Childhood Obesity Childhood is a time for kids to be free and have fun. They are supposed to be active, Playing outside, and running around, playing sports, and using their imagination. While when children who get obese, it restricts them from doing pretty much everything a normal kid should be doing. They are sitting on the couch eating and not using going outside and being lazy, while other kids are outside being active, or doing sports. Taking away these childhood rights should be a crime. Parents are giving their children long-term and immediate health problems on their child. Childhood obesity should be a cause for children to be taken away from their parents. Two years ago Tiger Greene weighed 250 pounds. The weight was really beginning
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They will also say that they do not deserve to be taken away from their homes and families, but they do! Children that are obese are seeing health problems that have only been seen in adults until now. How come parents can not see how much they are affecting their child’s life and health? How is it so hard for parents to tell their child that enough is enough, when their child is having a hard time fitting through the door! Yes of course there are the situations where it is a genetic disability, and they can’t control their body. But there is in most cases when the parents just give their child whatever they want. Parents say “We love them and want to make them happy, that is why we let them eat and do whatever they want,” but if you love them why are you giving them so many health problems, But how happy are they going to be when they weigh 500 pounds can’t walk, and all they can do is sit around eating and watching tv. Just like Tiger’s story no child deserves to have that lifestyle. No parents should ever want their child to have that life, and if they do there is seriously something wrong with them and should have their child immediately taken from them! The good that can come from taking the children away is that they will be eating the right diets. The children will also, be getting the right amount of
They will also say that they do not deserve to be taken away from their homes and families, but they do! Children that are obese are seeing health problems that have only been seen in adults until now. How come parents can not see how much they are affecting their child’s life and health? How is it so hard for parents to tell their child that enough is enough, when their child is having a hard time fitting through the door! Yes of course there are the situations where it is a genetic disability, and they can’t control their body. But there is in most cases when the parents just give their child whatever they want. Parents say “We love them and want to make them happy, that is why we let them eat and do whatever they want,” but if you love them why are you giving them so many health problems, But how happy are they going to be when they weigh 500 pounds can’t walk, and all they can do is sit around eating and watching tv. Just like Tiger’s story no child deserves to have that lifestyle. No parents should ever want their child to have that life, and if they do there is seriously something wrong with them and should have their child immediately taken from them! The good that can come from taking the children away is that they will be eating the right diets. The children will also, be getting the right amount of