A Proud Mum Moment

This afternoon I went to pick up my son from kindergarten. As I entered the building I noticed the noise level a lot higher than usual. It’s mat time at this time of day and one of the teachers is usually almost at the end of reading a story to everybody, right before the goodbye song “ka kite, ka kite, ka kite ano..”. But today there was no story being read and there was no song being sung. As a pretty anxious person by default, I started to inch toward a bit of a panic feeling inside - someone I didn’t recognise (All I know is that it wasn’t teacher) was handing out lollipops. I started thinking “what is going on? I didn’t consent to this, has my child been given one? Will my child be given one? I have my younger daughter here with me too - what will she think of all this? Do the teachers approve? ”

My son was holding an orange lollipop, sitting on the mat, waiting for his turn to greet his mother. The whiteboard caught my eye on the way out “Happy Birthday…” ahh, this is some kind of birthday celebration. I persuaded my son to wait until we got home before opening the lollipop - it wasn’t fair on his sister who would be staring right at him from her pram on the walk home I told him. I couldn’t think of anything else to say regarding the lollipop, it caught me by surprise. I couldn’t say “you can’t have that” but wondered whether I should’ve. We got home in good time. Just as we got to the front door the lollipop was cradled again in my sons hands. I offered to take the wrapper off (and struggled and wrestled with it before freeing the lollipop). I asked him to go inside and have it while I distracted his sister.

I found myself purposefully fumbling as I unclipped my toddler from her pram seat, and took off her shoes and socks, wondering how I will stop her from seeing her brother lick on the lollipop. All of a sudden my boy starts rushing towards me “mummy, I don’t like it, I don’t like it mummy”. He looked disappointed, confused and was clearly waiting for some guidance or instruction. I suddenly felt disappointed for him but then I realised how relieved I was, and then how proud I was. My son didn’t like the lollipop! He thought it was awful! And how rightly so - it’s not intuitive to like such things that aren’t food, something designed to be ingested but provide no nutritional value. The unnatural sugars, flavours and other substances in a lollipop should only be described as poison. To the uninitiated, where sugar addiction has not yet established, this fact is obvious. To the rest of the population, addicted and brainwashed, this fact is not obvious, this fact would make us confused, this fact would put us in denial, this fact could even make us angry.

But still, too many people continue to consume lollipops and lollies, and an array of processed goods containing the same (or similar) ingredients. The word poison sounds pretty strong in this context doesn’t it? The fact that this is poison though, will not be kept hidden from these people forever, it can’t be kept from the depths of the human bodies being abused. This fact will come out, some sooner for others, in the form of being overweight or obese. In the form of endochrine problems such as type 2 diabetes, in the form of autoimmune diseases of which there are several, in the form of dementia and several diseases of the brain, this poison becomes evident for some, in the form of cancer.

I believe that we are what we eat, that real food is critically important for the survival, wellbeing and happiness of the human population. I realise that promoting real food over processed food is not in the best interests of the commercial world in which we live but it is absolutely necessary to ensure longevity of the human population and our planet.

My son rejecting the lollipop today and rejecting this societal norm is inspiration for me. The societal norm I am talking about is that it is acceptable to produce, sell and give to children and sick people, processed sugar and manufactured flavourings. It is encouraging to see that we innately know what is right and what is wrong. I am working hard to help those who are ready to stand up for themselves and their family and be bold against the coorporations and governments that currently hold much of the population’s health in their hands. I want to see individuals take control of their own health again.…