night.
Not only that, but they have never even been allowed to taste the chocolate their tired little bodies have been forced to pick.
Is your love of chocolate worth more than the lives of little kids?

I'll pay an extra dollar for chocolate without the blood, sweat and tears of little tortured kids, thanks. Next time you're looking to buy chocolate, look for the fair trade or equitable symbols on the package. Now that's good chocolate!

For more info, check out World Vision.