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This hits close to home...Lifeguarding this summer and I see MANY cases of young girls in bikinis with their stomachs hanging out...and no care at all on their part or the parents. What's worse is that the parents are more overweight and baring more than their children...good role models for the future.
I suppose the way I feel about this topic is pretty harsh...so I'll pick my words carefully. If this was my daughter...and she was overweight and I concerned over kids laughing at her...I'd concern about the path of my parenting that led to this predicament. I would buy her the one piece no questions. Then reconsider what got her to this point and make lifestyle changes.
One thing I've noticed throughout this summer is the amount of overweight people baring it all at the pool, pretending their lifestyle is acceptable. I am a firm believer in exercising and maintaining a healthy weight and lifestyle. I guess I was the most disgusted the other day when I was working and I was talking to a client and I asked her why they were at the pool during the dinner lull and her response was "Oh I never make dinner since McDonald's is open so close now." This was not a small woman either...very overweight as well as her daughter. I guess that was when I decided the world and the next generation of kids are going to hell and a hand basket. It's upsetting that it seems the next generation majority will end up like the people on Wall-E. *Shrug*
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