OmniScience wrote: I'll give Aunt Esther credit for her "Lets Move!" program. At least it was an effort to get kids moving.
Archer, I do agree with you that the young parents got lazy (and dumb), but there comes a time in your life when you have to take some responsibility and get off your butt and do something. But again, here I go down that old Taboo road of Personal Responsibility.
Why is personal responsibility taboo? I believe in it, and encouraged my kids to live their lives that way, conservatives don't have a monopoly on responsibility. What I don't believe in is punishing children for having lazy/poor/uneducated parents. If we can get to the kids at a young age and teach them healthy eating habits and provide education on those things their parents aren't providing, maybe we can raise future generations of smarter, healthier, and more responsible adults.
I agree with you archer, but as the old saying goes, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. This is just my opinion based on my own experiences with kids but If my own kids were so picky that they would only eat chicken nuggets and pizza at school, I would be happier with that than if they tossed most of a "healthy" lunch and were hungry all day. It's harder to learn when you don't have enough fuel.
Now a solution may be to prepare them young and early for the government mandates they will likely encounter in their futures. The tiny percentage of Washington know-it-alls could mandate that these kids eat whatever is on their plates or face a tax.. I mean a penalty. This would be for the greater good of the collective and all it would cost the kids is lost recess or other fun activities. This penalty could be increased with non-compliance and the kids could be forced to do community service that would again benefit the collective.
The left is angry because they are now being judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.
You all sure do go off the deep end on this.....the fda is simply giving the schools guidelines on what their lunch menu needed to include to provide kids with healthy food, no more counting catsup as a vegetable serving for example. I'll bet pizza and chicken nuggets are still on the menu, but making common sense substitutions for stuff we know is bad is not some communist plot to take over our kids lives.
LOL, just some simple "guidelines" archer? Your assignment is to read the 81 final rule pages and comments. All these public comments from parents and state and local food service people must just be paranoia I guess. And for the record it is the USDA not the FDA. Never ever get yer gov't regulators mixed up!
archer wrote: You all sure do go off the deep end on this.....the fda is simply giving the schools guidelines on what their lunch menu needed to include to provide kids with healthy food, no more counting catsup as a vegetable serving for example. I'll bet pizza and chicken nuggets are still on the menu, but making common sense substitutions for stuff we know is bad is not some communist plot to take over our kids lives.
Sheesh, get over your paranoia already
It's called sarcasm archer, and ten years ago I would have never imagined that our government would force us to buy a product we didn't necessarily want or need. I wouldn't have imagined that these non-experts in healthcare would penalize us for not doing what THEY feel is best for us.
So why would it be such a stretch to mandate kids eat "healthy"? These people in Congress seem to think they are so much wiser than the rest of us, and after all, they would help the stupid masses save the kids.
The left is angry because they are now being judged by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.
Wow Rick great points. I am waiting to learn when I will be told just how much exercise I must get or pay a penalty. So many possibilities for penalties that I would have never dreamed would happen.
I really don't much care what the adults(?) here think about what they eat, or if they are obese, or if they will die young from heart disease, you make your choices and you deal with the consequences. That's freedom of choice and I will champion that any and every opportunity I get. But kids don't get to choose what mom buys at the store, nor do they understand what is or is not good for them. The school is in a unique position to shape the future of young minds and bodies, it's in all our best interests that they get it right.
OmniScience wrote: I'll give Aunt Esther credit for her "Lets Move!" program. At least it was an effort to get kids moving.
Archer, I do agree with you that the young parents got lazy (and dumb), but there comes a time in your life when you have to take some responsibility and get off your butt and do something. But again, here I go down that old Taboo road of Personal Responsibility.
Why is personal responsibility taboo? I believe in it, and encouraged my kids to live their lives that way, conservatives don't have a monopoly on responsibility. What I don't believe in is punishing children for having lazy/poor/uneducated parents. If we can get to the kids at a young age and teach them healthy eating habits and provide education on those things their parents aren't providing, maybe we can raise future generations of smarter, healthier, and more responsible adults.
If you haven't noticed, Archer. NOBODY talks about personal responsibility anymore, especially our elected leaders. If I am wrong and missing it, please show me any of our elected leaders, (or heck ANYONE these days), that talks about taking responsibility for your actions instead of blaming someone else, looking for a hand out, or getting a free ride courtesy of a lawsuit. They are few and far between.
How would people today respond to JFK's famous words in his inaugural address? MY guess is they would fall on deaf ears.
