Wow! I have to say I agree with the person who wrote this article. Go ahead and bite my head off, but I do. I've battled a weight problem most of my adult life. I am happier and healthier at a lower weight. Sometimes you need a good reality check to get your life on track whether it's your weight or anything else you are battling. Giving "everyone" a ribbon isn't always the answer.
Our future generation (well present) will be made up of over-weight, simple minded young people. Too much fast food and video games and too many parents not wanting to actually "parent" their children. Everyone wants to be their child's "friend". No one wants to say, "No" or hurt their child's feelings. I'm not saying beat and starve your child and tie them to their school desk, but come on America, get with the program. We have become an obese nation obsessed with trying to wear skinny jeans. And we complain when the "foreign" kid wins the spelling bee. We need to educate our children about sex (yes, I said sex), so children will stop having children. Young parents are too immature themselves to be raising a child. Most likely their parents had them when they were teenagers and the cycle continues. A group of middle school children were asked who comes to mind when the teacher said LBJ and instead of Lyndon B. Johnson, 80% of class said Labron James. Yes, the teacher had been discussing presidents at the time. It's time to toughen up, be a parent and teach our kids about good nutrition and the value of a good education, but we have to walk the walk and not just talk the talk. Kids learn best by example. You don't have to be perfect, no one is, but you do have a responsibility to do the best you can do. Educating our children about eating right or about sex isn't going to make them develop an eating disorder or run out and have promiscuous sex or get pregnant. It actually could have the opposite effect. The child could grow up actually to eat vegetables, exercise and practice safe sex (or no sex) until they are ready mentally, physically and financially ready to have children. Just my opinion and I know opinions are like a$$holes, everyone has one.
Here is the link to the article, if you are interested:
