Something my mother said to my 10-year-old sister the other day made me think.
My sister was standing very close to the microwave, staring at her meatballs as they went ’round and ’round, getting ”cooked”. My mother sees this, and quickly said ”Don’t stand so close to the microwave; it’s bad for you!”.
So, according to my mother, it’s okay to put food cooked by these waves into your body and thus making it a part of you, but it’s not okay to stand close to it as that might be harmful to your brain and such. How does this make any sense?!
I think the worst part was when she quieted me down when I tried to tell her how absurde I found her reasoning, just because if my sister heard me, she might be influenced by what I said.
I love my mother, I really do, but sometimes her narrow minded cheapness scares me.
Maybe she has a point. People with pace makers are not allowed to be in a room when the microwave is working. Think about. :)
Geng,
Of course she’s right about the not standing to close-argument, but I still think it’s hypocritical to say that AND let your child eat food cooked in the microwave.
I hate microwaves. They’re really bad for you because they promote the fast food lifestyle and, of course, the nutrients in the food it cooks dies.
There’s a simple experiment that has been done (and that you can do yourself); if you water a plant with microwaved water it dies.