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Old 05-04-2011, 04:45 PM   #1
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...how would you react to a legitimate problem?How many times does a kid take a plane to the eye before you decide it's probably a bad idea?......
If you get hit with a "paper dart" your reflexes aren't sharp enough.

You know things have gone seriously downhill when the school and teachers eliminate/restrict the activity of the students, and then complain that the kids are getting overweight from lack of activity and crappy school lunches (which probably are past expiration dates).
No more running, no tag, no ball throwing, no kickball, no dodgeball, no activity except sitting and eating sub-par lucnhes between classes.

Once we let schools dictate students' total health and well being, and the parents silently gave up the right to parent, this is the kind of mindless crap we are dealt. Instead of dealing with scraped knees and bruises we are dealing with childhood obesity, diabetes, ADHD, ADD and a cornecopia of "new" food allergies.
We are on a path of self-destruction, and our children are leading the way!
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Old 05-05-2011, 10:37 AM   #2
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Once we let schools dictate students' total health and well being, and the parents silently gave up the right to parent, this is the kind of mindless crap we are dealt. Instead of dealing with scraped knees and bruises we are dealing with childhood obesity, diabetes, ADHD, ADD and a cornecopia of "new" food allergies.
We are on a path of self-destruction, and our children are leading the way!
Agree 100%, well said

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Old 05-05-2011, 07:37 PM   #3
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No offense meant Jimmy, but you border on extremism with your fantasy laden outlook.
I refuse to agree with you just to make you feel you are right.Send your kids to CO and let them ride with ballon man and eat cupcakes with the different folks.

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Old 05-06-2011, 08:24 AM   #4
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No offense meant Jimmy, but you border on extremism with your fantasy laden outlook.
I refuse to agree with you just to make you feel you are right.Send your kids to CO and let them ride with ballon man and eat cupcakes with the different folks.
Exremeism? my fantasy outlook is to let kids do what with the always did. Im not looking to make little Joey feel special, Im looking to get the school know it alls to let kids be kids. If the school proposed stopping birthday celebrations because it was disctracting the class, I would applaud them. But thats not what they are doing. they are saying you cant use food to celebrate anymore. So we're punishing the skinny kids for only one reason - fat kids. If you agree with that, fine. But its BS in my book.
I dont need you to agree with me, my letter has generated a ton of feedback from like minded parents including a school nurse who also agrees with me. If its extreme to let kids be kids then I'm gulity. Maybe you need society to raise your kids, but I dont. I know whats healthy and whats not.
I'd rather have my kids have skinned elbows and bruised knees than never knowing the feeling of running.

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