What a b!tch

[thyme4change]

A North Dakota woman isn't handing out treats to everyone this Halloween. Instead she says she'll be handing out letters to children who are overweight.

The woman says that if she sees a child who is moderately obese, she'll hand them a letter to give their parents. She also says that she wants to send a message to parents that they're being irresponsible for sending their kids out looking for free candy just because all the other kids are doing it.

The letter reads, in part:

You [sic] child is, in my opinion, moderately obese and should not be consuming sugar and treats to the extent of some children this Halloween season.

My hope is that you will step up as a parent and ration candy this Halloween and not allow your child to continue these unhealthy eating habits.

The woman feels it takes an entire community to solve the obesity epidemic.

www.foxnews.com/health/2013/10/30/woman-to-hand-out-fat-letters-to-overweight-children-instead-candy/

[thyme4change]

And her grammar needs work.

[Deleted]

There is no reason this woman needs to shame kids on this or any other holiday! She should just keep her light off.

I hope someone in her town gives out her address and everyone stays far away from her.

[Sam_2.0]

Oct 30, 2013 9:13:50 GMT -5 @beerwench said:

There is no reason this woman needs to shame kids on this or any other holiday! She should just keep her light off.

I hope someone in her town gives out her address and everyone stays far away from her.

At least she had the good sense to go & put herself on the news first. It's ND - I bet most people already know who she is & where she lives so they can easily avoid her. Also sounds like a good way to make sure your house gets egged and your trees are thoroughly coated in toilet paper before the night is over.

[Deleted]

I once saw a non-obese person in North Dakota. True story.

[Deleted]

D'oh! 

[tloonya]

Oct 30, 2013 9:20:23 GMT -5 ArchietheDragon said:

I once saw a non-obese person in North Dakota. True story.

Where? In a restroom mirror?


I actually like her! Though I am pretty sure her house will get egged and papertoweled and windowbroked...so, she asked for it!

[NancysSummerSip]

Oct 30, 2013 9:10:30 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

And her grammar needs work.

Not to mention her manners, her common sense and her sense of righteousness.

As a person with a lifelong weight issue, trust me: no amount of outside pressure or shaming fixes inside issues. No one can write you a letter, give you a lecture, bully you, cajole you, force you or bribe you into losing weight. It has never worked. It will never worked.

I hope this woman receives a good swift kick off her soapbox. She only thinks she means well. She doesn't. Whatever issues she has in her past (maybe her parents were obese, or she's a former fat kid herself) do not give her carte blanche for cruelty. She may find a pile of those letters burning in her yard at midnight. Now that would be fun to watch. Especially if the neighborhood kids come out and toast marshmallows in the flames.

[Cass]

What a self righteous busy body!

I'd egg her house myself if I were anywhere near N.D. 

[Green Eyed Lady]

Oct 30, 2013 9:13:50 GMT -5 @beerwench said:

There is no reason this woman needs to shame kids on this or any other holiday! She should just keep her light off.

I hope someone in her town gives out her address and everyone stays far away from her.

Or not.  Toilet paper and flaming bags of poop come to mind.

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

Toilet paper and flaming bags of poop come to mind.

[Deleted]

I see a can of spray paint in hter future. I'm psychic like that

[hoops902]

Just give all the kids fruit or something.  It's not like candy is good for skinny kids either.

[Virgil Showlion]

Oct 30, 2013 9:20:23 GMT -5 ArchietheDragon said:

I once saw a non-obese person in North Dakota. True story.

So wrong yet so funny.

As for the woman in the OP, give her a break. She's a dimwit with bad ideas on to make the world a better place. She should be in government.

[Deleted]

Stupid. She's going to have a miserable Halloween and for what?  Her idea would not have been in the least bit helpful anyhow. She should have just not participated or gave the kids toothbrushes or glow sticks or something. 

[Deleted]

Oct 30, 2013 9:48:25 GMT -5 hoops902 said:

Just give all the kids fruit or something.  It's not like candy is good for skinny kids either.

Sadly, people are paranoid about any treats that aren't individually wrapped and that pretty much narrows it down to candy or much more expensive alternatives (string cheese?).  Fruit might get pitched.

Taking your kid around one block or through your apartment building won't provide enough junk to have bad long-term effects, but most parents don't stop there.  They go over many blocks and, in the case of my neighborhood, drive their teenagers to wealthier suburbs to get more loot.  A coworker is taking her 3-month old around, for heaven's sake.  Wonder how much of his candy he's going to eat.  And Mom is still trying to lose post-baby weight.

If I had an overweight kid I wouldn't keep him/her out of trick-or-treating but I might encourage him/her to make it a short trip and to maybe put candy in the freezer and enjoy one per day over a long period.  There's room for a little junk in every diet.

[giramomma]

I don't get it either. It's not a like a letter is going to make the parents wake up and say "OMG, you are sooooo Right! Nothing but salads and running 3 miles a day until my kid loses weight"

On DSs football team, there was a 9 year old who weighed 130 pounds or more. (It wasn't due to being extremely tall). I talked to his grandpa for a while. Apparently, they went to sports medicine to try to get him to lose weight. His grandpa said the program the health care professionals came up with wasn't working. The kid eventually had to come out of the game, and spent an hour continuously eating cookies, chips, etc. And talking about how he and a tv and gaming system in his room.

The family could seriously not understand why their kid was overweight.

[Tennesseer]

This North Dakota woman must have been sitting at the same Carrabba's, Overland Park, Kansas dining table as the man who left the no-tip note for his server.

[busymom]

Why can't she give out, say, Halloween pencils?  Or those little toys that Target sells.


If she's going to be a candy-Nazi, she should set an example by giving out something else...

[Virgil Showlion]

Oct 30, 2013 10:03:14 GMT -5 busymom said:

Why can't she give out, say, Halloween pencils?  Or those little toys that Target sells.


If she's going to be a candy-Nazi, she should set an example by giving out something else...

Pedometers?

[giramomma]

Oct 30, 2013 9:58:16 GMT -5 @athena53 said:

 A coworker is taking her 3-month old around, for heaven's sake.  Wonder how much of his candy he's going to eat.  And Mom is still trying to lose post-baby weight.

We took all of our kids out Trick or treating early..Two of my kids went at 6 months and one went under one month.

We didn't collect the candy. We did, however, go visit people that wanted to see our kids and went to a few houses around them.

[Deleted]

I eat most of my kids' candy anyhow.  LOL  I confiscate it and only let them have it occasionally for a treat, not a 3 day gorge fest.  The 11 year old is more aware these days, but before age 7 or so I could give him a piece every now and then for a couple weeks then say it was gone and he'd be fine with that.

[NancysSummerSip]

Oct 30, 2013 9:39:26 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

Toilet paper and flaming bags of poop come to mind.

Awesome idea, those flaming bags of poop. There's what, a million cows for every person in North Dakota? That's enough poop to cover her house and light it up so big, the flames will be seen in Canada!

[sesfw]

'I'd egg her house myself if I were anywhere near N.D.'

Toilet paper is a lot more fun and not damaging.  Protein in the egg yolk will damage paint on homes and cars.  I've done my share of TPing a couple of homes.  And had our home TPd.  It looked great and we laughed while cleaning it up.  It was a foggy morning so we waited until the air dried.  Easy to get off when dry ..... a real pain when wet.

Hopefully that lady will think again about her letter and choose to give out pencils instead.  Maybe with all the publicity she will.

[whoisjohngalt]

Why do people think that anyone cares about their unsolicited opinion and advice?

[Virgil Showlion]

Oct 30, 2013 10:25:07 GMT -5 whoisjohngalt said:

Why do people think that anyone cares about their unsolicited opinion and advice?

You're asking this on a public message board?

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

Why do people think that anyone cares about their unsolicited opinion and advice

Maybe she's a YM-er and we don't know it.

[Virgil Showlion]

Oct 30, 2013 10:29:45 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

Why do people think that anyone cares about their unsolicited opinion and advice

Maybe she's a YM-er and we don't know it.

Great minds...

[whoisjohngalt]

Oct 30, 2013 10:29:02 GMT -5 Virgil Showlion said:

Oct 30, 2013 10:25:07 GMT -5 whoisjohngalt said:

Why do people think that anyone cares about their unsolicited opinion and advice?

You're asking this on a public message board?

ummm yeah, bc if you post on the message board, you open yourself up to that kind of thing.

when you go on about your daily life, you are not.

[swamp]

I have one overweight kid and one normal sized kid.  Believe me, I am very well aware that my child is too heavy and I am attempting address it while also not giving the kid food issues. I would punch this bitch in the throat if my kid got that letter.