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America's government currently has laws preventing young children from dropping out of school, using tobacco products, using alcohol, and walking the streets alone late at night.
Should the above laws be abolished?
Yes. Its the parents job. My kids hate me smoking,they play until I say its time to come in etc...I wouldn't let them drop out of school because if they do right down to the military recruiting station we go. Government is no substitute for decent parenting.
Then let's do what we were doing in 1978. Gym class, walking to school, bike riding, go out and play. I stuffed my face with Screaming Yellow Zonkers, HoHos and Mountain Dew and never got fat nor did my classmates. Cavities, another story.
They are fat because of lack of exercise and taking away their sodas doesn't make up for it.
Outstanding post.
But today's children spend 1//2 the time outside playing compared to their parents. Instead today's children watch TV, play video games, and use their smart phones. https://www.theguardian.com/environm...ir-parents-did
How could America's kids be made to spend more time outside playing?
"In the 1970s, sugary drinks made up about 4% of US daily calorie intake; by 2001, that had risen to about 9%."
"Sugary drinks increase the risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and gout."
How old are these kids eating kids meals in restaurants? Don't they usually have an age limit of under 12? Certainly any pre-teen or teen can go into any grocery or supermarket and buy their own can of soda.
Next? We card for sugary drinks under they age of 18? Lot worse things they can do than buy soda.
Yes. Its the parents job. My kids hate me smoking,they play until I say its time to come in etc...I wouldn't let them drop out of school because if they do right down to the military recruiting station we go. Government is no substitute for decent parenting.
If America solely relied on "good parenting" to control the actions of America's children, there would be too many children smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol, dropping out of school, ex.ex.
And "good parenting" might be the #1 factor in creating healthy children, but government regulations regarding our children would be the #2 factor.
With all due respect, this philosophy of "Good parenting solves all our children's problems, and no government regulations are needed to keep our children safe", this philosophy is insane (without government regulations everything around us would be poisoned by toxic pollution and huge numbers of us would have cancer, children included.)
Sounds like a meaningless bill. It says that restaurants are restricted to serving only water or milk but can serve something else (juice, soda) if the parents request it.
I t is a stupid bill.. Way back when, kids drank soda, juice and whatever: still didn't have the same weight problems so many have today.
I sometimes just wish CA would fall into the ocean and form their own country along the way!!!!
"People who consume sugary drinks regularly—1 to 2 cans a day or more—have a 26% greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes than people who rarely have such drinks."
"A study that followed 40,000 men for two decades found that those who averaged one can of a sugary beverage per day had a 20% higher risk of having a heart attack or dying from a heart attack than men who rarely consumed sugary drinks." https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutriti...s-and-disease/
"Chocolate milk contains added sugars and therefore more calories that can lead to more overweight and obesity. In the United States, 1/3 of children are already overweight and obese and at higher risk for chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer." Chocolate Milk for Kids: Healthy or Not? – AICR Blog
Should the government enact laws to keep our children healthy?
And do you believe people or businesses have the right to give America's children diabetes, heart attacks, and cancer?
And America already has laws preventing children from purchasing and using tobacco products and alcohol, should these laws be abolished?
I’m guessing you would approve of laws allowing food police to storm family homes, you know just to ensure parents don’t give their kiddies any sugar.
Of course you would approve, I mean sugar is bad for kids and you want to protect them, don’t you?
If America solely relied on "good parenting" to control the actions of America's children, there would be too many children smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol, dropping out of school, ex.ex.
And "good parenting" might be the #1 factor in creating healthy children, but government regulations regarding our children would be the #2 factor.
With all due respect, this philosophy of "Good parenting solves all our children's problems, and no government regulations are needed to keep our children safe", this philosophy is insane (without government regulations everything around us would be poisoned by toxic pollution and huge numbers of us would have cancer, children included.)
There is no such thing as "Americas children". There are families comprised of individuals. You do not get to take their rights away over the wants of some collective (trying to create a master race).
When I was in school we got milk, which I hated, so I just drank water. And I lived to tell the tale.
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