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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 262591" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>Lisa, that's pretty much what we did too. But mine had the opposite problem - they were both so skinny that I wouldn't have minded seeing them gain a few pounds!</p><p> </p><p>It's funny but when I was a kid (a l-o-n-g time ago) I don't remember seeing that many overweight kids. There just weren't any. We maybe had two or three in the whole school, and none were all that bad. But we only had three channels on the TV, we didn't have video games or computers or cell phones or any of the other goodies that keep todays kids idle and in the house. We were all outside riding bikes or climbing trees! And we only had candy and soft drinks as an occasional treat - they weren't routinely kept in the house. If we came in the house thirsty from playing, we got a glass of water. </p><p> </p><p>And I've never seen so many outright FAT kids as I've seen since we moved here! And usually these kids have equally fat parents. A lot of it is good ol' 'country cooking'. But when you see them in the grocery store, they have a whole cartful of junk food, cases and cases of soft drinks, and four or five different flavors of ice cream! A lot has changed since I was a kid, and not all for the better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 262591, member: 1883"] Lisa, that's pretty much what we did too. But mine had the opposite problem - they were both so skinny that I wouldn't have minded seeing them gain a few pounds! It's funny but when I was a kid (a l-o-n-g time ago) I don't remember seeing that many overweight kids. There just weren't any. We maybe had two or three in the whole school, and none were all that bad. But we only had three channels on the TV, we didn't have video games or computers or cell phones or any of the other goodies that keep todays kids idle and in the house. We were all outside riding bikes or climbing trees! And we only had candy and soft drinks as an occasional treat - they weren't routinely kept in the house. If we came in the house thirsty from playing, we got a glass of water. And I've never seen so many outright FAT kids as I've seen since we moved here! And usually these kids have equally fat parents. A lot of it is good ol' 'country cooking'. But when you see them in the grocery store, they have a whole cartful of junk food, cases and cases of soft drinks, and four or five different flavors of ice cream! A lot has changed since I was a kid, and not all for the better. [/QUOTE]
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