Should We Abolish Trick-or-Treat?
In light of the obesity and diabetes epidemic, should we continue this insane tradition of loading the most addictive drug onto our children at an early age? Sugar is a most insidious drug that will overtake alcohol and tobacco in its destruction of our society. By encouraging youngsters to ask for candy, by using candy as a reward, by giving them out to innocent kids with a smile and compliment, aren’t we the dreaded drug pusher that ought to be locked away?
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I think you are taking much needed precautions, but the fact of the matter is that Halloween comes but once a year - it can be an exception! Letting a kid have candy once in a while will not make him obese, and eating moderate amounts will only be better.
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I have no quarrels with Halloween. I think it's fun and good for expanding children's imagination.
Now if we could only substitute something healthy for candy, that would make it so much better.
Now if we could only substitute something healthy for candy, that would make it so much better.
You should check out the debate on this subject.
You are really going to extremes on this one. You can't hold sugar soley responsible for obesity in our society. There's the lack of exercise that is more of culprit. There's fast food too.
I imagine it would be easier to abolish trick or treating than to exert parental authority. Just because kids come home with a bag of candy once a year doesn't mean they have to eat it all at once. It isn't going to make them fat in one night. It's just so much easier to ban or abolish something than to deal with, isn't it?
You are really going to extremes on this one. You can't hold sugar soley responsible for obesity in our society. There's the lack of exercise that is more of culprit. There's fast food too.
I imagine it would be easier to abolish trick or treating than to exert parental authority. Just because kids come home with a bag of candy once a year doesn't mean they have to eat it all at once. It isn't going to make them fat in one night. It's just so much easier to ban or abolish something than to deal with, isn't it?
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True. Lack of exercise is also an important factor.
Sorry. I couldn't locate anything similar in Debate.
My point, however, is why offer temptation as something desirable only to forbid it two hours later. It is confusing, it is disheartening to the child, and therefore it is damaging and utterly unfair. What you get is disappointment and resentment. How can a parent feel good looking into teary eyes of the innocent child? I know my heart would break into pieces...
Sorry. I couldn't locate anything similar in Debate.
My point, however, is why offer temptation as something desirable only to forbid it two hours later. It is confusing, it is disheartening to the child, and therefore it is damaging and utterly unfair. What you get is disappointment and resentment. How can a parent feel good looking into teary eyes of the innocent child? I know my heart would break into pieces...
You are absolutely right about the other causes for obesity.
What bothers me more is the way we use candy as something positive, a reward, when in fact it is a poison. It is not a harmless evil. It is a big evil, bad enough that it deserves being banished.
What bothers me more is the way we use candy as something positive, a reward, when in fact it is a poison. It is not a harmless evil. It is a big evil, bad enough that it deserves being banished.
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