FAT KIDS

I went to a Wildcats game a couple weeks ago. I don't recall much of the game at all. Do you want to know why? I was absolutely shocked and horrified by the number of obese children...everywhere. There was so many fat kids that the normal-sized kids stood out of the crowd. Now I am not talking chubby. I am referring to really horrifically morbidly obese fat-ass kids! A couple of kids had huge beer guts, hanging down over their pants with plumber ass cracks. To make matters even worse, I saw many kids scarf down about $30 worth of garbage each during the game (french fries, cotton candy, popcorn, chips, soda, deep fried pretzels, ice cream). Trip after trip to the concessions stands non-stop!! That is gross! This tragedy has been haunting me.

I was a chubby kid and now I am a fat adult. Thank God, I grew up in the days where kids played outdoors all day and all night. I remember my Mother dragging me reluctantly inside because it was bedtime. I had a little French boyfriend named 'Freddie' when I was a little girl, . I used to force that poor bugger to kiss me against his will and play Barbies with me instead of going to hockey practice! Freddie and I played cops and robbers, cowboys and Indians, climbed mountains (which are just little rocks now), and we rode our bikes all over the world!!! (The world of little kids that is!) When there was snow we spent hours digging forts, sliding, and exploring for hours on end. Don't forget tag, hide-and-go seek, and garden raids!!! Freddie and I NEVER watched television and computers did not exist. THANK GOD!! Sadly those days of freedom are gone. With today's double income homes, latch key kids and psychopaths out there...kids cannot go outside and explore freely. It isn't safe.

It also is not safe to sit back and allow the television to babysit your children either. It is even worse that parents routinely facilitate Internet surfing, instant messaging and computer gaming for their children for hours on end! Ironically, in this day-and-age where parents strive for their kids to have more than they ever did ...they are actually sending their children to an early grave. To hell with the environment for our children's future...they will not live to see the ramifications of pollution. These kids are all going to die due to obesity related illnesses before they are 30. I am not exaggerating! Because of this culture of excess, diseases that used to be isolated to the adult population are now popping up in 10 year old kids! How sad is that in today's world where information is just a click away?

Well listen up folks! Here is what I think of your obese kid...I am disgusted! I can't even look at you! Your kid can be smart as hell, talented, charming and big hearted...and I will never know. As soon as I lay eyes on your morbidly obese kid I instantly think "lazy and obnoxious". When they are morbidly obese adults I will not hire them for the same reason. My corporation is not going to lose billions of dollars on obesity related diseases and sick time. I need a productive employee who is motivated to excel. Morbidly obese kids represent the exact opposite. Sadly it is not thier fault, but this is how the world works.

One time at WalMart I saw a 4 years old kid and she was at least 100 pounds! She was a FAT BEAST! That kid isn't even old enough to make a decision to wipe her own ass and her mother was shoving chips at her. I would never claim that 'chub-rub' disaster as mine. I would be hiding because that kid is a walking advertisement for her mother's poor parenting skills. If only that mother knew she was basically screaming " I am an abysmal failure as a parent and human being". That kid should be taken away from this woman so she at least gets a shot at life. She is screwed at 4 years old! Thus far the most common excuse for parents breeding fat kids is guilt. Well alieve your guilt by shoving 3 Twinkies in your own pie-hole! Your fat kid is a walking-short of breath-grunting advertisement for neglect!

This message is not nice, but it is necessary. I have spent my entire life fist-fighting with fat. I do not blame my parents as they encouraged exercise and daily activity and regular meals. My size is directly related to my poor decisions and lifestyle choices as an adult. I cannot even begin to express the intolerable cruelty going on in my own head , let alone the social pressures associated with being fat. I may be fat, but I am also fit. Even the skinny kids out there are not physcially fit. Peer pressure for kids today is 1000 times worse than it ever was in our day. Kids have to walk and talk and dress a certain way in order to be accepted. If only parents could just say "no" to instant gratification. For a short temper tantrum of disappointment, they would save their kids a lifetime of pain. It is time to stop tip-toeing around this issue and wake the hell up! It is time we all consciouly cross the politcally correct line and say "your kid is fat...there is no need of that". To hell with saving the whales...just say NO!

Lynn
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