I can't help but enjoy seeing joy
when I see families in the sun
simply out to enjoy themselves.
What disturbs me more
is how when children report
their first pangs of hunger,
then the family queue to be served
at the first burger and chip bar
that they can agree over.
By the time the food has arrives
the child's hunger has passed,
they think they no longer want to eat,
their appetite has found another focus
where equally soon the child will be bored.
And because it is 'a day out' for the parents
they treat it as a day off from parenting,
rather than query the child before queueing
for the food the child won't want, even as
they know they will discard most of the food
the moment it lands in their hands.
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