re: When did the myth that eating unhealthy processed foods is cheaper than eating healthy?

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I'm going to assume I'm just reading this wrong because getting your children to "eat right" is a responsibility, not a luxury. I can't think of very many things that should have priority over the health of your children and good nutrition is the foundation of health.

Yeah, proper parenting can be "a chore".

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You are reading it wrong, or perhaps you have no perspective.

My kids are difficult to feed, they are ADD/rowdy/hate sitting still so it takes me and my wife an hour or so to feed them (mostly my little one). As I have said numerous times, I consider us fortunate that I can afford to feed them healthy food even if they ultimately waste it, and that they have parents there to do.

However, poor or single parents are not as fortunate. So I could absolutely see why they go for the “cheap” alternative just as a matter of making sure their kid is fed. I don’t agree with this, and not making excuses for those people, just acknowledging how the “myth” the OP referenced can be substantiated