BetteDavisEyes
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This is bullying, plain and simple. And not even child against child.
Maybe a kind neighbor will drop off, say an hour before Trick or Treating begins, a huge bag or two of the prepackaged for Halloween Trick or Treaters crayons, stickers, small plastic toys.
Those are made and sold right by the candy.
I disagree. It's a very telling phrase.
The phrase "It takes a village to raise a child" is so old it has whiskers. My goodness, my mom used to tell me this in Dutch many years ago when I was a child. Some people believe that it's origin is from Africa, since variations on the phrase is common in many African languages.
Are you suggesting that the woman is African? That would be a huge presumption about an irrelevant detail.
I disagree. It's a very telling phrase.
Well, I don't know about y'all - but I wanna see just what SHE looks like...and HER clean bill of health...OH, and a look in HER pantry and fridge...
http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/na...s-she-deems-obese-calls-parents-irresponsible
NORTH DAKOTA - Kids ringing this womans door on Halloween are more likely to feel tricked than treated.
Thats because the North Dakota woman plans to give out letters to children she considers moderately obese instead of candy.
Read more: http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/na...ese-calls-parents-irresponsible#ixzz2jDFhD6Ti
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Wow.
I'm trying to get inside this lady's mind...why give a letter to a child? Do you really think they're going to read it? What if they're too young to read? Now they're doubly confused.
You know....if she REALLY wanted to make a difference there are several options:
a)give out a healthy snack (pretzels, fruit, etc.)
b)give out a non-edible treat (play-doh?)
c)turn your light out, and don't participate
What a nasty woman.
She had the nerve to write in the letter something along the lines that the "obese" kids should not be allowed out trick or treating. Way to suck all the fun out of the occasion for the children. Who made her the expert on what size a child should be? I really do hope someone eggs her house. It would serve her right for being that discriminatory.
I hope no one does a thing. I hope that she gets nothing but silence out of this. The more people acknowledge this, the more she wins.
That would be the better choice for sure, but unless she publicized her address, she will get the unsuspecting neighborhood kids.