"We Don't Want Healthy Food"

So, my brother and sister-in-law came down for a visit. They're vegan so I went out to grab a few vegan friendly snacks. As I was picking up some bags of chips in the naturals section of Yokes, some kids,(about 7 and 9) came by and were browsing the chip section. Their mom finally caught up with them looked at the chips and then said, "These are healthy chips, we don't want these" and then took her family off to the transfat section.

I don't even know if she realized what she said to her kids. Forever the words, "We don't want healthy foods" will be imprinted in their little brains.

She could've said, "we're in the wrong section" or simply, "not these chips". Anyway, I thought it was such an odd phrase for her to say. I wonder how many other parents unravel all the work the teachers do teaching them how to eat right. All those obese children out there and mom's saying, "we don't want THOSE chips, here have a twinkie"

You know, the "healthy chip" section is actually quite large anymore and they are really quite good, I was looking at Cheeto brand cheetos in the health food section. I still refrain from buying snack food unless I have guests, because, lets face it, it doesn't matter what the serving size is... chips disappear.