On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]>wrote:
> Actually, I don't think it's ridiculous at all. Parents don't like kids to > "hang out with the bad crowd" because it might rub off on them. Parents > don't let kids watch violent or sexually explicit content because it may > impact their development or rub off on them. Smoking ads are banned on TV > for this reason as well. > > The connection for weight, specifically, has been proven more than once. > Behavior of your peers and those you look up to significantly influences > what you consider to be acceptable behavior. > > Here's one: http://bit.ly/VgP2p3 "The authors said the findings show that > social influence 'tends to operate more in detrimental directions, > especially for BMI.'" > > Whoa, Cam. I can understand worrying about a child seeing smoking on TV, which is usually portrayed in a good light, and thinking it looks cool, so they may be tempted to take it up. But who is going to look at an overweight person on TV and say "Hey, i want to be like that...i think i'll start overeating". The message to children needs to be that there are overweight people....that being overweight does not make you a bad person or a bad role model. The vast majority of overweight people know they are such, and know it's unhealthy, and are actively working to correct it. It can be extremely difficult. Instead of highlighting just a person's weight as a way to put them down, one should find out that person's story, which will almost always include an active fight against that weight...and it's this struggle that should be highlighted, and applauded, as a lesson to children. If the woman in question was overweight, knew she was, and was doing everything in her power to continue to be overweight....then I can see where we might question her as a role model. I just highly doubt that's the case. > Just not sure about that definition of the word "Bully" being tossed about > so much lately. > yeah, that's somewhat subjective.....not every asshole is a "bully", in the strict sense of the word. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:355740 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
