yeah, I will agree with you there, and it's a heck of a lot easier if you live in the sticks fifty feet from a creek than if you live in an inner city where you have to worry about them getting shot, I say, as someone who has done both. But there are still parks. Swimming pools. Something. There are other factors though, that are harder for parents to control and easier for a government to address, like standards for school lunches and playground time during the school day. I actually kind of approve of laws about happy meal toys. This may seem like micromanagement, but it really is a factor in kid requests for McD's. And before someone talks about parenting, yes, of course the parent can say no. But it just makes the whole fight a little more weighted to bad choices.
The Children, that's a different story. The parents need to fight the > trend and be proactive in getting the kids outside. Saying that, group > sports are expensive and time consuming. > > . > > On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 8:58 PM, Medic <hofme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I'm likely coming across as judgmental because that's essentially what > I'm > > being. I'm a sucker for hard work and have a hard time accepting the path > > of least resistance. > > > > If you have to eat in your car on the way to night class, pack a sandwich > > instead of grabbing a burger. It's a simple choice. If you have to take > > two buses to get to a super market that sucks to be sure, but it's not an > > excuse to only take one bus and get a double whopper. You can carry four > > loaves of bread and two jars of peanut butter fairly easy. Put three > loaves > > of bread in the freezer and voila, you're making a healthier choice. Sure > > it's not as healthy and low fat as a sandwich with veggies, but it's a > damn > > sight better than fast food. > > > > Single moms, like my sister, have all my respect. It's tough and it can > > suck. However being a single mom doesn't mean you get to make poor > choices > > with dire consequences for the sake of convenience. > > > > We are not victims of circumstance. If we were we wouldn't have examples > of > > people in the same tough situations that make good choices. > > > > We may just have to agree to disagree about how powerless we are to stop > > obesity. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:346009 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
