+357 Another part of why so many kids are overweight so young is that anything with more potential to get hurt then sitting down is so tightly supervised and so strictly controlled in order to avoid even a scraped knee that playing outside has just stopped being fun for a lot of kids, amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I know! Kids these days are such wussies because of the way that they're raised and it's so annoying. The point of being a kid is to run all over the place and fall down!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

OMG that is soo freaking true.. and all the blame is unfairly put on those electronics

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Are they trying to boycott the Band-Aid company?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

"oh my god you fell! We need to put a whole bunch of sterilizers and monitor your tiny little cut for a period of 8 months to make sure bacteria doesn't spread."

by Anonymous 12 years ago

This is true. When I was 6 I fell on my knees 3 times in a row (I was a clumsy child, give me a break) and it was bleeding profusely, I soon got over it though. Now, if my little brother falls and gets a tiny bump, all hell breaks loose.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I nicked my foot on one of those metal climbing things once. My dad calmly commented that I should put a band-aid on it so I didn't bleed on the floor, but my mother nearly had a heart attack for fear that I was going to get lockjaw and die. She went so far as so make me get a tetanus booster, which I had a reaction to, making me sick for three days. It was much worse than the actual cut.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well that's only true for United States. It's a bit annoying how certain posts seem to think this site is all-American and therefore post things without filtering the audience.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It all comes down to the parents. Kids (in America) also used to work on farms and such as soon as they were able to do certain tasks. This has disappeared.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

In a weird way, I'm glad I got hurt playing sometimes as a kid. I've got awesome battle wounds because of it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago