Thu, Dec-05-19, 08:28
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Senior Member
Posts: 1,961
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Plan: Keto (Atkins Induction)
Stats: 235/175/185
BF:
Progress: 120%
Location: Florida
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I grew up in Florida, and since we lived without Air Conditioning I was acclimated to the heat (nobody had AC back then). I did a lot of playing outdoors because indoors was less fun.
I still don't live with AC and because of that, the heat doesn't bother me much.
I did hate P-E class though. Drill sergeant attitude of the coaches, lots of laps around the field, too many calisthenics, and not enough fun made it an unpleasant situation.
Sometimes too much adult supervision is not a good thing. Do other animals constantly supervise their children when they are playing with each other?
We played sand-lot baseball. Someone threw a bat to someone who caught it. Hand over hand until someone reached the top. That person got first pick of the kids that showed up that day and then they took turns.
We had a great time. A different game every day, no baggage to take home, no winning/losing season to worry about, everybody played even if you had only one outfielder or a dozen, and no adults were getting in the way of just fun.
By the time I had a son the population had grown and there was little league. He didn't like it and I didn't force it. But I did see the kids not having nearly as much fun as we did. They were serious, had a goal of a winning season, any kid who misplayed something was chastised by hurting their chances at a pennant, and the adult coaches telling them what to do (often barking). There was a lot of stress and pressure on the kids instead of just a playful day in the sun.
Sand lot was much better.
Today too many kids are tied to their parent's apron strings. They monitor where they are 24/7, they over supervise their games, and so on. No wonder they retreat to their screens.
The parents need to exercise some control over their children so that they don't go down a wrong path, but too much control is almost as bad. There is a sweet spot between the two extremes, and that spot depends on the child.
A parents most important job is to bring their children up so that they have a happy life and to help the choose a path to do that and avoid the pitfalls that the inexperienced in life child cannot see for themselves.
Eating too much and getting obese is not putting your child on a road to a happy life. All of us who have been overweight know that.
Bob
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