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Published: 2015-02-21 03:28:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 1545; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 0
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This isn't even an opinion but a full blown FACT and something that as a parent myself bothers me. I see more and more kids today not even overweight but fully obese which can be prevented. The worst part is the fact that parents don't even care about the consequences.When I worked at my job, I saw so many children coming in that were so big that they could barely even walk. Not to mention the parents gave them whatever junk food they wanted in the store and I never saw them put fruits or vegetables in the cart. Not to mention most of the parents were obese themselves so you would think that they would understand the most as to what they were doing to their kids but they never care and it is sickening.
I feel like any kid who is obese should be investigated by the state and if the parents don't crack down on it then their children should be taken away and they shouldn't be allowed to have kids ever again! I mean it isn't healthy and is wrong. Being obese takes away their chance to be a kid. It takes away them being able to run around outside, to be hyper and playful, to feel good and to have fun. By allowing this to happens, they can barely be able to walk without being out of breath, they are always hungry and miserable, and not to mention the bullying and the health problems as well. Diabetes-which makes it more limited to eat a lot of food (not just sweets) and they even need to check their blood a few times per day and/or insulin shots which means needles for the rest of their lives. Not to mention high blood pressure and high cholesterol along with a lot of other repercussions means that they will live a short life. So parents are KILLING their kids slowly and painfully by allowing this to happen. This can be prevented though. Just because parents are obese doesn't mean their children should be. Learn to say no, choose healthy foods, and limit junk food to once a month. A small candy bar once a week isn't bad but 10 big candy bars, burgers, and soda is.
Not to mention that adults are mature enough to know the consequences of their actions but kids are not. It doesn't mean that kids are stupid, but we have to teach our kids in order for them to have a bright future.
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Hot button issue for me, so excuse the rant incoming.
I know it's insanely controversial to suggest, but honestly, I think there should be a license to being a parent. Yes, it's your kid, but it's also a human being, a human being who is naturally going to follow in your footsteps.
Also from personal experience, I had a sucker when I was 6 months old. On one side of my family, kids are placated with banana pudding at a super early age, including me. Kids often grow up associating sweets with only good things and reward and in situations where the parents are neglectful or really not able to be there for them, they will fill that void with food, with sweets. It can also be an indication of other things too, like low dopamine being filled with food intake. Obesity is always correlated to some condition, most often I find mental ones, such as depression, ADHD etc.
I have bad sugar addiction issues. I'm stupidly lucky that neither my weight nor my sugar consumption habits of the past have had any real adverse affects beyond carrying around extra weight and how uncomfortable that is.
On a scientific level, kids are incredibly good at being in shape. They often still have some brown fat for insulation and are good at not gaining weight till puberty. Which is why every time I see an overweight child who is under 10, I know they are eating an ABSURD amount of calories, far more than their body remotely needs.
I didn't gain weight until puberty hit, then it all caught up pretty fast.
The situation is really messed up. Kids are not commanders of their own lives. Terrible and neglectful parents should be found and things should be corrected.
I hate to say this too, but if the parent doesn't change, the kid likely won't either. Often they either follow right in those footsteps or they get control issues and go an opposite but no less serious direction, anorexia, bulimia or unhealthy health crazes because they want to be opposite of their parents.
School food is also definitely to blame here. My habits at home were terrible, but were still often healthier than my school.
Kids aren't treated as human beings, just property for a parent to do whatever they see fit. It's just insane.
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I would agree with an individual making that "choice" if they wanted. However, there is hardly any action you can do to yourself that doesn't affect others. Drug addicts need rehab and help, not only for themselves, but for their friends, family and society. Obesity is no different. Allowing someone to just destroy themselves and bring others down with them, which they do, either by dying early, costing a lot in medical bills, having their family worry etc is not really okay.
Unless said obese person lives in the woods alone and no one knows they exist and won't even be found if they died, their lives and choices can and do adversely affect others around them.
There is a huge difference between someone who is a little overweight and at best could use healthier habits or maybe will die a year earlier than estimated for their lifestyle, and someone who has a disease that often comes with not only health issues, but mental and physical challenges. We shouldn't just let people be sick, especially when their sickness actually does affect others around them, such as a parent who is going to die and leave their kids early. We are absolutely beholden to people on some level. Our actions always affect others.
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I agree.
I see kids that are literally 3/4 or more of my weight.
And for my age, I'm a bit heavier than normal.
But definitely not obese like some people I see.
Some kids I see are half of my age and already heavier than I am.
Why must parents do this to their kids?
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I agree. Bad parenting is one of the major causes. Why are people encouraging parents to be deadbeat doormats to their offspring? Whatever happened to having a brain and a backbone.
I swear, humans are devolving into dumb animals as we speak. If that's the case...then...
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As someone who supports positive body image (not fat positive, BODY positive), I don't think its something to encourage young children. Now, if the child is chubby but still has a healthy life style and do other activities to help them, I'm ok with that. (because it can be possible to be a little chubby WITHOUT overdoing it) However, if they have a risk to diabetes or obesity, I think that's where we step in to help them.
I hate how tumblr and feminazis think we're doing this just because "baaaaw beauty standards" because that's not true. I do think some chubby people can be attractive as thin people. My little sister is a bit chubby, but her appearance is not my concern, her risk for diabetes however worries me a lot.(I do help encourage her to get better) She does feel insecure when people make fun of her weight, which is the problem with society. If these people are really concern for their health, they need to encourage them about the good things about excerising. Not make them feel insecure and use the beauty card to shit on them.
However, tumblrinas and rad fems are no better than body shamers because they have a habit of glorifying obesity. Sure, being chubby but still being healthy is one thing, but they need to realize if they're overweight to the extreme, it can be very harmful to encourage that to the kids.
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I agree with this so much. Thank you.
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No problem, I might make a stamp about this topic too...
I mean, we can't exactly force people to lose weight, but we can always help encourage them to reduce health risks.
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Well put, my friend. The good things in life are hard, but worth the struggle.
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Yes! Valor is a very difficult virtue for both parents and kids to abide by these days!
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Suppose if the child has a thyroid or metabolism disorder and their parents don't take notice of it?
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How could the parents not know?
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Depends on the parents. A lot of parents don't notice that their child could possibly have a mental/physical illness. My parents always pretend that I'm not mentally ill at all. I've had ADHD since I was five. I have clinical depression, social anxiety, and gender identity disorder (I'm trans).
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Well, some parents typically brush it off because apparently, to them, abnormally chubby = cute and roly-poly and always overlook it as that. In other words they're being ignorant of their medical condition (or else a thyroid problem) and making them suffer slowly because of it.
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Again, then if that is the case then the parents definitely need their kids taken away.
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IKR? I'm glad you're encouraging parents to diligently prevent themselves from outliving their own children as part of a possibly foreseeable future of outraged funeral directors upon being greeted by the parents of whom the service is being held for and overcrowded cemeteries!
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To think there is going to be a generation of people that are going to live a shorter life then us & our parents & this really disturbs me.
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Tell me about it! Saying no is the best way in this case as mentioned in the description to prevent yourself from attending your own child's funeral, along with having the child force itself to eat the healthy foods their parents diligently choose for the child!
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I remember being on the opposite end of the spectrum; I looked like a starving Ethiopian kid, weighing less than girls at my school at 16.
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Is it still abuse if the parents are actually making the kids do something about it?
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No, if the kids are obese then they are actually saving the kid's life
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After reading the description, my personal recommendation would be to show kids obituaries of people who passed away from those particular types of fates with the phrase "survived by their parents" highlighted as a scare tactic encouraging the kids to step up their game. We should be pretty damn lucky to have health freaks breathing down people's necks because of that. Speaking of which, I'm sure it'll cause rapid aging because of that after seeing some PSAs with the phrase "act their age."
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It is scary. The sad part is that the obese kids will live as long as their obese parents. Which is probably around 40 at most.
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