One in three respondents has had a child arrive home in a hyperactive state due to the consumption of sweets and fizzy drinks. But despite the reservations only forty-two percent of parents have built up the courage to confront granny and granddad over what they feed their child. And of those that did nearly half said that they were just ignored.
It isn't just grandparents that are the problem. Some mothers also worry that allowing their child to have lunch or dinner with classmates or family friends means they will miss out on healthy fruit and vegetables and gorge themselves on fatty fast or frozen food, fizzy drinks, cake and ice cream, and as many as one in five have gone so far as to stop their children eating meals at certain people's houses and seeing certain friends outside of school to avoid the issue, iAfrica.com reports.
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