RE: Electronics are the reason why kids are out of shape now

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I agree with all I read, except I really liked the video games in the 80's. hahaha...
My older 3 have devices, but we regularly send them to do things that are active. They have dance classes every day, which really works them out. For the younger 2, we send them out with the neighborhood kids every morning for a couple of hours. They ride bikes, play roller hockey, play all kinds of imaginary games including soccer (just kidding, soccer is real). My son is ripped! He's 8 years old and has a freak'n 8 pack. There isn't a single one among them that is fat. In my school, I remember there being only one fat kid-and you're right, they're a dime a dozen now. I was recently talking to my family about weight issues. They told me, "Some people have medical issues and can't lose the weight." I gently reminded them there were no fat people leaving concentration camps...as evil and brutal as they were, there wasn't a single person that was fat. I don't say this to make light of the camps-they were evil, but to point out that if our bodies are regulated in what we put in them, weight can be controlled. It's amazing what exercise and diet regulation can do for a body!



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well i liked video games in the 80's too. We didn't know any better. Imagine being able to travel back in time with one of the systems of today. It would blow everyone's minds. Of course you wouldn't be able to connect it to anything because HDMI wouldn't be invented for another 25 years. :P

"Some people have medical issues and can't lose the weight.

This is definitely an excuse. They can lose weight, it is just going to be substantially more difficult. The main reason why they "can't" lose weight is via lack of desire though. You don't get to the size that some morbidly obese people make it to by living a reasonable and regulated life.

good work on raising the kids right. I think this is similar to how my parents were only they didn't have to keep us off the electronics because they didn't exist. The Atari games would only stay fun for so long.

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