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	Should schools send home report cards listing a childs level of obesity? By Ed the Jetpacking Headbanger Asked Sep 11 2007 9:19AM	27 Pts Rate Question

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by Fun on Sep 11, 2007 at 9:22 am Permalink

So let me get this straight:

English.... A

Math........B

History.....c

PS you're kid is fat.

Not cool!

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Ed the Jetpacking Headbanger Sep, 11 2007 at 09:24 AM

Agreed, parents here are getting angered by the states plan to add this to the report cards.

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by Punny on Sep 11, 2007 at 9:22 am Permalink

I don't think the school needs to tell the parents about their child's obesity. We are seeing more and more news segments about overweight children. Parents know if their child/children are obese. If they choose to ignore it, it is sad, but it is their business.

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Ed the Jetpacking Headbanger Sep, 11 2007 at 09:23 AM

Thanks!

Punny Sep, 11 2007 at 09:25 AM

:) :)

Mini_kilt Sep, 11 2007 at 09:31 AM

A study done in my area showed something like 57% of kids being overweight and close to only 20% of parents that say they have an overweight child.

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by International Goverment Family Relations on Sep 11, 2007 at 9:20 am Permalink

no because if the child reads it it could offend the child

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Ed the Jetpacking Headbanger Sep, 11 2007 at 09:25 AM

Thanks, I thought of that also.

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by Lippycow Jetpacking for Nelson on Sep 11, 2007 at 9:27 am Permalink

I was fat at school and i think i would die of embarrassment if that had happened to me,most fat children get enough stick from the kids without the schools putting their penny worth in.

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Eltinwe has a life Swan - DYOH Sep, 11 2007 at 09:28 AM

Quite so. Fat kids already know they're fat. Their parents already know they're fat. What good is rubbing it in going to do?

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by atreadia on Sep 11, 2007 at 9:26 am Permalink

No. Its not a point of acedemia.

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by American Idle on Sep 11, 2007 at 9:32 am Permalink

I don't think that's any of their concern. That's a personal issue, not an academic one. Maybe they could take it up with whoever orders those nasty school lunches.

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by Eltinwe has a life Swan - DYOH on Sep 11, 2007 at 9:27 am Permalink

No. Parents already know if their child is fat. Usually it's the fat children who also have fat parents, and the parents don't see anything wrong with being fat to begin with. It won't make any difference.

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by Babycakes on Sep 11, 2007 at 9:25 am Permalink

That would be humiliating ...no !

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by Anonymoose on Sep 11, 2007 at 9:22 am Permalink

NO. That is not for the schools to determine but a child's doctor. A school nurse might send home a note about health concerns, but a child should not be rated based on their body structure. That seems a bit overboard to me. If you rate one child who is slightly over weight obese what is to stop them from rating another child who is slightly under weight as anorexic?

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by Tenaciouscj on Feb 20, 2009 at 9:42 pm Permalink

NOOO! That is cruel and demeaning! The parents usually already know and they are either trying to do something about it, don't know what to do, or don't care. Stigmatising a child because of their weight is something we don't need!

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