It seems as if the little kids who watch SpongeBob SquarePants are probably going to get ADD. Well, maybe not, but apparently 60 4 year old children were randomly assigned to either watch "SpongeBob," or the slower-paced PBS cartoon "Caillou" or assigned to draw pictures. Immediately after these nine-minute assignments, the kids took mental function tests; those who had watched "SpongeBob" did measurably worse than the others. Though SpongeBob was singled out it can be said that any fast paced cartoon could have the same affect on children. I have been hearing this for years. Baby Einstein is good for kids, then it is a waste of money. Watching too much TV is bad, watching too much TV is deadly, watching too much TV is the reason America is fat, dumb and full of cancer. Playing video games is bad, playing video games can increase hand-eye coordination. Make up your mind people. I have lived in front of the television for....my entire life. I can pretty much function as well as any other person, as long as they do not throw math at me. Cartoons are dumb and crazy, they always have been, and kids love them. Slow cartoons are not that great. Yo Gabba Gabba is scatology. This is what attracts kids, sounds and colors. I guess SpongeBob will just have to take another bullet for the kiddie cartoon world. At least they are not attacking his sexuality anymore, I am sure Bert and Ernie would not mind putting the spotlight back on him. I am giving SpongeBob SquarePants a Digit Up. If your kids grow up with a lot of mental disorders that occurred after they were born, blame yourselves and your defunct DNA.
C.J. Senter is a 10 year old...with workout video... C.J. started working out five years ago when his football coach told him and his teammates to go home over a weekend and get some exercise. He did some push-ups and sit-ups and loved it. Not too long after, he saw a P90X infomercial and loved that too. He's been working out ever since. C.J. does his own routines three times a week, after school and homework. With so many overweight and obese adults and children in America this seems like a good thing. I for some reason am not jumping on board. In an interview C.J. had this to say to a reporter who was in disbelief.
"It feels great," C.J. says by phone from his Georgia home. "I love staying fit and healthy."
But wait a minute. Research shows kids shouldn't be touching weights until at least age 15.
"I don't use weights," C.J. says.
Not even bench press?
"I don't bench press," he says. "It's not good for kids."
Surely he's on some insane diet, right? His dad feeds him wheat grass and cow brain, perhaps?
"I'm not on a diet," C.J. says. "I eat everything."
He teaches kids at a local gym his routines and that is all good. I for some reason am still not on board. I do not like when parents exploit their children and I feel like this is just that. His main goal in life is to become a football player int he FL. It may or may not happen, the odds are against him but you never know. While I love the idea of getting fat kids into shape I just hate the fact that this looks like a hungry parent trying to make money off of their child. For that reason alone I am going to give C.J. Senter a Digit Down.
Dr. David Ludwig is taking some heat after he wrote that parents of obese children should lose custody of their children for not controlling their weight. Dr. David Ludwig, an obesity specialist at Harvard-affiliated Children's Hospital Boston, said the point isn't to blame parents, but rather to act in children's best interest and get them help that for whatever reason their parents can't provide. Roughly 2 million U.S. children are extremely obese. Most are not in imminent danger, Ludwig said. But some have obesity-related conditions such as Type 2 diabetes, breathing difficulties and liver problems that could kill them by age 30. Though a lot of times healthier food cost more and many families find it cheaper and easier to buy fast food, in the long run it is horrible. If the child is removed form the home they will be monitored and they will not be able to eat whatever whenever they want. In Ludwig's article he discussed a few kids that were taken a way from their family. Ludwig said he starting thinking about the issue after a 90-pound 3-year-old girl came to his obesity clinic several years ago. Her parents had physical disabilities, little money and difficulty controlling her weight. Last year, at age 12, she weighed 400 pounds and had developed diabetes, cholesterol problems, high blood pressure and sleep apnea. Out of medical concern, the state placed this girl in foster care, where she simply received three balanced meals a day and a snack or two and moderate physical activity. After a year, she lost 130 pounds. Though she is still obese, her diabetes and apnea disappeared, but she remains in foster care. Though many think the idea of taking a child away from their parent is extreme I see nothing wrong with it. It would be unpopular but so are a lot of things at 1st, no matter how right or wrong they may be in the end. I would like to see this happen in all 50 states. If a child can be taken away because of abuse, neglect, etc. why not this as well? In many ways it is a form of neglect and abuse. I am giving Dr. David Ludwig a Digit Up for putting this idea out there. i do hope is catches on.
It seems as if the little kids who watch SpongeBob SquarePants are probably going to get ADD. Well, maybe not, but apparently 60 4 year old children were randomly assigned to either watch "SpongeBob," or the slower-paced PBS cartoon "Caillou" or assigned to draw pictures. Immediately after these nine-minute assignments, the kids took mental function tests; those who had watched "SpongeBob" did measurably worse than the others. Though SpongeBob was singled out it can be said that any fast paced cartoon could have the same affect on children. I have been hearing this for years. Baby Einstein is good for kids, then it is a waste of money. Watching too much TV is bad, watching too much TV is deadly, watching too much TV is the reason America is fat, dumb and full of cancer. Playing video games is bad, playing video games can increase hand-eye coordination. Make up your mind people. I have lived in front of the television for....my entire life. I can pretty much function as well as any other person, as long as they do not throw math at me. Cartoons are dumb and crazy, they always have been, and kids love them. Slow cartoons are not that great. Yo Gabba Gabba is scatology. This is what attracts kids, sounds and colors. I guess SpongeBob will just have to take another bullet for the kiddie cartoon world. At least they are not attacking his sexuality anymore, I am sur
e Bert and Ernie would not mind putting the spotlight back on him. I am giving SpongeBob SquarePants a Digit Up. If your kids grow up with a lot of mental disorders that occurred after they were born, blame yourselves and your defunct DNA.
