I think hunger has gone from being something normal to something to be immediately fixed. Maybe because it is one of the few things we can fix? And of course if you feel you need to fix hunger immediately you find yourself using unhealthy food.
I don't see any reason to be be dealing with the behaviour of a hungry child, haven't from birth. Why go through all the crying and fighting and shouting and drama just so you don't have to get off the couch and feed them when you could just feed them and deal with conflicts like rational people?
You may choose to feed your kids unhealthy food, but there's no need to. Many many healthy foods can be prepared in less than a minute, from fruit to cheese to bread to hummus to baked beans or any number of other foods. And if you were bothered to watch your children, you might find they have a regular pattern or that plummeting blood sugar has telltale signs which give you plenty of notice that they're about to fall apart so you don't need to rush to get food into them. Morning and afternoon snacks are sterotypical for a reason, but YMMV.
