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Santa Made Me Smoke!
I mean really! Did anyone catch the this on the news this morning? The latest in stupid moves (all in the name of "health promotion"). Evidently, Santa is becoming a non-smoker because of the suggested negative influence he has on the poor children; smoking his pipe. Next thing you know, you will see pictures of Santa enjoying the salad Bethany left for him on Christmas eve. I don't know about you, but I have started to notice some really ignorant moves from the health watchdogs that is moving towards control for control's sake rather than health....but then, I did have a crappy sleep last night.
From teachers taking kid's lunches away because they are judging them as "unhealthy" and banning tuna fish in schools to making the supersize pop obsolete (as they are proposing in NYC), health promotion is taking a very unhealthy turn toward dictatorship. By focusing on removal and restriction we are ignoring the importance of education and self responsibility. Oh ya....but that would be too hard and too expensive...not to mention they would have to actually educate.
I am starting to really feel for kids growing up in this uber protective society we have created. From driving them to swim practice (when they could easily ride their bike) to taking away choice, lest they chose the wrong thing and die from a sugar overdose, it's getting offically outta hand.
Don't get me wrong, I understand that we eat a ton of sugar and drink a ton of pop and eat way too much processed food...but is this the way to make change? Dare I say no. Change starts with education. Making education affordable and attractive to everyone (i.e. changing the way we teach for all to enjoy) would make a huge dent in the obesity, smoking, drinking, teen-age pregnancy, and sedentary rates. Santa could still keep his pipe, cookies, and milk because we would have the education to make healthy choices for ourselves (and, therefore, not look to Santa for suggestions....like who ever did that in the first place...but whatever).
All I can say is it is a very good thing I am not the parent of a kid in school. One word of grabbing my child's lunch out of his/her hand and I would be there like white on rice. And let's be honest (warning...mild generalizing is about to occur) the average teacher grabbing that sandwich from Jimmy's hand is the same teacher going home to a processed dinner chased down with a bowl of ice cream (or a couple of drinks) and a night of reality TV. If teachers want to make a difference BECOME A ROLE MODEL FOR CHANGE! Parents, teachers, coaches, aunts, uncles...if we truly want to see the next generation growing up active and embracing the carrot...we have to do it first.
It ain't rocket surgery.
K
From teachers taking kid's lunches away because they are judging them as "unhealthy" and banning tuna fish in schools to making the supersize pop obsolete (as they are proposing in NYC), health promotion is taking a very unhealthy turn toward dictatorship. By focusing on removal and restriction we are ignoring the importance of education and self responsibility. Oh ya....but that would be too hard and too expensive...not to mention they would have to actually educate.
I am starting to really feel for kids growing up in this uber protective society we have created. From driving them to swim practice (when they could easily ride their bike) to taking away choice, lest they chose the wrong thing and die from a sugar overdose, it's getting offically outta hand.
Don't get me wrong, I understand that we eat a ton of sugar and drink a ton of pop and eat way too much processed food...but is this the way to make change? Dare I say no. Change starts with education. Making education affordable and attractive to everyone (i.e. changing the way we teach for all to enjoy) would make a huge dent in the obesity, smoking, drinking, teen-age pregnancy, and sedentary rates. Santa could still keep his pipe, cookies, and milk because we would have the education to make healthy choices for ourselves (and, therefore, not look to Santa for suggestions....like who ever did that in the first place...but whatever).
All I can say is it is a very good thing I am not the parent of a kid in school. One word of grabbing my child's lunch out of his/her hand and I would be there like white on rice. And let's be honest (warning...mild generalizing is about to occur) the average teacher grabbing that sandwich from Jimmy's hand is the same teacher going home to a processed dinner chased down with a bowl of ice cream (or a couple of drinks) and a night of reality TV. If teachers want to make a difference BECOME A ROLE MODEL FOR CHANGE! Parents, teachers, coaches, aunts, uncles...if we truly want to see the next generation growing up active and embracing the carrot...we have to do it first.
It ain't rocket surgery.
K
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