No, junk food should not be banned for children

Children do need to be taught healthy eating habits at a young age, but banning junk food is not the way to do it. Instead, children need to be taught responsibility with junk food; how much is safe to eat as an occasional treat, how to properly balance one's diet, etc. Exposing them to junk food early with responsible guidelines will teach them how to monitor their own diets as they grow up, whereas banning junk food will only handicap their learning about dietary responsibility.