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Rather irked at the state's requirements.
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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 606441" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>GENERALIZATION WARNING!</p><p></p><p>We have an obesity epidemic among our children. And I will tell you why - many of my generation spoil their children badly with technology so they are sedentary - Our parents, the Baby Boomers, were the first to mostly completely work outside the home, so the guilt meant we were spoiled with THINGS, and now we can't be bothered with our kids because we aren't sure why they shouldn't get THINGS like we did. Only the THINGS they get aren't bicycles and swing sets, they're XBoxes and Playstations, facebook, cell phones and iPods and laptops... And those parents who try to get their kids outside are terrified of something happening to them. I used to walk or bike to the park and my friends' houses, miles away - but Pat doesn't walk home often because something "might" happen.</p><p></p><p>I'm semi guilty of this, too. I try to get him outside but I spoil him with the XBox. I try to use it as a reward... But I fail, too.</p><p></p><p>You should have seen the look on my friends' faces in real life when I told them I was taking a baby camping.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 606441, member: 6705"] GENERALIZATION WARNING! We have an obesity epidemic among our children. And I will tell you why - many of my generation spoil their children badly with technology so they are sedentary - Our parents, the Baby Boomers, were the first to mostly completely work outside the home, so the guilt meant we were spoiled with THINGS, and now we can't be bothered with our kids because we aren't sure why they shouldn't get THINGS like we did. Only the THINGS they get aren't bicycles and swing sets, they're XBoxes and Playstations, facebook, cell phones and iPods and laptops... And those parents who try to get their kids outside are terrified of something happening to them. I used to walk or bike to the park and my friends' houses, miles away - but Pat doesn't walk home often because something "might" happen. I'm semi guilty of this, too. I try to get him outside but I spoil him with the XBox. I try to use it as a reward... But I fail, too. You should have seen the look on my friends' faces in real life when I told them I was taking a baby camping. [/QUOTE]
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