How To Raise Fat Lazy Kids

I don’t normally listen to sports radio, but this morning I somehow ended up there and was outraged by a story that was being told.

It seems that all over America schools are taking the playground away. The monkey bars are coming down, the swings are being taken away, many schools have “No running” policies in effect.

This is lunacy.

At the same time that we have an obesity explosion among kids, the schools are taking the playgrounds away. That is where we ran and jumped and climbed and helped to keep ourselves fit when we were kids. We played tag, and football, and even played the now dreaded dodgeball.

Now the cowards who thought dodgeball was a horrible game are running the school districts. They don’t want anyone to run because they may fall down and hurt themselves.

And of course, many cowardly parents will sue at the drop of a leaf. It used to be a badge of honor to have skinned knees or elbows. It was cool to have your arm in a cast, and have all your buddies sign it.

Not today.

Today schools don’t want students to compete. They want everybody to have the same chance, regardless of whether it hurts the bright kids. The model has been reversed. No longer are slower students encouraged to catch the faster ones, but faster students are encouraged to slow down, and not get ahead of the group.

Pretty soon all school kids will stay inside and play video games while they eat twinkies, chips and drink soda. Husky will be the new small jeans size. Kid’s bellies will bounce up and down as they walk the halls.

What can these parents be thinking? Kid’s need exercise. They get it the same way that we did; by running, jumping, climbing, pulling, pushing, falling
down and getting up, and then doing it all over again.

The legacy of this generation will be that it is raising the fattest and sickest kids in the history of this country.

That’s a symphony to the ears of Big Pharmacy, who is patiently waiting like the Big Bad Wolf to offer an easy cure.

They have already doped an entire generation with Ritalin, and the schools helped.

Kids need exercise; they need fish oil, they need a multivitamin, and they need someone to keep the junk food away from them.

Immune Boost will keep your kids away from colds, sneezes, sniffles and shakes.

If we want to raise good healthy kids we need to stop living in fear that they will hurt themselves on the playground.

Bumps, bruises, cuts and scrapes are all part of growing up.

If they all grow up fat and sedentary, you have done more damage than you can fathom.

All the best,

Doc