[caryatid]

Kids do not need their own food pyramid, any more than they need their own television sets in their own rooms. Kids need engaged parents who provide proper nourishment served at a table surrounded by family. Children are not supposed to take care of themselves and it is not reasonable to expect them to eat things that their parents do not eat. The abandonment of family meals is key to the dissolution of the American family.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Kids do not need their own food pyramid,

I partly disagree as I have seen parents putting kids on a low fat diet to keep them from getting fat and not realize that kids need some fat. They are after all, growing and developing.

A diet that is ok for an adult may not be adequate for a child.

The abandonment of family meals is key to the dissolution of the American family.

Now that we agree on.

[SupplySider]

Well put! May I add that without high taxes (many of them disguised) and big government it would be possible for mothers to devote themselves to homemaking instead of moneymaking.

For most of history until the last few decades, properly nourishing one's children was a high priority, not a low one.