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whiski_sourThis is stupid.
Basically, Santa Clara County wants to ban toys with fast food kids' meals because they contribute to childhood obesity.
From the article:
"This ordinance does not attack toys. Obviously, toys, in and of themselves, do not make children obese," said county Supervisor Ken Yeager, who pushed for the ban. "But it is unfair to parents and children to use toys to capture the tastes of children when they are young to get them hooked on eating high-sugar, high-fat foods early in life."
Now, I am not a parent, but I was once a child (and in many respects still am) and since my kidhood was sometime ago, I'm guessing the little heathens today are capable of making their own earnings and purchases, because when I was a kid, Mommy and Daddy were the ones buying me my Happy Meals.
I've never been one for tact, so I'm just going to put this one out here for you guys and spell it out plain and simple: Your children are fat because you make them fat.
I'm going to repeat that.
YOUR CHILDREN ARE FAT BECAUSE YOU MAKE THEM FAT.
That's right, parents. I'm calling you out. Because if you're not warping and dysfunctioning their relationship with food by putting them on diets when they're nine and making snippy comments about how they're getting a little belly and making really nasty, scathing remarks about the fat lady getting ice cream at Baskin Robbins, wondering if that second scoop is for her extra chin, which is why YOUR child will never have ice cream because you don't want YOUR kid getting so fat, then you're on the other end of the spectrum, feeding your kids nothing but hot dogs and macaroni and cheese because "that's all they'll eat", fixing them a separate meal because "they won't eat that", and filling them up with fast food because "it's easier than fighting with them".
And unless your precious little angels are in some kind of sport or physical activity like dance, I doubt they're getting much exercise outside of gym class, huh? Because you can't let your kids outside to play because of all the predators in the world and for crying out loud, you're too tired to go out and supervise them and frankly, you just don't have the TIME.
So instead, you plop them down in front of the TV and the computer and the gaming console so they'll be out of your hair and you can do whatever it is that you need or want to do instead, maybe, finding a way to include them in the activity, or, hey, even putting it off so you can go outside and play with your kid.
So, yeah, parents...this one's all on you. Before you go running off to blame the school lunches and the fast food industry, why don't you pay attention to what those little mini-me's you just had to have are putting in their mouths, and how much, and how much they move their growing little bodies.
You set your house right first. Then you can take away their toys.
Basically, Santa Clara County wants to ban toys with fast food kids' meals because they contribute to childhood obesity.
From the article:
"This ordinance does not attack toys. Obviously, toys, in and of themselves, do not make children obese," said county Supervisor Ken Yeager, who pushed for the ban. "But it is unfair to parents and children to use toys to capture the tastes of children when they are young to get them hooked on eating high-sugar, high-fat foods early in life."
Now, I am not a parent, but I was once a child (and in many respects still am) and since my kidhood was sometime ago, I'm guessing the little heathens today are capable of making their own earnings and purchases, because when I was a kid, Mommy and Daddy were the ones buying me my Happy Meals.
I've never been one for tact, so I'm just going to put this one out here for you guys and spell it out plain and simple: Your children are fat because you make them fat.
I'm going to repeat that.
YOUR CHILDREN ARE FAT BECAUSE YOU MAKE THEM FAT.
That's right, parents. I'm calling you out. Because if you're not warping and dysfunctioning their relationship with food by putting them on diets when they're nine and making snippy comments about how they're getting a little belly and making really nasty, scathing remarks about the fat lady getting ice cream at Baskin Robbins, wondering if that second scoop is for her extra chin, which is why YOUR child will never have ice cream because you don't want YOUR kid getting so fat, then you're on the other end of the spectrum, feeding your kids nothing but hot dogs and macaroni and cheese because "that's all they'll eat", fixing them a separate meal because "they won't eat that", and filling them up with fast food because "it's easier than fighting with them".
And unless your precious little angels are in some kind of sport or physical activity like dance, I doubt they're getting much exercise outside of gym class, huh? Because you can't let your kids outside to play because of all the predators in the world and for crying out loud, you're too tired to go out and supervise them and frankly, you just don't have the TIME.
So instead, you plop them down in front of the TV and the computer and the gaming console so they'll be out of your hair and you can do whatever it is that you need or want to do instead, maybe, finding a way to include them in the activity, or, hey, even putting it off so you can go outside and play with your kid.
So, yeah, parents...this one's all on you. Before you go running off to blame the school lunches and the fast food industry, why don't you pay attention to what those little mini-me's you just had to have are putting in their mouths, and how much, and how much they move their growing little bodies.
You set your house right first. Then you can take away their toys.
