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Default Take away the fat kids?

Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> Janet wrote:
>>> In article >,

>>> says...
>>>>
>>>> "Goomba" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>> Giusi wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> My point is that no one can do it except the citizens. The
>>>>>>> culture has to make having good neighborhoods, having help for
>>>>>>> delinquents and addicts, watching out for each other and being
>>>>>>> helpful has to be more important than a motorhome or a fishing
>>>>>>> boat or an SUV or a 42" flat screen TV. If the neighborhood is
>>>>>>> going to hell in a handbasket, the government cannot fix it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Where is all this money going to come from to do that?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There are no motorhomes or boats in this neighborhood.
>>>>> How much money does it cost for parents to hang out outside,
>>>>> perhaps getting to know each other while at the same time
>>>>> watching the kids play together. That's free, yet can also be
>>>>> priceless.
>>>>> Do you *always* have an excuse why things can't happen? That's
>>>>> your troll schtick...right?
>>>>
>>> Then they must be paying a childminder, who could mind the child
>>> outdoors.

>>
>> Why do you people love the outdoors so much?

>
> For the same reason I like staying as healthy as possible.
>
> Just because you like it
>> doesn't mean everybody does! Is the child supposed to do their
>> homework outdoors too? When my daughter was younger she had at
>> least 2 hours of homework per night, very little of which could be
>> done outdoor. Much of it had to be done on the computer.

>
> IIRC, you told us you had sidelined her schooling for the sake of
> dancing.


Bull! I NEVER said that!