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It would be really nice if they were able to get vigorous exercise at school, but then the trial lawyers started showing up in droves when kids started falling off swings and monkeybars, or getting hit in the nose playing dodgeball, tetherball, or other recess-period sports.
Consequently millions of schools have had their playgrounds turned into enormous patches of grass......
How is unnecessarily subjecting your child to the possibility of diabetes and heart disease not child abuse?
You said it... "possibility".
They are not giving them the actual diseases you mention on purpose; that would be abuse. They are putting their child at risk of getting the diseases; the children could or could not get them. That is very irresponsible.
It would be really nice if they were able to get vigorous exercise at school, but then the trial lawyers started showing up in droves when kids started falling off swings and monkeybars, or getting hit in the nose playing dodgeball, tetherball, or other recess-period sports.
Consequently millions of schools have had their playgrounds turned into enormous patches of grass......
Maybe they can mandate kids wear tennis helmets at all times?
They are not giving them the actual diseases you mention on purpose; that would be abuse. They are putting their child at risk of getting the diseases; the children could or could not get them. That is very irresponsible.
a lot do get diabetes during childhood. Should they be removed from their parents in that case, or at least is that child abuse?
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