Wow! I just can't believe it. *Picking my jaw off the floor*
http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelzarrell/woman-to-hand-out-letters-calling-children-obese-halloween?bffb
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MEAN! Maybe that's true but Halloween is a time for everyone to enjoy a treat. The real work is what the children eat everyday.
PLUS who is she to judge? And she doesn't know the family. The child may have a medical condition.
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Ugh, yes, this is circulating my Facebook. The fat-hating and -shaming is strong with this one. Candy isn't good for any kid, no matter their weight, so if she's so worried about kids health, maybe she try handing out some kind of healthyish treat to all the kids, instead of using her own judgement to decide which are worthy of the junk and which aren't.
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Wow! So rude! I don't think it's her place at all to judge.
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Oh wow, that is just not a kind thing to do. Besides, at least there is a lot of walking for Trick or Treating. If she were really that peeved she could hand out the bags of apple slices or mini bags of pretzels too. I have a feeling her house may end up egged...
And @Danizaur: is right, as a child my sister was on high doses of prednisone in an effort to literally save her lung. She looked like an extremely obese child there for a period of time and it would have been extremely hurtful for her to have received that, especially since no amount of limiting candy was going to solve the problem.
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WOW this is terrible.
I never even thought about reasons @Danizaur & @Cole mentioned but that makes it even worse.
Man, people these days. Just don't GIVE out candy then!! Or be the one giving out pencils and erasers!
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That's incredibly mean. Who is she to judge and make these kids feel bad. Besides, a ton of sugar is not great for anyone, so if she feels that strongly about it, maybe she should just not hand out any candy to anyone.
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@Cole: I would be so devastated if I was on treatment for a major illness and one of the side effects was weight gain and then someone called me fat. Like for real? That's heartbreaking! Like dealing with the fact you have lung problems isn't bad enough. She has no right to make anyone feel that way.
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I would leave her a mail bomb to thank her for her letter. Bitch.
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Yeah, just so horrible and judgmental. Why punish the children?
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What a biatch!
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Whatever happened to just turning off your porch light and not handing out candy? If she feels so strongly about it, there's an idea.
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This is SO rude. Even if the kid is 200lbs riding around on a motorized cart, she still shouldn't hand them a letter. Their size is not her business nor will it hurt her life.
Like above, if she REALLY wanted to help, she'd hand out something healthy.
Skinny doesn't mean healthy. Just means they aren't fat. I have a coworker who eats cookies, pies, cokes, and candy ALL.Day.Long and is thin. Is she healthier than I b/c I'm overweight, but losing weight and eating healthy foods? And I can run a mile (but she can't run to save her life.)? No.
Sorry about the tangent. lol
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disgusting! its none of her business to judge other people's children. she is just a mean spirited bitter lady who has no intention to acutally "help" anyone with this letter.
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I want to slap this woman. It's none of her business. Food for thought: I know a woman who's daughter appears to be very overweight ... maybe obese. She's very large. Well, it's because SHE HAS CANCER, and the steroids (I think) she's on makes her very large. They feed her a beautiful diet (to support her recovery), but the drugs are taking quite the toll on her little body. So yeah, I try not to judge large kids, because of my personal experience ... and this letter is way out of control!!
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@Cole: I just saw your response, after posting mine!! I'm on the same page as you. So hurtful for those little ones!!
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What an asshole.
$50 says her house gets egged.
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@MsMamaBear: Agreed. I just had this conversation with someone who posted something really offensive on Facebook, something to the effect of, "Carbs don't make you fat, fats don't make you fat, you make yourself fat by how much you eat!" Really? Do you even KNOW?
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Yeah, this is very harsh. Don't participate in Halloween if you feel that strongly about it, or hand out healthy snacks or toys or something. I doubt she's the picture of perfect health herself.
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That's awful. I appreciate her desire to encourage healthy eating habits in children, but there are better ways to encourage that don't include being cruel or shaming children. Hand out a healthy snack if you're against candy, handing out humiliating notes is mean spirited & unproductive.
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She must be crazy.
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This makes me sad.
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so inappropriate.
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@FarmWifeGina: +1!
ugh that is so cruel and unusual.
Hand out an item like balloons or kazoos or something fun if you're that concerned
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@lovehoneybee: I'll join with you on that bet!
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Maybe she should mind her own business!!
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Not cool. She is making a whole lot of assumptions about the parent and child.
Halloween was never a candy fest at my house. Yeah, we brought home a bunch of candy, but we picked out a few favorites split that with our parents (ha!) and threw out the rest.
If she really wants to help children then she can hand out raisins (always a favorite treat at least 2-3 neighbors did every year).
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Wow, it's simply none of her business.
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Wow, that is terrible! Way to destroy the self-esteem of young, impressionable children! Can you imagine being 8 yrs old, trick or treating with several of your friends and they all get candy whilst you get this note? And being old enough to read it?!? Ugh, that is just horrible!
If she feels so strongly about, she should pass out a healthy snack, like individual packets of dried fruit or raisins, not try to destroy the self-esteem of young children, just horrible.
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She's really rude, but also really stupid for telling people before hand. Her house getting egged is pretty much a sure thing.
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Adults in her town should ring her doorbell and hand her letters that extoll the virtues of kindness. It takes a village to raise decent people as well as healthy kids.
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Wow. She should just leave her porch light off, or hand out granola bars or something. What do you call a Halloween Scrooge? Miserable people just loooove to share unhappiness. If I lived in her neighborhood, I'D probably egg her house! Not really, but I'd want to.
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@mrsbookworm: now that's a good idea!
I'd rather just not participate, or give healthy treat to all the children. Not shame them in this sensitive stage of childhood.
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@Vegmama: I have an old friend from HS whose 4 year old daughter is battling leukemia and has gotten significantly larger from the steroids. This lady is an asshole.
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Crazy lady. Hand out stickers, not a bitchy letter!
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She deserves a kick to the face.
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