[aero4ever]

I can't believe some people and the level of meanness. She'll give skinny kids candy but ones that are overweight she's giving them a letter.

http://www.today.com/moms/swapping-letters-candy-trick-or-treat-8C11493000

 

[RCIAG]

What is wrong with people?!?!

 

[texmaster]

That really is awful. Children should be a healthy weight of course but this is once a year and you have no idea why that child is overweight. We had a child in the neighborhood on steroids for a condition which made her heavy and there was nothing she could do about it.

 

[Tinaspaintedlady]

I hope every Halloween Prank known to man reigns down of her house Halloween Night.
Mean and completely arrogant, Lady do you really think obese kids don't know they are big.
If she pulled that nonsense with mine, she would NEVER hear the end of it.

 

[Mr Spooky]

WUT? This is ridiculous. People always find a way to make Halloween less fun :/

 

[Skeletoncrew]

What a truly awful person. If she feels that strongly about childhood obesity she could hand out healthy treats, not shame children.

 

[aero4ever]

I'm afraid if she were to give this to someone I knew, all my Christian values might go out the window and through hers. I see this a form of bullying and discrimination. Man I hope they post a story after to see what the ramifications were from this.

 

[Mad Mad Mark]

So....when did we the public vote in this woman as"The Candy& health Police" ?

 

[kissedazombieandlikedit]

Every action causes a reaction. She better watch out.

 

[Pumpkinhead625]

This is just another example of a self-righteous idiot using Halloween to 'inflict' their opinion on others. If she's so concerned about fighting childhood obesity,maybe she should picket supermarkets during Thanksgiving week

 

[RCIAG]

I didn't watch the vid, is she skinny?

 

[Pumpkinhead625]

I didn't watch the vid, is she skinny?

This woman called into a radio program to announce this, so unless the media has tracked her down, we don't know yet.

 

[Rumsfield]

If Fargo wasn't so Dern cold I would go tp her yard and soap her windows.. Maybe even tip over her outhouse - they still have them in Fargo , dont they ?

 

[Forum User]

Why do the skinny kids need candy? Candy and sweets are kinda the culprit that leads to obesity.

Just, wow.

 

[Forum User]

Not that I am saying candy is bad. I just mean why shame the heavier kids...but then hand out candy?

 

[sookie]

There are no words for this woman. How dare she do something like that, she better hope a parent doesn't get in her face.

 

[ondeko]

Larry would kick me off the forum for using the language that went through my mind as I read the article. If she was serious about fighting childhood obesity she could find a healthier alternative to give out instead of a self-righteous, demeaning letter. Her method isn't going to change the situation and she is too self-absorbed being the weight police that she doesn't realize that giving candy to skinny kids might make them obese some day. As petty and immature as it is, I hope someone treats her with an equal amount of humiliation.

 

[Eerie Erie Haunts]

I think this lady is missing the two key points of "TRICK or TREAT." May she get what she deserves.

 

[Ghost of Spookie]

While I think an very large number of kids, and adults as well, are doing a huge dis-service to themselves that will either make them very sick down the road or kill them by gaining so much weight (and as a nation we are headed for a very sick population), I think doing a letter is in such poor taste. She should just turn off her lights. I see some tricks coming her way.

We kind of struggle each year with handing out candy due to all the pounds of sugar that get consumed but choose to hand out the smaller snack size candy (although I have put together a ziplock with usually five pieces of different candy, so not sure it makes a difference). I try not to make it all chocolate, and switch up kinds of candy but honestly it really is still pretty much sugar. I hated getting apples as a kid so don't want to go that route. The fruit gummy candies we gave out one year still have a lot of carbohydrates and dentists say they are worse for you since they stick to your gumline until you brush well. I have also altered handing out less candy and adding glow bracelets which surprisingly go over well. Of course I wonder what happens to all those glow bracelets after they stop doing them chemical thing and become a disposal isssue that really didn't need to happen.

Tough choices for those handing out candy and trying to be responsible on one level or another. The letter and singling out those overweight kids is really a bad choice. I'm still shaking my head over hearing this.

 

[RCIAG]

Oh I thought I saw a video on the site. If she were overweight herself that would just take the cake.