Self-Made Mom

I’ll scrub your bathroom, I’ll mop the floor like Mr. Clean, but please don’t make me cook. I really don’t enjoy cooking.  And I wish I did, really.  I’m envious of those who enjoy a little sauteeing and flambe-ing.  But in all honesty, I’d rather dial than dice.

Which is why I’m a little dismayed at this blog post titled, “Are women responsible for obesity among children?” or mainly, are those women who work responsible for today’s fat youth?  According to Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s post, there’s a theory abounding “that when women started to enter the workforce en masse in the 1970s and ’80s, kids started getting fatter.”  The experts (I’m guessing it’s not Ronald McDonald on this one) suggest that because a woman goes to work, there’s no one around to make a balanced meal and to make sure the kid gets some exercise. 

I don’t believe for a second that there could be that high of a correlation between working moms and fat kids.  However, preparing my son’s meals are the one part of parenting I really struggle with.  Because I don’t like to cook, I am not that inventive with my son’s food.  If I can nuke it, great (don’t tell me Morningstar veggie sausage isn’t tasty). If I can get my tush to Whole Foods to get a prepared meal, even better.  I try to buy organic and healthy when I can, but if I’m rushing home from work to feed him dinner, I’m not going to cry over a 3-minute Easy Mac ‘N Cheese.  Especially when I end up eating most of it anyway. 

I hope that doesn’t mean that I’m going to get fat too.  I might just have to learn to like cooking after all.

Tags: obese+children, cooking, Sanjay+Gupta, Ronald+McDonald

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