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Originally posted by Lady Pi Phi
I don't know. I just don't see it making any kind of difference. If a kid is overweight, you know the kid is overweight. Parents can see it. How is putting the childs BMI on a report card (which by the way is not always accurate in determining health problems) going to help? Will it suddenly open the parents eyes on say "oh well I thought little Jimmy was just carrying around his baby weight, but now I see his BMI is at 32, he must be fat!"
And I still think it's pretty humilating for a child to go home and show his/her parents their BMI. No one likes going to home to show their parents a bade grade, what kid is going to want to go home and show their parents a bad BMI?
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Aren't report cards mailed home (or emailed probably). I feel like I went to school in the stone ages and that I'm part of a breed of kids that had to bring papers home to mommy and daddy to sign, such as report cards...
Anyway, what age group are we talking about here? Because when I was a kid, up until middle school, I don't think anyone gave a crap about good looks or weight problems.
Sometimes parents, because they are around their child all the time, don't really compare them to skinny or fat kids and just may not realize how serious the problem is. Plus, if everybody in the school is fat, then you think your kid is normal
Fat american children are a growing problem, and apparently a serious enough problem to get a school board to make such a recommendation in Texas. I'm just not believing a child is going to be humilated by a body fat index on their report card. And I think until a kid grows up and is able to make decisions about their own body, the parents shouldn't stop trying to promote a good and healthy lifestyle.
Is there even a better idea to attack the chubby children problem because it would be nice to hear suggestions that you think are not humilating. To me, any recognition of a person's weight is going to be attached to some type of embarassment.
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