What the What?!

So some lady in North Dakota wants to tell little kids that they are fat? I am still in total and complete shock over this. Oh lord, help the person that tells one of my kids that they are fat... I wish someone would. Please... just give me a reason to show up on your doorstep. I just cannot get over the audacity of someone thinking that they have the right to tell young kids that they are fat. And that is essentially what she is trying to tell them. "Moderately obese" is not in a young child's vocabulary. All they are going to hear is FAT. 

Now I read TONS of blogs and Moms Who Drink and Swear is one of my favorites. If you haven't read her blog responding to this woman, go here and do it. Now! It is hilarious, and exactly right.  So I am looking at her Facebook post and reading this comments when I see this one:

"I will probably get my head bit off for this. But I think it's funny. It could have been said a bit more gently. But obesity is a national problem and most obese kids come from obese familia. That my friends is why this is funny to me. I dare the parents with their panties in a bunch over this to take a good look in the mirror and step on the scale. I'd like to add "would you like fries with that". Take the aggression to the gym and be a healthy example for your chunky kids."

WHAT THE WHAT?!

This is why I have a love/hate relationship with the internet. People think they can say whatever the hell they want to because they are granted a cloak of anonymity. "Step on the scale"?! Because people don't think it's right for some witch in ND telling kids that they are fat, they must all be huge cows?? How about we just let the parents PARENT their kids?! I know plenty of healthy eating families with kids that are not in the "normal" range. And I know PLENTY of kids that totally grow into their weight. I was lucky enough to have a GREAT pediatrician that told me not to worry about my kids' weights. Try to get them to eat as healthy as possible, offer good choices, and be a loving family that supports one another.The rest will fall into place. Telling a child they are "morbidly obese" is just plain wrong. Are there children that are obese? Of course. I am not hiding my head in the sand saying that all children are in the normal weight range. Do I think it is some woman in ND's job to tell other people that their kids are fat? NO. I cannot, for the life of me, think of a situation that would make that ok. 

People... Pay attention. This is important. 

MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND LEAVE PARENTING THE CHILDREN TO THAT CHILD'S PARENTS. 

Okay - I'm done. Now GO BE NICE TO PEOPLE!