See where you are coming from, but also think it's very difficult to tell anyone how to raise their kids. Imagine telling this girls parents that essentially, she is abused, the impact on those parents AND the girl could be a lot more detrimental than being overweight.
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Maybe it'll hurt their feelings but I don't see how it could be worse than letting your child destroy her body, social image, self esteem, and possibly become a diabetic or have multiple medical issues in general that could've been avoided. If there isn't a medical reason she/he is over weight, then it's probably abuse....
Okay. So yes this is an entirely serious issue. However. Many obese children are obese due to the affordability of certain foods. Their parents typically work more than one job and can rarely supervise what the child eats, and even with multiple jobs and incomes and foodstamps, can only afford the unhealthy food that will feed a whole family instead of paying much much more for healthy foods. So in certain situations I can agree, while in others I feel that implementing a better healthy foods system is the answer instead of taking children away.
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Having them active rather than babysat by the television, and saying 'no' to another piece of cake/candy does fucking wonders too
Yeah, there's a phenomenon called the Urban Food Desert. Basically, in more urban and concentrated areas it's hard to find fresh and healthy food, so people just grow up living on what they can.
While having them active does help, it's still not always enough. and for lots of parents, at least in my area, kids are babysat by older siblings, who usually aren't listened to anyways and wouldn't be able to have the kids be active. Not to mention medical issues that prevent a healthy weight without expensive medications or processes. Active lifestyles: important. Healthy food: important. Money to spend on healthy foods: difficult to obtain and have kids active. Making kids active: difficult to do and afford healthy foods. So the best that's doable is portion control and saying no to kids. In the cases where it's just neglect though, it's a very different story. It's difficult to determine the reason for the child being obese though.
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I'm sorry, but what fucked world are we living in where its 'too hard' to be active and not a spoiled vegetable of a human being? That's what's wrong with people today. The minute anything takes effort, we blame everyone else. Sorry to tell you this: I'm fucking broke. I don't live by glamorous means. But my kid eats right. She's a healthy weight. She's active and I'm a parent. Not my television. Stop making excuses and do something. (Excluding obvious health/debilitating diseases)
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I wasn't saying it to make it seem like an excuse. It's something that I've noticed. It's wonderful that you can do that for your child, and I'm sure she will be thankful for it when she's older for being introduced and involved in a healthy lifestyle. the topic was about government intervention because there's a no excuse for child obesity without medical issues, and the argument is more "against government involvement because.." instead of "it's okay because..".
I was a little overweight when I was a child, but it was mainly caused by a slow metabolism, other small health problems, and severe bullying (mostly the effects of that). It had nothing to do with my family.
You probably shouldn't be so judgemental. My little brother is quite a bit overweight for his age because he has a heart condition that makes it dangerous for him to work out. He had open heart surgery when he was 12 years old and since his heart didn't start on it's own he had to have a pacemaker and defibrillator put in. The only thing he can do is light exercises, which he does. Walks a couple miles a day for several days a week, he also diets because he is pretty self conscious at 14 years old, but even with strict diets and light exercises, he stil loses hardly any weight. Sometimes it really isn't the childs or parents fault.
Why would you drag your brother into this conversation who clearly has issues that exclude him from any ridicule, nevermind are you a Warrior for social justice
Because they are judging a little girl who could have the same issues. And no, it doesn't exclude him from ridicule you dumbass, people are still going to be judgemental whether they know the full story or not. He gets made fun of all the time for his weight and it isn't even his fault. All of your comments are so fucking stupid. You seem like a 12 year old child.
This little girl is disabled. Her mother came out absolutely horrified at the way this picture was being used... THIS is bullying, save your judgments for yourself.
I agree with you on that. When I saw this picture I immediately knew she has some sort of disability. However, if she didn't, I do agree with the whole child abuse thing.
Ok. Let's say she does have its, why is she drinking out of a 5 gallon bucket and it's probably not water, she's looking in the bottom of the cup to see what's left
well it is the childs choice only thing a parent can do is help them make informed choices its also unfair to criticise the parents when you know nothing of there socioeconomic background.
Imagine the "oh mooooooooommmmmm" and eyeroll,when told to get off the phone/iPad/co,puter/TV and go,out to play. It'd be the same whining and excuses as put forth by today's teens when asked to do a chore or help out in some way.
Ohio took a child from his parents a few years ago for this reason. I did not support that decision. We are progressing toward a socialized medical system somewhat akin to Canada's. Many changes would need to be mandated to cut costs. We will put the obese in camps to get healthy. We will round up extreme athletes and sedate them. We will need to criminalize tobacco. All motor vehicles will be governed to 65mph on the freeway and 20 in cities. Alcohol, mayonnaise, chicken fried anything and cheese will need to be outlawed. People with genetic diseases will need to be sterilized. Three strikes and you're out of rehab and become an organ donor. Come on people, this is how a responsible society will need to operate. The government is not your parents and should not be controlling every aspect of your life.
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