"Miche" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
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>> "Giusi" > wrote in message
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>> > "Polly Esther" > ha scritto nel messaggio
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>> >> What do you think about this? Yesterday ABC news was talking about a
>> >> Harvard professor who suggests the gov't should take kids away from
>> >> their
>> >> parents if the chunky little darlings are over weight. Sounds like a
>> >> plan to me but what is the state going to do with them when they take
>> >> them? Here's a bit of the report
>> >> http://www.imperfectparent.com/topic...-says-parents-
>> >> should-lose-custody-of-obese-children/
>> >> Polly
>> >
>> > I think it's not just parents but the culture at fault. When kids ran
>> > outside to play kick the can and could ride their bikes for miles to go
>> > fishing, they were less fat. We sell them Nintendo, Wii, PlayStation,
>> > and
>> > gear movies and TV to 12 year old boys and what do you think will
>> > happen?
>>
>> Kids can not do those sorts of things any more in many places because it
>> is
>> just not safe to do so. And here it is cold and cloudy much of the time.
>> Nobody wants to hang around outside in conditions like that.
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> Oh noes, it's cloudy, better go indoors! For real?
Don't you live in a climate where it is warm? It's not often warm here.