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PostPosted: October 30th, 2013, 1:14 pm 
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There is no greater slight in a child’s eyes on Halloween than when mean adults ruin it by refusing to hand out candy. But while sure, kids can deal with houses where they’re handing out dental floss or healthy snacks, here and there, children will probably want to avoid the home of the woman handing out letters to Trick-or-Treaters she deems “moderately obese.”

The home where the opposite of fun lives is in North Dakota, and was revealed in a radio interview where a local woman said she was taking control of childhood obesity.

“I just want to send a message to the parents of kids that are really overweight…” she told Y94 morning radio, via ValleyNewsLive.com. “I think it’s just really irresponsible of parents to send them out looking for free candy just ’cause all the other kids are doing it.”

“I’m contributing to their health problems and really, their kids are everybody’s kids. It’s a whole village,” she adds.

While it’s understandable that someone might be concerned with the health of children, is it really the job of a stranger to punish/surprise kids who are expecting a treat, as tradition might suggest, and instead get a letter saying there’s something wrong with them?

“It’s just that kind of thing that for some kids, if they’re vulnerable, might trigger major problems,” chimes in a professor of psychology who studies eating disorders in children.

If you don’t want to give kids candy, that’s fine. But any lecture or discussion of their personal wellbeing? Probably best to leave that to the parents. So keep your lights off or don’t answer the door, but keep your opinions on child-rearing to yourself.


I think this chick is gonna get SOOOOO egged.

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PostPosted: October 30th, 2013, 2:02 pm 
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Rotten eggs too, I bet.

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PostPosted: October 30th, 2013, 3:54 pm 
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News story on Nov 1st: "Smug woman handing out insulting notes knocked the f*ck out last night by angry parent mob.

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PostPosted: October 30th, 2013, 5:26 pm 
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Hey, she lives in my area, I could totally go egg her!

But seriously, don't give out those notes. Offhand comments like that can really f*ck a kid up - there are things that were said to me *years* ago that I still think about every day. Either don't encourage the snack eating by, you know, not handing out candy, or hand out things other than candy, or hand out something healthy.


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PostPosted: October 30th, 2013, 7:10 pm 
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I legit loathe this woman. She doesn't know the amount of psychological damage she could cause a child. She deserves eggs shoved down her throat.

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