so the people who fight against making changes in schools will say,

所以不同意从学校入手进行改革的人认为
parents can tell their children not to buy unhealthful foods,

父母能告诉孩子不要去买不健康食品
or I got an email basically saying,

我收到这样的邮件说
tell your first grader that

告诉你一年级的孩子
when somebody comes in to celebrate their birthday in the classroom

当有人走进课室给他们庆祝生日时
not to take a cupcake, they should just not take one,

不要拿纸杯蛋糕他们就不会去拿
they should say no thank you.

他们会和那些人说不用了谢谢
Well, that's kind of ridiculous obviously,

这显然很荒谬
but it's also just this philosophy

但这也是一种心理
that it's really all up to the parents

认为这完全取决于父母
and that parents should really be setting a better example.

父母应该成为更好的榜样
I think the argument back there is to say,

我认为说回这里的争论说的是