Children’s Weight Poses National Security Threat?
Was Michelle Obama wrong for raising awareness about America’s children being overweight and using her experience with her own children as examples?
We all know that we have a larger overweight population now. I’m sure it has nothing to do with all of our unhealthy food choices or that healthy food is not easily accessible, tasty or inexpensive. I’m sure it also has nothing to do with the fact that physical education has been reduced in schools and that video games and televisions have been put in our kid’s rooms and not restricted. With all of the demands on working parents, who has time to think about cooking healthy meals over the stove or watching over their kids as they play outside? It may seem like I’m making excuses, but these are simply reasons that help to create a population full of vices that are more convenient than healthy.
The Imperfect Parent
I think too often as parent’s we can easily carry around the weight of the world on our shoulders in order to hide who we truly are by hiding what we feel and what we are going through. As a parent we feel the need to protect our children from certain things, which often includes protecting them from our own imperfections and failings. In the end, they are simply not realistic standards for ourselves and rob our children of a certain understanding and empathy that they really need to be okay and happy. When life throws us curve balls like parent’s dying, losing our job or a failed marriage then there has to be a healthy way to cope in front of our children.
Government Keeps Baby DNA Sample
This was an interesting fact that I read about when a few parent’s sued after learning that their child’s DNA can be stored in government labs indefinitely without their consent. As a parent, you know when you have a child they are tested for all types of diseases through genetic testing, but you don’t really think about how it is done unless your child tests positive for something. This was one couple’s experience after their daughter tested positive for cystic fibrosis.
There become all types of concerns when these diagnosis’ are reported to insurance companies and documented. Will these diagnosis’ be some type of permanent black mark on your child’s record? The DNA often have a name attached to them and are used for scientific research. So what are a parent’s and a babies’ rights in these matters. Currently there are only a few states who have some type of consent forms, otherwise you would basically have to write to your state officials to advise them to destroy your child’s DNA. Hmmmm.
Avatar Review
After all the hype about this movie and hearing how good it was, I had to go see if for myself. The only problem was that being that I had never been to a 3D movie before, when the woman at the window didn’t tell us that there was an option to not pay the extra couple of bucks to see it in 3D, we just paid for the movie and didn’t end up getting the glasses. So while the movie was excellent, my mouth is still watering to see it in 3D! 
Another ignorance of mine was that it was a kid’s movie. While I didn’t take my kids, there were some chaps in the rows behind us. After seeing it, the answer was that no, this was not a kid’s movie. I wouldn’t be totally opposed to my children seeing it, however there was a fair amount of cursing and a “mating” scene that was a little intense. Also the content of the movie was geared more for adults and was one that I would probably need to see a few more times to really get the whole understanding. I would say it is a great family movie if you have older teens to take. It explores all types of possibilities of life as well as gives a great message of hope and truth in life. If we get lucky, they may do a sequel. They said this one took almost 5 years to make, so it’ll probably be awhile!
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