I'm used to people acting like you. Those chips are not good for anyone and the TV dinners are especially bad. These foods are addictive and deliberately made so over the course of many decades by those who sell them for profit. They're not cheaper than simple basic foods (fruits, veges, rice/beans, meat). I will truthfully and honestly tell you I could totally not care less about you or your family because it's obvious by what you say, you are deeply addicted and so is the rest of your family. Nothing I or any other stranger would say could make any difference to that situation. It is true, you are not alone and are in the same boat as tens of millions of others. But I can't individually be responsible for those who are addicted to tobacco, prescription meds, alcohol, or toxic corporate foods. You could educate yourself. I did. I got tired of my chronic illness, IBS, and tired of struggling with my weight, gaining weight no matter how I tried to limit calories or how active I was. Now I have a different life and a different lifestyle. And I am happy. Most people are aware that junk and fast foods are bad for them - but see no alternatives. The truth is: there are alternatives, but it takes time and effort to find out which ones are right for you and your family. None of those alternatives comes in a plastic bag (chips), or a cardboard box for the microwave (packaged dinners). Every drunk who gets told they need to stop drinking gets pissed off, even though their liver is slowly melting into toxic lard. Every heroin junky will rise up out of their nodding stupor if someone grabs for their rig. Every addicted tobacco smoker gets angry and hostile if somebody takes their cigs.

So, nothing personal. If you got a kid that will only eat this trash and sees a therapist? I'm sorry. Obviously you cannot make him eat more healthily and as long as he's eating that, he won't have any taste for plain, simple foods. Children and adolescent brains are no match for the toxic food makers who purposely design these foods to make people come back for more. You just told me the chips you like cost half (less than half) what they really do.

Fresh corn is .25 cents an ear at WalMart right now. Basic foods remain cheaper. It is a battle between the basic food producers and the toxic corporate manufacturers.