CHILDHOOD OBESITY - WHY ARE SO CHILDREN OBESE?

How do we let the weight of our children get out of hand? As adults we have a responsibility to teach them. Obesity in children is creating such an overwhelming alarm of despair that it's time to stop and say, what has gone so wrong? Have we lost that gift we were all given to nurture and take care of our young? Have we lost the most important reason for being on earth, the one to procreate and continue our species? Letting our children eat themselves to the point that they cannot help themselves is shame full, to say the least.

The greatest gift given to us from above is surely the one to take care of the ones we love the most, our children! Are we so worried that our children will be in danger when we let them play alone outside? Do we need them to be supervised at all times? When I was young we would play outside until it was either time to eat or time to come in before it got dark. What happened, do we not have enough faith to let our kids play outside anymore? With all the kidnappings and such things being told on the news everyday, we should be fearful of where they go and who they play with, but, so worried as to prevent them from playing outside completely?

People complain about schools getting too involved in telling us how to raise our children. If we are so concerned, why are many of our kids obese? We are so worried about leaving them alone and playing outside that we are feeding them to the point of making them all sick. Were is the common sense in that? Let them play outside and get killed or keep them in the house and slowly kill them ourselves. Does that make more sense to you?

Parents used the backyard and parks to get children out of their hair before supper when we were young. Now days we keep them inside and tell them to eat all the time to get them out of our hair. Who wins playing a game like this, parents or children?

Let us ask ourselves serious questions about how important our children really are to us. Is it time for "Big Brother" to intervene and take the responsibility away from us in order to protect the children "from" us? Who needs the help, the parents or the children. Food for thought.
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