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How were you raised?
monkeygirl18:
When did parents stop parenting? That is what I want to know.
In regards to the Child-Free World post and a lecture about childhood health and wellness in class last night...
1) What was your punishment for misbehaving? Was it different if you misbehaved in public?
2) Did you eat a different dinner than your parents? (chicken nuggets, while they ate lasagna)
3) Did you play any sports/regular physical activity? (on teams?)
4) Did you own any video games? (computer, gameboy, N64, sega, playstation)
5) Do you think younger generations are doomed for obesity?
6) Do you agree that schools should be eliminating Physical Education from their curriculum?
2) Did you eat a different dinner than your parents? (chicken nuggets, while they ate lasagna)
3) Did you play any sports/regular physical activity? (on teams?)
4) Did you own any video games? (computer, gameboy, N64, sega, playstation)
5) Do you think younger generations are doomed for obesity?
6) Do you agree that schools should be eliminating Physical Education from their curriculum?
Re: How were you raised?
ETA: I also played softball for like 12 years, as well.
2) Did you eat a different dinner than your parents? (chicken nuggets, while they ate lasagna) Nope, I ate what mom made and that was that. But, she never cooked things that were horribly disgusting to a kid, like liver.
3) Did you play any sports/regular physical activity? (on teams?) I did gymnastics for a few years and I also ran on track for a year. I did cheerleading for one JV season, then I did dru, I mean, got a job.
4) Did you own any video games? (computer, gameboy, N64, sega, playstation) I didn't even have cable! The horror! What is MTV?
5) Do you think younger generations are doomed for obesity? I don't know. I think people need to get off the fast food though.
6) Do you agree that schools should be eliminating Physical Education from their curriculum? No way. I think PE is good. Gets otherwise inactive kids moving and socializing. They can do better on how they pick teams as to not single kids out, but I think having kids involved in PE is good.
1) What was your punishment for misbehaving? Was it different if you misbehaved in public? Abject fear. My parents never had to punish through grounding, spanking, etc. because of the level of guilt associated. Fear of dissapointing them was way worse.
2) Did you eat a different dinner than your parents? (chicken nuggets, while they ate lasagna) No, and we were vegan, so we ate "weird" food.
3) Did you play any sports/regular physical activity? (on teams?) No. I could have if I wanted to, but I'm about the least athletic person ever.
4) Did you own any video games? (computer, gameboy, N64, sega, playstation) No. We didn't even have a tv until I was in highschool, and then we were only allowed to watch PBS a few hours a week.
5) Do you think younger generations are doomed for obesity? Not with the correct education.
6) Do you agree that schools should be eliminating Physical Education from their curriculum? Yes and no. My PE classes were a complete joke and no one was getting the slightest bit of actual exercise out of them. But I think that it's possible to be done in a good way.
1. Basically, I would get yelled/spoken sternly at, which was usually enough to keep me in line. I think there were a few times that I got no TV for a set amount of time as a punishment.
2. No, not a whole meal. Sometimes, if they were having a vegetable that I really hated, I could eat some carrot sticks instead.
3. I dabbled in a lot of stuff: gymnastics, tennis, ballet, volleyball, basketball, but I never did one thing for a very long time.
4. We had...Atari. Yup, I'm that old. I actually didn't play it all that much after the inital thrill of getting it wore off.
5. Not necessarily
6. Heck no. However, I do think that phys ed teachers need to do a better job (than mine did) of making exercise actually FUN!
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2) Did you eat a different dinner than your parents? (chicken nuggets, while they ate lasagna) Ate the same thing
3) Did you play any sports/regular physical activity? (on teams?) Baseball, soccer, softball, volleyball, and I took dance classes.
4) Did you own any video games? (computer, gameboy, N64, sega, playstation) My brother owned some that I would sometimes play but not often. I wasn't interested.
5) Do you think younger generations are doomed for obesity? Not necessarily. It's definitely a HUGE issue, but some of it is finally being brought to everyone's attention and some companies are even eliminating ingredients like HFCS. I really hope it starts to get better, but it's hard to tell.
6) Do you agree that schools should be eliminating Physical Education from their curriculum? No. I think kids should be taught the importance of physical exercise and especially nutrition. We're faced with choosing and eating foods every day and it impacts our health in the future. Parents should be teaching their kids this, but let's face it...some are just ignorant in this area and I really think it's important to learn these things.
2) Did you eat a different dinner than your parents? (chicken nuggets, while they ate lasagna) No way. The only exception was that if my mom made something that none of liked, such as liver, she would make us something else, but we were expected to eat at least 1 bite of liver.
3) Did you play any sports/regular physical activity? (on teams?) Nope. I wasn't allowed to.
4) Did you own any video games? (computer, gameboy, N64, sega, playstation) Yep, at different points we had an Atari, Nintendo and a Playstation.
5) Do you think younger generations are doomed for obesity? No, because I think people are getting better educated on being healthier.
6) Do you agree that schools should be eliminating Physical Education from their curriculum? No way.
2) Did you eat a different dinner than your parents? (chicken nuggets, while they ate lasagna) - I did, I was an extremely picky eater, and my mom catered to me.
3) Did you play any sports/regular physical activity? (on teams?) - yes, I did lacrosse, soccer and softball
4) Did you own any video games? (computer, gameboy, N64, sega, playstation)
- I'm dating myself here, but we had Atari, and got the Nintendo when it first came out
5) Do you think younger generations are doomed for obesity? - I wouldn't say doomed, but they do have a lot more things to keep them sedentary
6) Do you agree that schools should be eliminating Physical Education from their curriculum? - Nope, I think it's awful. My stepdaughter has it every day, I think that's great
3) Did you play any sports/regular physical activity? (on teams?) - Yes, gymnastics from 3yrs old through high school
4) Did you own any video games? (computer, gameboy, N64, sega, playstation) - We had Atari and then Nintendo, but I didn't have much interest
5) Do you think younger generations are doomed for obesity? I don't think doomed for it, but it is a much higher risk than when I was young.
6) Do you agree that schools should be eliminating Physical Education from their curriculum? - No, but I would also rather them gear it more towards fitness
2) Did you eat a different dinner than your parents? (chicken nuggets, while they ate lasagna) Mom barely ate anyway (80's fad diets and all) and dad worked late every night, so she'd make my bro and I dinner and save the rest for dad. When my dad quit that business we moved farther north and owned a steakhouse, and until I was old enough to drive, I'd take the bus to the restaurant and watch tv in an area they set up for me in the basement. We literally put in our idividual orders to dad (who was the grill cook) every night. When I got my license, I made my own dinner at home.
3) Did you play any sports/regular physical activity? (on teams?) Nope. I've never been athletic. I was on swim team for a minute, and I was a wrestling cheerleader for 3 years.
4) Did you own any video games? (computer, gameboy, N64, sega, playstation) My brother did, so I did, too. That is, when he wasn't home, I'd play his original Nintendo and Atari. Thanks to my hubbs, I am now the not-so-proud owner of more gaming systems than I can count.
5) Do you think younger generations are doomed for obesity? No, I think we're in an upswing toward healthy eating again.
6) Do you agree that schools should be eliminating Physical Education from their curriculum? No, but I do think there should be more alternatives than just "gym class" so kids can explore a bit and find a physical activity they actually like.
f/u to the last question:
In my high school if you were in a varsity sport in season during the semester, you didn't have to take a gym class. I thought (and still do) that was a good idea because you know those kids are getting good exercise outside of the regular school day and it freed up their schedule to take more academic classes. (BTW, marching band and indoor colorguard counted as varsity sports in this case.)
I'm pretty sure that's what my HS did as well.
No. You get what you get and you don't throw a fit. (Sometimes there were exceptions - i.e. spicy foods)
3) Did you play any sports/regular physical activity? (on teams?)
Yes. I miss it, actually, and am considering joining an adult league.
I owed some educational computer game, and eventually had a gameboy. My brother had a Sega and playstation, so I sometimes played.
5) Do you think younger generations are doomed for obesity?
If something isn't done, yes.
6) Do you agree that schools should be eliminating Physical Education from their curriculum?
Not at all. However, I agree with PPs that PE classes should be more informative and have variety. Plus, make it more fun.
3) Did you play any sports/regular physical activity? (on teams?) I played basketball and danced.
4) Did you own any video games? (computer, gameboy, N64, sega, playstation) I had an old school Nintendo!
6) Do you agree that schools should be eliminating Physical Education from their curriculum? No way. I think PE is good. Gets otherwise inactive kids moving and socializing. They can do better on how they pick teams as to not single kids out, but I think having kids involved in PE is good.
3) Did you play any sports/regular physical activity? (on teams?) - yes I was a cheerleader 7-12th grade.
4) Did you own any video games? (computer, gameboy, N64, sega, playstation) No, but that wasn't my thing.
6) Do you agree that schools should be eliminating Physical Education from their curriculum? - I don't know. I see the benefit of getting exercise but also see that the time could be better spent actually learning something.
1) What was your punishment for misbehaving? Was it different if you misbehaved in public?
We got spanked. My mom tried not to spank in public, but she would immediately leave if we were acting up and go home and give us an even worse spanking. Then the next time in public when mom said "do we have to leave?" we knew to straighten out otherwise we were getting it 10x worse when we got home.
ETA: once we got older, grounding was obviously used instead since it was more effective. But overall, we were pretty well behaved because the punishments were severe enough that they only needed to happen once. I think I was only spanked once for acting out in public, and only grounded once as a teen.
The punishment for not cleaning our rooms was the worst though. If we didn't clean our room after 3 or 4 times of my mom telling us to, she would "clean" it. That meant sweeping everything off our dressers, under our beds, out of the closet, out of all the drawers (including clean folded clothes) and putting it in a big pile in the middle of the room and we weren't allowed to leave until it was all put away and organized. It's a step up from what my grandma did to my mom though. She did the same thing, only at 2am and flipped them out of their mattresses while they were sleeping and they weren't allowed to go back to bed until it was done...and they weren't allowed to sleep in afterwards either.
2) Did you eat a different dinner than your parents? (chicken nuggets, while they ate lasagna)
Hell no. We weren't even allowed the option of not eating anything. If my mom cooked it, we ate it, and we had to sit at the dinner table for as long as it took to finish it, no question about it. My sister was once at the dinner table until 11pm, dinner was served at 6. She had to sit there while the rest of us watched her favorite movie and had dessert in the other room until she finished eating.
3) Did you play any sports/regular physical activity? (on teams?)
No sports, but we always played outside.
4) Did you own any video games? (computer, gameboy, N64, sega, playstation)
We got a playstation when I was in jr high, but even then, we were only allowed to play it for an hour a day.
5) Do you think younger generations are doomed for obesity?
Yes, statistically, it's already happening. There are more obese kids now than ever, and I don't see much efforts to change it, so I imagine it will continue to get worse.
6) Do you agree that schools should be eliminating Physical Education from their curriculum?
No. Even if kids did get plenty of exercise at home after school, I think the need for breaking up the day and making kids be active helps them focus more when they are in class.
I agree. So many studies have proven this!
3) Did you play any sports/regular physical activity? (on teams?) I played basketball for a few years.
4) Did you own any video games? (computer, gameboy, N64, sega, playstation) I had Nintendo.
6) Do you agree that schools should be eliminating Physical Education from their curriculum? No! I bet that's the only physical activity some kids get all day.
2) Did you eat a different dinner than your parents? (chicken nuggets, while they ate lasagna) Same. I personally know a couple who all they feed their children is chicken nuggets, weenies, pringles, rice and ketchup. And the mother's occupation is a nutritionalist... touchy subject.
3) Did you play any sports/regular physical activity? (on teams?) Started basketball in 2nd grade; played til 10th grade. Track in JH and HS. Powerlifting jr and sr years.
4) Did you own any video games? (computer, gameboy, N64, sega, playstation) No video games. When we finally got a computer, I was able to play a game that helped me practice my typing skills.
5) Do you think younger generations are doomed for obesity? If parents allow their kids to play video games all day and feed them fast food, yes. I think the fate of younger generations' weight is based on what they are taught in school and also the habits that their parents instill in them.
2) Did you eat a different dinner than your parents? (chicken nuggets, while they ate lasagna) Nope. Same thing on the same day every weeks. Mondays were noodles and corn, Tuesdsays were something else, etc.
3) Did you play any sports/regular physical activity? (on teams?) I played on the basketball team for a while until my parents yanked that away from me.
4) Did you own any video games? (computer, gameboy, N64, sega, playstation) I had a computer but only had solitaire on it.
5) Do you think younger generations are doomed for obesity? No but there needs to be more of an emphasis of them doing activities outside, playing, and doing stuff away from gaming systems and tv.
6) Do you agree that schools should be eliminating Physical Education from their curriculum?
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2) Did you eat a different dinner than your parents? (chicken nuggets, while they ate lasagna) sometimes but this was because I went to my grandmother's while my mom worked so I ate whatever she made and usually was not hungry for what mom was making.
3) Did you play any sports/regular physical activity? (on teams?) As a kid, I was into dancing, singing, and acting. I competed with Dance and gymnastics.
4) Did you own any video games? (computer, gameboy, N64, sega, playstation) not a single one.
5) Do you think younger generations are doomed for obesity? I was a very thin child and I ate like crap so hopefully there is hope for the future.
6) Do you agree that schools should be eliminating Physical Education from their curriculum? I dont know to be honest. I hated Gym as a kid. I always was the last one picked because I had 0 athleticism. I actually chose my high school because we didn't have to take gym. It was just another reason for me to be teased for being nerdy so I hated it!
2) Did you eat a different dinner than your parents? (chicken nuggets, while they ate lasagna) Yes, I was a very picky eater and my parents foolishly complied.
3) Did you play any sports/regular physical activity? (on teams?) Yes I was always on sprts teams from little league through high school.
4) Did you own any video games? (computer, gameboy, N64, sega, playstation) My brothers had them, I didn't play them though.
5) Do you think younger generations are doomed for obesity? Yes
6) Do you agree that schools should be eliminating Physical Education from their curriculum? Yes and no. I think it is good for children to get some physical activity however I don't think gym should be included in GPA calcuation.
1) What was your punishment for misbehaving? Was it different if you misbehaved in public? Spanked, sometimes with the belt if it was really bad. In public my mom had a pinch she would do right under my arm in the sensitive spot she knew how to find in a flash. The pinch hurt like the devil but wasn't obvious to onlookers so it really worked for the most part.
2) Did you eat a different dinner than your parents? (chicken nuggets, while they ate lasagna) same dinner
3) Did you play any sports/regular physical activity? (on teams?) A couple seasons in soccer & swim team. Dance at a young age.
4) Did you own any video games? (computer, gameboy, N64, sega, playstation) we had a Nintendo
5) Do you think younger generations are doomed for obesity? Meh, not if they use the knowledge available to stay healthy.
6) Do you agree that schools should be eliminating Physical Education from their curriculum? HECK NO, that would possibly put my H out of a job.