Childhood Obesity is it Your Fault??? “Blame Game”

                                                                     

            Childhood obesity will never be resolved unless we quit playing the blame game. Parents and schools are the two most frequently blamed causes for childhood obesity. Ask yourself is this really the reason that childhood obesity has become a worldwide problem. What about all the other factors that contribute to the childhood obesity like fast food or junk food. These items are placed in front of kids purposely so that kids can then persuade the parents to buy it from them. Are these not major issues that also contribute to childhood obesity or do we just ignore them and continue to blame parents and schools? All blaming does is make the people you’re blaming angry and just adds to the problem. Think about this the more time you waste on blaming others the less time you spend working on a solution. Instead of blaming what we can do is gather information that negatively affect obesity and figure out ways to use it in a positive way.

            The national public health guidelines recommend 60 minutes a day for exercise while schools sometime only get 60 minutes a week. This shows that kids are suppose to get 60 minutes a day of exercise, but in reality at school sometimes kids are only getting 60 minutes a week. What we need to do is if we can’t get this changed we need to take a stand when the school board has their opening for the public to attend we need to get as many people as we can to do just that. We need to voice our opinion and show the school board that we are serious about our children being healthy. We shoot for schools to require 60 minutes a day and if that fails lets at least make a compromise. Ask the school for at least 30 minutes a day and if this succeeds it’s up to us parents to make sure our children get the other recommended 30 minutes. This will not solve childhood obesity but just like the President of the U.S. said in his victory speech we are moving forward.

            To be honest as parents I do feel we are in some way responsible for childhood obesity as well as schools. The reason is because we are the people who see the kids the majority of the time each and every day. This doesn't mean everything is entirely our fault we are just part of the problem. The good thing is that since we are always blamed then by doing this we are doing our part to help solve the solution. Childhood obesity still needs major help and it’s up to everyone to chip in and try to fix it. Stop blaming people. Next time you blame someone or hear someone blame someone else for the cause of childhood obesity, ask them what are you doing to help childhood obesity??? If they have no answer then “I REST MY CASE” Blaming others doesn't do anything but add to the problem. Let’s not add to the problem lets solve childhood obesity and make our world A BETTER WORLD.