"Polly Esther" > wrote in message
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> "Stu" <> wrote
>> On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:58:11 -0500, "Polly Esther" <> wrote:
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>>>What do you think about this? Yesterday ABC news was talking about a
>>>Harvard professor who suggests the gov't should take kids away from their
>>>parents if the chunky little darlings are over weight. Sounds like a
>>>plan
>>>to me but what is the state going to do with them when they take them?
>>>Here's a bit of the report
>>>http://www.imperfectparent.com/topic...bese-children/
>>>Polly
>>
>> Yes I saw the same piece, seems he wants child protective services to put
>> them
>> in foster care. Now that would definitely bankrupt your country.
>>
>> btw .. a nutritionist said the Harvard professor is nuts and they need
>> to
>> learn proper eating habits.
>
> We had a neighbor who thought feeding children Lots was superior
> parenting. She put sweetened condensed milk in their baby bottles. As
> they got older (and rounder) if she fried chicken for supper, she'd fry
> one for him, one for her and one for each of their offspring. We've been
> gone from that neighborhood a long time; don't know if any of them lived
> through it or not ... but I'd guess: not. Polly

Sadly this was my grandma's school of thought. She thought fat was
healthier. My dad said in those days it was ideal to have a fat baby. And
he was one.