Wed Jul 28, 2004 10:34 pm   Reply with quote      

Because they are not being responsible? Because they are not doing their job?

Pretty interesting idea.

Thu Jul 29, 2004 7:41 am   Reply with quote      

Yep, exactly that.

Aaron

Sun May 21, 2006 7:00 am   Reply with quote      

All good ideas. These should start at a young age so they might grow up used to the idea of having a sense of pride in one's school, neatness and respect.

Also it occupies them. Left to their own devices they'd probably deteiorate into savages and form gangs, shoot teachers, and generally not give a @#$@!
And then think that this behaviour is somehow "cool" to add insult to injury!

This way schools could be an extension of the good parenting that is so vital to a young person's mental and social development.

I don't really like the idea of "community service" being regarded as a punishment - it should be regarded as a pleasure! If everybody ws sentenced to a lifetime of community service just think how wonderful our communities would be?

Wed May 31, 2006 5:42 pm   Reply with quote      

enroll your overweight teen in a sports activity, its best when you activity in a group as it keeps you motivated.

Wed May 31, 2006 11:17 pm   Reply with quote      

Should we be taxing fat adults and parents of fat children more heavily? Is that practical?

Aaron

Fri Jun 09, 2006 10:24 am   Reply with quote      

It's not a terrible idea, IMO. It really depends on how it's applied though. Example. I don't see why anyone needs to drink a gallon of soda; you know that it's not good for you. Maybe we can apply progressive taxation here?

Fri Jun 16, 2006 2:57 pm   Reply with quote      

It would also seem ludicrous to tax a child that is suffering from PradaWilli (spelling?) syndrome - a disease which makes the child continually hungry so much so that they will eat anything and break in to locked cupboards to get to food.

I can however see the point to taxing the parents of obese children and the obese adults themselves - not wishing to sound callous but obesity not only leads to many other health problems which in the UK would need to be sorted out under the NHS, but the increasing heavy population is putting more strain on things like - escalators, lifts, the underground system, road surfaces etc. (this may be exagerated a little but don't you think a government would factor these points in if it were to make taxation on obesity a reality?)

Before anyone starts ranting at me - I was not posting this in an attempt to annoy any one but these are factors which I think should be considered.

Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:24 pm   Reply with quote      

1. take away their videogames, give them a bike
2. do family outings involving some sort of exercise (swimming at the beach)
3. set the example, be health conscious as parents

Sat Jul 22, 2006 7:46 am   Reply with quote      

Well, Bill Gates started making a pretty handsome income when he was in high school, but most children do not have high incomes. They just have allowances. So, ... I don't think that taxing junk food served to children would essentially tax children; that would probably essentially tax parents.

Sat Jul 22, 2006 7:48 am   Reply with quote      

I often hear and hear this. I don't disagree, but I'm pretty sure that today's children's diet is far worse that what it used to be. Also I believe that it's so bad that today's diet is actually harmful. So, ... I do think that diet needs to be improved in some way.