You may be a parent, they may be your children, but you don’t know how to best care for them.

Let government do it for you. Government — and our benevolent “leaders” — know best.

San Francisco has become the first major U.S. city to pass a law that cracks down on the popular practice of giving away free toys with unhealthy restaurant meals for children.

San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors passed the law on Tuesday on a veto-proof 8-to-3 vote. It takes effect on December 1.

The law, like an ordinance passed earlier this year in nearby Santa Clara County, would require that restaurant kids’ meals meet certain nutritional standards before they could be sold with toys.

I grant that McDonald’s food is pretty crappy. I try to avoid eating there merely because it’s so bland and there are far better burgers out there. But why should McDonald’s (or any restaurant) be forced to play nanny to your children?

The San Francisco law would allow toys to be given away with kids’ meals that have less than 600 calories, contain fruits and vegetables, and include beverages without excessive fat or sugar.

Backers of the ordinance say it aims to promote healthy eating habits while combating childhood obesity.

Sorry, but that doesn’t really work to combat obesity nor promote healthy eating habits. Parents are still going to drag their kids to McDonald’s, the kids are still going to eat the crappy burger and fries and soda, but now just not get a toy. That people feed their kids this food is far beyond the worthless toy. But hey… we’ve got to do something, right? We’ve got to feel like we’re making a difference, because you know… it’s all for the children, and we’re certainly thinking of them whereas you evil corporations just care about your profits.

“Our children are sick. Rates of obesity in San Francisco are disturbingly high, especially among children of color,” said San Francisco Supervisor Eric Mar, who sponsored the measure.

But amongst all those transparent children…. well, we can’t see them anyways so we don’t know how fat they are.  I hate the term “children of color” because even “white” children have color… and this “well-intended” comment is also pretty bad because it’s implying all those poor dumb Blacks and Hispanics really can’t take care of themselves so here’s big daddy whitey to take care of them because he knows best. *sigh*

That slope… it’s so slippery…. and how far we have slid.