When/How do we start punishing parents for disasterous parenting?

Obesity is so common kids don't even know they're obese anymore

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Among children and teens who were actually designated by the CDC as overweight — or between the 85th and 95th percentiles on the — 76 percent thought they were "about right"; about 23 percent said they were overweight. Among obese kids and teens (those in the 95th percentile and higher on the chart), roughly 42 percent thought they were OK weightwise, while 57 percent thought they were in the "overweight" category. Boys, younger kids and children from poorer families were more likely to misperceive their status.

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this is child abuse

and this is one very easy target. a recurring theme in discussing people of lesser/poor culture is this double argument that develops from those defending bad decision makers/parents.

1. we cannot blame the children who exhibit poor behavior due to cultural influences, from their parents

2. we will not blame the parents or take steps to punish them for the resulting behavior found in #1

it's SOMEBODY'S fault. at SOME point we have to assign blame so that we can attempt correcting the poor behavior(s)

obesity is a low-hanging fruit. this is not only an epidemic, it is occurring amongst all races and it is easily avoided by simple changes in behavior starting a long time before the crisis appears. sadly, it will also be passed down again and again

this argument applies to pretty much all societal ills, from cultures that have destroyed their local education systems to those that engage in violent crime, etc etc.

i really want to know a proposed plan from our defenders of BDMs on the board