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In reply to the discussion: kids are diebetic and obese?..I wonder why [View all]MissB
(15,806 posts)"learning" time so kids can pass their standardized tests.
I live in an affluent school district. For the most part, the kids that attend the schools here look much like the kids that I went to school with back in the day - maybe there are a few overweight kids, but not many. School lunches are catered, so there aren't a bunch of fish sticks and tater tots being served. Three recesses a day for elementary and middle school.
I figure that affluent families can probably afford to have their kids in organized sports. (Goodness knows the high school hits me up for $350/sport/kid. I have two kids. That math sucks.)
My kids go on multi-week bicycle trips each summer, packing their own gear on their own bikes. They bike to school. They bike ten miles into downtown. My oldest hates to drive to school (which even I think is weird!) We've made biking a family event since they could get a helmet on their heads and ride in the bike trailer.
But we have time. Or make time. Or something like that.