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Originally posted by kirksey957Now, if someone wanted to argue whether, or not, parents should be solely responsible for the raising of their children, or whether the state should be actively involved as a provider of daycare, or whatnot, then that is a topic I would be willing to broach separately. Never fear, your concerns are unfounded. 😉
Uh, Rob, you're starting to sound like a Republican. 😀 Kirk
Originally posted by rwingettOK, good, you scared me for a moment. Kirk
Now, if someone wanted to argue whether, or not, parents [b]should be solely responsible for the raising of their children, or whether the state should be actively involved as a provider of daycare, or whatnot, then that is a topic I would be willing to broach seperately. Never fear, your concerns are unfounded. 😉[/b]
Originally posted by rwingettMaybe parents should be punished for overly obese children.
Now, if someone wanted to argue whether, or not, parents [b]should be solely responsible for the raising of their children, or whether the state should be actively involved as a provider of daycare, or whatnot, then that is a topic I would be willing to broach seperately. Never fear, your concerns are unfounded. 😉[/b]
Give them on a community service type of punishment - healthy eating seminars or something.
Originally posted by kirksey957I'm reminded of this Red Dwarf quote:
You're young. In time... In time, my friend. It will come. Kirk
"When you're younger you can eat what you like, drink what you like and still climb into your 26 inch waist trousers and zip them closed. Then you reach that age -- 24, 25 -- your muscles give up, they wave a little white flag and then without any warning at all, you're suddenly a fat bastard."
Originally posted by padawan60An excellent post padawan60! Show great wisdom, you do, by agreeing with me. The force flows strongly within you, it does. Hmmm. 😉
As someone with lifelong weight concerns, I have to come down on rwingett's side on this issue. Sure, there will always be external influences such as advertising and peer pressure, but in the end, food choices and portion sizes are entirely ours to control. As young children, we have to rely on our parents for proper nutrition and education, but overweight older teens or adults really have no one to blame but themselves....
Originally posted by padawan60It's not advertising in general that's the problem, but the incentives to get kids to get a certain meal and get some toy out of it. It's always something along the lines of "collect them all and impress your friends!". This means portion size doesn't matter because Johnny needs to collect all 24 toys within a week, next week there will be new toys to collect.
As someone with lifelong weight concerns, I have to come down on rwingett's side on this issue. Sure, there will always be external influences such as advertising and peer pressure, but in the end, food choices and portion sizes are entirely ours to control. As young children, we have to rely on our parents for proper nutrition and education, but overweight older teens or adults really have no one to blame but themselves....
Originally posted by kirksey957I am actually on this crash site in South Miami. His body was flown out of his white SUV when he had rolled of the exit ramp from the expressway. I did not know about him then, only later when the story was shown in the news.
Sam Kennison, a stand up comic who died in a car wreck. SNL is Saturday Night Live. Kirk
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