Why are so many parents today letting their kids get fat?

Answer 1

Because the parents are too selfish.

They would rather take the easy way out and let their kids eat whatever they want so that they don't have to argue about it.

They don't help their kids get the excercise they need. Instead, the parents are lazy and don't help their kids get involved in physical activities.

Many of these parents are lazy themselves and never get excercise. Quite often they also eat poorly. So, helping their kids to be healthy means changing their whole lifestyle. And intead of doing what is right for the child, they are selfish and continue living life the way they prefer.

Answer 2

Many different reasons. Some parents feed their children the way they eat (which isn't very healthy), and the way their parents taught them to eat, so they don't see that it's wrong. Some parents assume they don't have time to prepare nutritious, home-cooked meals, so they (and their kids) live on take-out and fast food. Some parents don't make their kids go outside and play...they let them sit inside and watch TV/play videogames all day. Then, in some cases, it's not the parents' fault. They see to it that the child eats healthy at home, but the kids sneak around at school, at friends' houses, etc. and eat junk food and drink pop.

I've noticed you have asked a few questions on weight...are you hostile about something? Are you fat now (or fat as a child)? Were your parents the type who told you, "Oh, you have SUCH a pretty face...if you'd only lose weight..." Do you have some weight issues you might possibly want to discuss with a psychiatrist who could prescribe you mind altering/numbing drugs that some might say you so, so obviously need? Just a thought!

I could stoop to the point of resorting to name-calling, but I like to think I'm a bigger person than that, and much more mature. A word of advice for the future...you ask a question on the internet, expect many varied responses, some of which include opinions. If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.

Have a great day...and try not to let other people's opinions bring you down or rile you up so much. Assuming you're American, you should know that our First Amendment right is the right to free speech.

Answer 3

We are all too busy with our jobs/lives/activities anymore. It is hard to plan a well balanced, nutritious meal every night and then cook it when you get home from work. It is easier to put something in the microwave. We try to cook at least three dinners per week and even when we do mac&cheese, we serve a vegetable. My husband is thin but I am overweight and have been my whole life. It is so important to me that my kids have good eating habits and weight control. I am careful around the kids not to snack and we don't let them snack either. They are all thin, at least so far! I also don't want them getting an eating disorder, so don't focus on weight. It is a hard thing and I think for a lot of parents they didn't want their kids to gain weight, they just can't figure out how to change it all. Plus, with the candy and stuff available at schools these days, even if the parents have healthy food/habits, the kids still might eat a lot of junk all week long!

Answer 4

I know, But some parents just let there kids get away with stuff
for example a 6 year old boy wants a peice of candy and the mom says no, so the boy whines and so he gets a bag of candy.
By 13 years old he is a little above average, one day he wanted a donut, his mom said no, and he whines like he always does so he can get what he wants. So he gets the hole 12 pack
By 21, he has bad eating habits, and it obese.

Parents want there kids to be happy, they dont realize what they are doing, might hurt there kids in the future.

Answer 5

okay first off sometimes it has nothing to do with the parents. You can have you child eat healthy at home, but at school they can eat whatever they have access to. Also you have to remember that because of the Economy, most households have both parents working and when that happens, most of the time they don't have time to cook dinner so they pick up pizza on the way home, or they run and get McDonald's or something like that. and that makes the kids "fat" as you so Kindly put it.

Answer 6

Pretty much, letting kids eat what they want and sitting them in front of the TV all day instead of letting them play outside. Most parents today are very busy, working two to three jobs, trying to make ends meet. They don't have much time to spend with thier child when they get home, so it's the TV and chips for thier company.

Answer 7

Too many homes have both parents working. When they get home, they're tired and just order out or something rather than fixing a healthy meal for their kids. Mothers should be home to take care of their children.

Answer 8

they are faced with the prospects of their kids becoming anorexic and think that by feeding them it will lessen the chance, while in fact it heigthens the chances by a huge margin, getting ur kid fat is irresponsible unless they have a problem such as an extremely underactive thyroid, they dont want their kids to feel fat by them not allowing their kids to eat certain foods, but if you just feed your kids the right stuff in rite quantities their wont be a need to put them on diets making them feel fat

Answer 9

Because there are a lot of parents who do not care to monitor or teach their children what is right from wrong, or what is or isn't acceptable. As my children's pediatrician once told a mom who was complaining that her child was overweight and she didn't know what to do...the doctor told her, to go look in the mirror, because she was overweight, and she was teaching her child that it was okay. If we as parents would set the example ourselves, for our children, then we would not have the problems we do today. Unfortunately, a lot of people that have children think it is everyone elses responsibilty to raise and teach the child, when in reality, you gave birth, so it's your job to raise them as well.

Answer 10

Some parents are just lazy to fix a good meal and health snack . They just go the easy route by giving them junk food