Thoughts on parents who contribute to their child's obesity?

[Ares]

My kid doesn't know that juice exists and I hope to keep it that way for a long time. Just milk and water. Probably helps that we don't drink any of that stuff - I'm strictly water, coffee and alcohol (wine or whisky depending on the occasion).

I recently watched a parent order their kid, who is three, a Dr pepper. I was honestly flabbergasted.

You are a Tyrant and Lil Sweet will be along shortly to slap the taste out of your mouth and a Dr. Pepper into your child's mouth.

LIL SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET

Its not a ton of sugar, its just a lil sweet.

Fucking neurolinguistic programming marketing needs to stop.

 

[BearFanJohn]

Ban v guidelines. What happened to fucking reading comprehension. Sorry. I've gone off topic. Beer contributes to obesity, stop your kids from drinking too much beer.

Reading comprehension…that’s funny. Just like personal responsibility. Gone.

 

[Heidenlarm]

Reading comprehension…that’s funny. Just like personal responsibility. Gone.

Personal hygiene too. Befouled fucking hippies.

 

[number51]

Do you mean genetically? Are you asking if fat people should be allowed to breed?

If we are going in that direction I say we add short, stupid, and ugly people to that list Adolph.

 

[ursamajor]

An ongoing topic in America is obesity and unfortunately its starting at a very early age for some. Some of these kids end up growing up to become even fatter and fatter and fatter. So fat that they can sneak guns into a stadium via fat flaps.

Its bad for the heart. Its bad for the brane. It's bad for the joints.
IMO letting your kid become this unhealthy is abusive, neglectful and worst of all endangering.

Do you guys also think these terrible parents should be arrested and charged with child abuse? I dont care how much you like quadruple baconators with extra mayo dipped in nacho cheese. That doesn't mean your kids have to pay the price and eat what you eat and not live a healthy active lifestyle.

Sorry for the rank. I just saw a young child driving around in a motorized cart at the supermarket and she was so unhealthy and gross. This type of stuff just MAKES ME SICK!

What do you guys think?

I dunno. I don’t let my kids eat junk food, except on Sundays as a treat. My 13 year old spent the night at a friend’s house, with some of the other kids on his football team. He said the kid whose house they were at, ate a whole xl pizza to himself, and a few slices from another. Then ate half a chocolate cake the next morning for breakfast. After breakfast they went to the Rec Center, that had some event going on, and the kid ate 2 tacos in a bag, and some nachos, barely an hour after the cake binge.

He does not have the metabolism or activity to be eating like that. The kid easily weighs 2x my son, and my son is a defensive end and left tackle.