Kids Love No Rules - Wife Swap

[bamabelle327]

The new mom would be perfectly fine if these children had her weight problem one day. Moderation is key... I mean... give the kids a cookie after dinner or something, not this!

[Nightsparrow626]

This isn't really right. Sheltering kids their whole lives is a surefire way of making them give an explosive and unrestrained response the second all those rules are lifted. Of course they didn't show complete restraint--the kids were without rules for the first time in a long time. You can't fault them for LIVING a little.

[00D00]

@Nightsparrow626 Excatly, all things in moderation.

[whatanightmare1]

I watched this episode a few months ago and I did not care for either moms manner of parenting. You have 2 extremes and they both needed to find a happy medium, just my opinion, for what it's worth.

[sycomamie85]

of course they don't have any self control here. they haven't been given the opportunity to develop self control.

[DannyGrowth]

uh yeah, kids, you need to be told what to eat, otherwise you wind up like the little butterballs that are packing our schools. Little pigs guzzling Twinkies in junior high...ugh. I feel like puking just thinking of the obesity epidemic in this country.

[dsrtflwr]

I love chili dogs. I love nachos.

[cutekittygirl]

Snack food doesn't have to be gross and full of chemical additives...

An occasional bar of chocolate or soda at a party will not hurt children (It's how I grew up) but constant junk food is dangerous. Diabetes? Obesity? No thanks.

[smaakaker]

Is the dad really shocked? When you let kids eat whatever they want OR restrict them too much, they are not going to learn how to deal. When you restrict too much, once they are free to make their own choices, most of them arent going to care what their parents told them. So eat well and healthy, and teach kids that sweets and junk are not healthy, but ok in small portions.

[LMA629]

@smaakaker exactly... i was sheltered and restricted so much growing up, as soon as I went to college I went insane with the parties and the alcohol. i'm not saying I should've been allowed to drink as a teenager in high school, but I think if I had had a little more freedom, my newfound freedom wouldn't be as exciting and intriguing. I'm a sophomore in college now, and I'm just starting to learn how to settle down and restrict myself

[vanquine]

Translation of dad's comments: "Kids enjoy candy and chips, eh? Who knew? I always assumed little kids wanted to grow up to be dull, self-denying scolds like dear old dad. Maybe I should hit them harder? Or more often?"

[Crystal21ak]

everything in moderation

[00D00]

Exactly, nothing wrong with eating junk every now and then.

[girlwiththecoolshoes]

People need to understand, that kind of food just isn't healthy.

[CraZeeKilLa]

i eat steak almost every night of the week, if i had vegetables all the time i would die. and before anyone gets pissed, i eat vegetables too, just not very many.

[iluvtaylorlautnerxox]

aww the dad was by himself:(

[hartagram07]

gosh i h8 how he says that it bugs the hell out of me 'its kinda, kewl' uggh

[JoeJonM]

She may as well be saying: "Here's your free pass to GLUTTONY!"

[kaitlynd2006]

I love how the veg kids are all skinny and the meat eating mom is a tad overweight.....haha no but seriously even tho I'm a vegetarian I would let my kids have free range lean chicken and some beef sometimes. no hot dogs tho...gross.

[Xinoutorah]

I would give my children the freedom to eat whatever they want, once they see how it's made.

[ShelbzGrl]

lol i remember my parent's used to let us watch tv shows like unwrapped and how its made when my siblings and i were younger. lets just say we never ate peeps or little debbies agian...

[Catiedid921]

WoW I would kill himif he were my dad no meat? I would die Let your kids have freedom and not live a boring gay little life were you don't eat any meat ever I would so hat my childhood Kids be free

[Xinoutorah]

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[JenoJen06]

It's true that kids need rules. But... I mean... just imagine if this was them being set into the real world (or college)... instead of candy and junk food... would it be drugs and alcohol?

You need to let your kids live at least a LITTLE BIT while you still are raising them. Otherwise when they are given a tiny taste of freedom, they'll go nuts with it.

[hawaii8087]

Kids do need some rules but they also need to realx and enjoy too. Both famiies don't seem to have found a happy medium.

No wonder the kids dug in, it was a caged animal set free.

[ihatethis011]

he felt bad for his kids?? okk.

[discountninjah]

you kids do understand that the lack of self-control in our generation is one of the fundamental reasons for our societal troubles today, right?

[Noraa9700]

i hope u don't honestly agree with him. and besides, if he wasn't open for change, then he shouldn't have even signed his family up for the show.

[zZHunt3rZz]

what A LOSER

[arieshyper]

who the hell expects kids to hold back. wow that guys a sad parent.