Re: 85 and 90 Year Old Type 1s--75 years with DM

Mary <imnotthere@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
: Well, Wendy, I will join you on your soap box! People are so accustomed
: to the government doing everything for them and their families that it's
: SICK! People need to take responsiblity for themselves and their families.

: I do think that because there are so many advertisements on TV about
: sugary cereals and bad nutrition, then the parents NEED URGENTLY to TURN
: OFF the BOX. Our ancestors lived happily without any forms of
: entertainment except the great outdoors and playing games with the
: parents in the evening hours.

: The government and the schools ARE NOT responsible for the obesity
: and/or inactivity of our youngsters. PARENTS are responsible. If they
: want to live in a place with a lifestyle where both parents have to work
: and no supervision is given to the kids, then let it be so. But their
: kids will likely be out of shape. NO ONE else cares about the future of
: your children like you should!

: I gave up my own ambitions for many years because of my young ones. And
: I was STRICT concerning their inactivity. I encouraged activity--they
: were involved in gymnastics, basketball, soccer, baseball, boys clubs.
: But it takes PARENTAL involvement, and sometimes parental sacrifice.
: Some parents argue that they cannot survive without two incomes, thus
: the kids are shipped out to daycare or babysitters that don't care about
: them. But it is better to live poorer, but have a richer life for your
: children and family.

: You can live on less, but young people these days think that life can't
: exist without cell phones, T-Vo, computers, dance lessons, etc. Oh,
: please...

: I know many will think I'm old fashioned--well, let them. During the
: past generation, kids were NOT diagnosed with T2 diabetes, there was not
: the problem with obesity and inactivity. I've seen first hand how kids
: that are allowed to have a relationship with only their computer become
: adults with no social skills and NO ability to have a decent
: relationship with other human beings. It's a very sad outcome for a
: society with so much potential.

: Mary
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Mary,
I think the government should ban the ads from the children's programs,
just as they banned cigarette ads from the whole of TV. Parents who work
can still do things that are active with the kids on weekends or on summer
evenings like bike riding, ball playing, etc, even in cities where I grew
up and have lived all my life. Schools should also have run-around recess
on most days except the coldest or rainy ones.

Parents have to take responsability for what foods are in the house and
what they put onthe dinner table or in the lunch box and see that smaller
kids, say elementary and even jr HS kids don't have enough allowance to
permit buying lots of candy, and other junk. When my boys ewere young
they found that they could but 1 candy bar a week or get several bagels
for their alowance, so bought and ate seedy bagels after school istead of
sweet treats. I also didn't keep sugary sod inthe house and they learned
to drink water when thirsty, then take a small glass of milk or juice for
a snack. Well, all my god plans worked well with one som and not the
other, one is slim and the other very not, but this developed after his
marriage.

Wendy
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