Re:The 'Over-Parenting Crisis' in School and at Home (2015)
by gowld on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @05:27PM
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The great thing about science by gut feel is you can choose which contradictions you like. In a fitness thread, it's "abs are made in the kitchen, not the gym". But in a parenting thread it's "fat is burned in the street, not the diet"
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Re:The 'Over-Parenting Crisis' in School and at Home (2015)
by mikec3010 on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @05:38PM
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I'm not saying junk food is good for kids. But kids are growing and their bodies change much more rapidly than adults'. If they slam a liter of soda a day they can still burn those calories off by riding their bikes or playing soccer for 2 hours after school (unlike an adult, they have both the time and energy to do so). They can't burn those calories off by streaming CS:GO on Twitch for 4 hours.
So you're falsely equating an adult's fitness regimen with a child's (kids don't care about showing their abs).