A few days ago I was shopping at a department store and in order to get to the dept I was trying to get to, you have to walk passed the kids dept. so I'm walking and I see this cute little girl staring at these hello kitty bathing suits. What broke my heart was that she was clearly around 7 years old but she was extremely overweight and the look on we face when her mom told her they wouldn't be able to find her size and needed to go to the juniors department made me extremely upset. Now I can understand some kids may have health problems that make them overweight (thyroid issues etc) but at least 8 times out of 10 that is not the case. It just makes me so mad when I see these parents walking around with their kids and it's like, damn do you try to encourage a healthy lifestyle? I really feel like they're robbing their child of a real childhood.. What do you all think? Should parents be held responsible for "letting" their young children be obese? I mean, I remember when I was younger it was a rare occurrence to see an overweight kid in the neighborhood now this mess is like the norm!

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I think a lot of it has to do with parents having to work their a**** off to make ends meet, so we rely on fast food and packaged products. My son is skinny as a bean pole and eats like a grown man, and people look at me crazy like I don't feed him. Mind you, I was also naturally skinny and his dad is a bean pole himself. Could be genetics. There are so many factors that go into a children's weight and it's so much bigger than just a home cooked meal.  I do agree kids have got to go outside and play more...but dang, these days with all these sickos out there, makes it hard for a parent to let their child out of their sight. 

I know exactly what you mean. My "little" cousin weighed 150 at age 6. She's now 7 and has gotten heavier. She has a LOT of health problems. She can barely walk up the stairs w/o getting winded. Her parents are obese as well. I dont think affordable healthy food is the problem in her case. Her mom gets hundreds of dollars in food stamps a month and their fridge and pantry are packed with junk. Not a fruit or veggie in sight. It really hurts to see her eat like she does and with her health issues. I try to help but she's just a kid. She doesn't know any better. It's the parents' fault. I'm thisclose to anonymously calling CPS on them. They are killing her

Her mom was big as well... I mean, here in Texas, they put gravy or BBQ sauce on every damn thing so 9 times out of 10, whatever the parents are eating, the children and/or family pet is eating as well lol when I was younger I was very slim but ate whatever I wanted and it was probably because I was very active. My mom made sure that I was doing some sort of activities at all times. Nowadays it's not so safe for kids to play outside so I get that a lot of parents would rather their child play inside but damn, invest in a wii fit game or two.. I think the issue of technology (like someone else said) plays a huge role in why kids don't go outside and burn off the processed food they're eating as snacks/lunch.. Would you go outside in the heat if you could stay inside, play video games on the couch with the air on and some cheetos? Probably not lol

Still Pretty Vahn said:
Was her mom big? Sometime they can't help it... my son is normal size but he won't eat veggies or fruit even if I beat him..which I won't do but sometime u can't force ppl to do what u want.. child or not

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