I think they should as it is cruel to allow a child to get overweight, especially the parents who can see that their child is overweight & still they keep filling them full of rubbish. What do you think?
2007-02-25 22:19:34 · 10 answers · asked by wordykat 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Not talking about kids with metabolic problems, just the ones who are consantly fed junk food & supersized portions.
2007-02-25 22:30:43 · update #1
Yes. Eating when your mother does not know it is irresponsible of the parent. I see people give a bottle or sucker everytime a child fusses, and this is plain lazy and unaware of the child's needs that they cannot express. Rewarding the child with food causes weight gain and teaches that emotional problems are assuaged with food, not calming yourself down with solutions to your problems. Nutritional balance is not achieved by just eating something-anything! The food actually consumed needs to be a balanced, Four-food-group-type> dairy, protein, fruit, vegetable and bread = meal or a good snack. And, controlled by the parent. A child that is allowed to open the frig or climb in cupboards or dig into a drawer better be old enough to be setting the table and allowed to do this with the permission of the parent. Giving isn't the only way to show love. Someone has to be in control, and there is only one decider-the parent. Just ignore the over-weight child after he is given the proportions of a serving size needed in a sit-down, scheduled meal (learn what these are for your child's age!)-unless he has had one hour of hard, sweaty exercize that day. Give water first and then wait for the the next every two hour snack and monitor the type of snack. One cookie given to a three year-old will ruin his appetite for a whole day, because it has too much fat. Why, it has enough fat for a grown persons' fat requirements of the body for three days! Dieters are told to eat everything in the refrigerator- even cake -before they allow themselves a cookie for a snack! So what makes us think that our kids need a cookie? It is not a good idea to get a person used to things that they can not consume everyday, all the time- because, they will feel deprived if they are refused, (and if they are already spoiled- rotten personality), and beg. Extra junk food crowds out the body's need to get room for the four food groups of food. I know that a lot of times, if you deflated a large person or child of the sodium-caused swelling and edema of a body from:lack of quality protein =which is eggs, peanut butter, beans, spinach, got rid of the fluid> underneath they are really only skin and bones! I see children with dark circles under their eyes, small chins, skin rashes near the nose, and red, crusty eyes and black elbows- all malnutrition signs-( along with recurring earaches from no dark yellow vegetable which a body needs every day). Don't stock the house with anything the child is restricted from having, and no partys until the situation, which is doctor- monitored, is corrected for life-style modifications in the child's day.
2007-02-25 23:10:43 · answer #1 · answered by Charles E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes..of course they are accountable. They buy the junk and let the child eat it. It's neglect pure and simple. A caring parent would not allow this to happen. Something is seriously wrong with parents like this.
2007-02-26 00:06:15 · answer #2 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well as the saying goes you are what you eat.. So if the parents are in charge of what the children are eating then it would seem to come down to them. However if you have a reluctant child that job will be very hard!!
2007-02-25 22:30:19 · answer #3 · answered by Eoghan M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some children have medical issues that cause them to become overweight. I think parents with overweight children are not being cruel. They are not informed on how to handle the obesity issue. We have to find out their story first before we start prosecuting people with this problem. Lets find a solution to help instead of judging!!!
2007-02-25 22:27:41 · answer #4 · answered by September Sweetie 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Some people can be born with a type of gene that makes them overweight. However if that is not the case then i think that parents should limit what their kids eat because all their doing is making the child more bigger and more miserable.
2007-02-25 22:26:38 · answer #5 · answered by ஐ♥Julian'sMommy♥ஐ 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
yes they should be held accountable. there is a big difference between a child being 10lbs overweight and one being 100lbs overweight. i seen a two year old girl who weighs 45lbs and she did not look like a baby. her parents had problems finding diapers that fit her. she is bigger than my 30lb 4 year old.
2007-02-25 23:14:57 · answer #6 · answered by Miki 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is mainly down to parents, yes.. Depending on the age though. As children become older they would find it easier to get hold of sweets and basic crap even if you were to have them on a diet i suppose..
2007-02-25 22:26:40 · answer #7 · answered by Charlie m 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, you should be held responsible if you kid is very overweight just because you let him/her eat junk all the time and never exercise
2007-02-26 08:17:40 · answer #8 · answered by TN girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-02-26 02:53:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, palin and simple.
2007-02-25 22:50:48 · answer #10 · answered by meemadee2000 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋