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No Candy For You, You Are Too Fat

No Candy For You, You Are Too Fat

  • October 31, 2013 7:55 pm
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I know that some social pressure may help getting people to adapt healthier habits, but scolding kids on Halloween, right in front of their peers?

A Little Halloween Story

Imagine you are ten years old, a little chubby, and oh so looking forward to Halloween.

Because some kids at school tease you about your weight, but on Halloween it doesn’t matter. You put on your Buzz Lightyear costume and you are like someone else. You feel cool and get to participate in a fun group activity.

This Halloween everything goes as swell as always, and you and your friends already got some delicious M&M’s, Hershey’s and other good stuff. Just one last house, you think, because the one on the right oozes  “we have great Halloween candy” out of every pumpkin and lantern.

Your little group walks over, does its routine and, just as thought, the woman who opens has some of the greatest sweets imaginable. Everyone gets a nice helping. Everyone, that is, but you. You get a note for your parents, saying:

Your 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 step up as parents and ration candy this Halloween.

“So what did you get?” Frank asks, the boy who makes jokes about your weight on the 364 other days of the year. “A note,” you reply. Frank reads it and laughs. “She thinks you are too fat for candy.” You know that next day the whole school will know it.

Is That Ok?

Pretty little story? Unfortunately it isn’t fiction, it’s reality. Handing out the above note to overweight children is what a North Dakota woman plans for this year. And it makes me wonder if doing this is ok.

It might be well-intentioned, but in my opinion also is very insensitive. Not to mention that the candy given out on Halloween doesn’t matter all that much. In the grand scheme of things, an overweight child needs a bit more help than that.

How Would You React?

If that happened to your child, how would you react? Or, if you don’t have any children, how would it have made you feel if something like this happened to you at that age? On the other hand, do you think the woman has a point?

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  1. Cindy says:
    October 31, 2013 at 8:51 pm

    Candy is equally not good for children of every size. If she has an issue with it then she needs to handout sugarless gum or little toys.
    I have a problem with people thinking they can tell the health of anybody based on their looks. With children I can tell you I had one tall slim brother and one short round brother and they ate exactly the same food and the short brother was the athlete. When my short brother had his growth spurt he was tall and slim like his older brother almost over-night. Did he have a problem with exercise or diet? Probably not.
    The interesting thing is this woman has chosen to be anonymous so she doesn’t get death threats. How does she figure people will not learn who she is after Halloween night?

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  2. Kim says:
    October 31, 2013 at 11:43 pm

    If one of my kids came home with a note like that I would probably have words with the person who gave it to them.
    Lots of kids go through a chubbish stage (my youngest included) before they hit a growth spurt and spread out and that is even with a healthy diet (overall) and daily activity!!

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  3. Moon says:
    November 1, 2013 at 6:59 pm

    But nobody lives in North Dakota…

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