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Originally posted by cash78mere
it's rather simple really. if parents are dumb enough to not realize that 200 pounds is not a healthy weight for an 8 year old, it's their problem. teachers are there to teach. like i said already, they can teach about nutrition and exercise, etc. but the PARENTS are responsible for keeping their kids healthy! this is part of schools' problems now--parents don't want to take responsibility for their own families. don't put blame and responsiblilty on teachers if a child is fat. put it on the PARENTS; that's the only place it belongs.
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I guess if that's how most of you feel, i can't argue that. You're right, it really isn't the school's business to monitor or get involved in the health of children. I don't think they intended to humilate the children, but I did not know that children can become anorexic even as young as 2nd graders.
Parents should be responsible, and nobody wants to take over the child's control. Maybe putting this information on a report card is a bad idea, but I think the message they are trying to send is a postitive one. Well, i'm assuming it's a postitive one, but we know that money is always at stake with these legislators. Gauging the responses here, it's not likely this will pass anyway.
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