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Old 11-03-2010, 06:52 PM
 
Location: Phoenix
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Nothing wrong with happy meals except when the kids try to eat the toys. Not good for the digestive system. They're a ***** coming out.
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Old 11-03-2010, 06:52 PM
 
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In a way....

Teaching your child bad choices and setting them up for a life time of bad health/weight issues is bad parenting.
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Old 11-03-2010, 06:54 PM
 
Location: Phoenix
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Maybe they can mandate kids wear tennis helmets at all times?
Especially when they're eating happy meals.
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Old 11-03-2010, 06:54 PM
 
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I think it is child abuse up to a point....

I can see how it is not but how it also is. Eating Mcdonalds once in a while is no big deal. Eating it everyday is. It is worse because if you let a kid eat it everyday, they get used to it and continue up until theyre older.
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Old 11-03-2010, 06:57 PM
 
Location: Missouri
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a lot do get diabetes during childhood. Should they be removed from their parents in that case, or at least is that child abuse?
If the intent is to give your child diabetes for whatever sick reason, then that would be abuse. Otherwise, allowing your child to live an unhealthy lifestyle is purely irresponsible.
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Old 11-03-2010, 07:01 PM
 
Location: Arlington, VA
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If the intent is to give your child diabetes for whatever sick reason, then that would be abuse. Otherwise, allowing your child to live an unhealthy lifestyle is purely irresponsible.
Nope. YOu aren't think this through. Negligence can and is child abuse. I fyou were an alcoholic and you get passed out drunk and your child gets hurt while you are passed out, you are guilty of child abuse... YOu didn't "intend" for it to happen, but your negligence allowed it to happen.


Feeding your kids unhealthy foods is a deliberate act.
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Old 11-03-2010, 07:08 PM
 
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Nope. YOu aren't think this through. Negligence can and is child abuse. I fyou were an alcoholic and you get passed out drunk and your child gets hurt while you are passed out, you are guilty of child abuse... YOu didn't "intend" for it to happen, but your negligence allowed it to happen.


Feeding your kids unhealthy foods is a deliberate act.
So are YOu, or fyou, or Y0u for criminal punishment?
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Old 11-03-2010, 07:10 PM
 
Location: Arlington, VA
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So are YOu, or fyou, or Y0u for criminal punishment?
no, but perhaps removal of the child
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Old 11-03-2010, 07:13 PM
 
Location: Missouri
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Feeding your kids unhealthy foods is a deliberate act.
No. If you feed a child poison, that is abuse, if it doesn't kill him/her.

If you feed a child food, that is not abuse. If the food happens to be unhealthy, you are being careless with your child's well-being not abusive.
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Old 11-03-2010, 07:24 PM
 
Location: Arlington, VA
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No. If you feed a child poison, that is abuse, if it doesn't kill him/her.

If you feed a child food, that is not abuse. If the food happens to be unhealthy, you are being careless with your child's well-being not abusive.
puffer fish for kids?

honey for infants?

is it abusive to give a child aspirin?
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