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AwakeAtLast

(14,112 posts)
39. Well, thank you!
Thu Oct 9, 2014, 11:54 PM
Oct 2014

I have 1500 students right now (yep, you read that correctly), so I'm not sure how wonderful I am with such a large student load. I try my best!

And what about all the scheduled activities? Iris Oct 2014 #1
what about going outside and playing? backwoodsbob Oct 2014 #3
Also the all about fear parents who watch cable and will not let their kids out to play lunasun Oct 2014 #5
Parents watch too many cop shows Warpy Oct 2014 #6
I think partly it goes back to how times have changed. AngryOldDem Oct 2014 #7
Both the Duggar and duck Dynasty families yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #8
I guess that's one solution... AngryOldDem Oct 2014 #15
So true yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #20
Amen. We moved two years ago to the neighborhood our kid's school is in and love it joeglow3 Oct 2014 #29
And it's sad. AngryOldDem Oct 2014 #44
It is one of the reasons we send our kids to the Catholic school we do joeglow3 Oct 2014 #45
I don't mean to be a downer but being in a nice neighborhood can be deceiving. liberal_at_heart Oct 2014 #46
Thanks for the reminder! yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #52
There is also a hyper-protectionism of children Thav Oct 2014 #21
Calorie intake is the issue phil89 Oct 2014 #30
As someone working very hard to lose weight, I agree hedgehog Oct 2014 #41
Obesity Rate for Young Children Plummets 43% in a Decade HuckleB Oct 2014 #2
then all the screeds about childhood obesity and diabetes are over backwoodsbob Oct 2014 #4
Nope, sorry -- the OP saw fat kids on a bus. That never happened when he was little. Brickbat Oct 2014 #9
+1 HuckleB Oct 2014 #14
.... Luminous Animal Oct 2014 #10
that headline was immediately debunked KurtNYC Oct 2014 #23
That was one critique. HuckleB Oct 2014 #25
The AUTHORS of the study never made the cherry picked assertion that was in that headline. KurtNYC Oct 2014 #31
LOL! HuckleB Oct 2014 #48
Recess is seen as an "extra" that schools can cut down on to allow for extra MissB Oct 2014 #11
and more and more schools are afraid to let kids play SoCalDem Oct 2014 #42
I have been a teacher for 16 years AwakeAtLast Oct 2014 #12
A Music teacher? One of my favorite people. I had some wonderful music teachers when I was young. BlueJazz Oct 2014 #37
Well, thank you! AwakeAtLast Oct 2014 #39
It's not nearly as simple as you'd like. jeff47 Oct 2014 #13
Yep, the lack of infrastructure definitely has a lot to do with it. GoCubsGo Oct 2014 #36
I'm not seeing it FreeJoe Oct 2014 #16
absolutely right. cali Oct 2014 #17
My daughter was always out playing... meaculpa2011 Oct 2014 #18
I wasn't a helicopter parent. jen63 Oct 2014 #19
weight and health are not necessarily linked. Adrahil Oct 2014 #22
Increased use of antibiotics, increase in poverty, and general malnutrition KurtNYC Oct 2014 #24
You take one study, with a fairly small increase in concern, and then make a claim... HuckleB Oct 2014 #26
Journal of Pediatrics, Oct 2014 - University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital KurtNYC Oct 2014 #33
You try to claim cherry picking above, even though it doesn't make sense, and then you do it here. HuckleB Oct 2014 #49
Brainwash nation that has been brainwashed to obesity and brainwashed into thinking it is acceptable Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #27
What? HuckleB Oct 2014 #28
I live just around the corner from my kid's bus stop and I pick him up. liberal_at_heart Oct 2014 #32
They also eat a lot of crap. GoCubsGo Oct 2014 #34
I ate all sorts of sugary breakfast cereals back in the '60s Art_from_Ark Oct 2014 #40
I did, too. GoCubsGo Oct 2014 #43
I just couldn't eat the unsweetened cereal back then Art_from_Ark Oct 2014 #50
You must live in a fat neighborhood because I don't see this. dilby Oct 2014 #35
When I was growing up, California schools required 1 hour of PE daily mainer Oct 2014 #38
When school budgets are cut, PE is usually on the chopping block. MissB Oct 2014 #47
German schools require NO gym classes Nevernose Oct 2014 #53
bullshit. both boys, no fat kids in their sphere. not saying there are not fat kids. seabeyond Oct 2014 #51
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Diabetes DustyJoe Oct 2014 #55
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