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Originally posted by 33girl
This is what happened when a school district around here sent out letters telling parents their kidlets were obese.
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I think that article was a postitive look at sending parents information about their overweight children. A certain amount will assume it's a shot at their failures as a parent and get all defensive, while a good amount of others will reach out and see if there is anything else they can do to help their children. Sometimes parents think they know it all just because they made the child. And then there are other paretns who are so frustrated with trying so many things and then they get this letter which puts them over the top. So they yell at the school because they can't get mad at the kid or themselves.
I know there are kids out there who have serious medical problems or eating disorders that are very difficult to fix. However, there is a great amount of kids that fall into obesity because of bad habits at home and during school. The parents that claim it's none of the school's business are the same ones that complain that schools aren't doing enough in some other area of their child's education.
I just think that most of these parents should stop getting defensive so instantly and think about what's best for their child, and not think that school's are trying to humilate them.