Tag Archives: overweight

News anchor

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Joy

Have you all heard this story? What do you think? Do you think it’s mean? Do you think it’s bullying? Do you think people who work in the public eye have any responsibility to any of us? Do you think … Continue reading →

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Talking about weight with children

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Joy

Since 1980, the number of overweight kids has tripled. According to WebMD, it is harder for parents to broach the issue of weight with their kids, than even sex or drugs. Is it a difficult issue for your family to … Continue reading →

Posted in afraid, behavior, childhood, children, choices, conversations, differences, eating habits, emotions, fears, feelings, food, hurt feelings, kids, obese, opinions, overweight, parent's, people, problems, sadness, things, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

What do you guys think?

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Joy

Okay you guys. Here’s another one open for discussion. What do you think?

Posted in childhood, children, embarassing, emotions, government, healthy, humiliate, kids, overweight, people, privacy, school, self esteem, teachers, things, unhealthy | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Slammed for their size

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Joy

As long as we were talking about this, I came across these examples. I’m not sure if directors and movie stars have a “union” of their own or how it works but where does discrimination come into play?

Posted in behavior, celebrities, choices, discrimination, embarassing, embarrassment, fears, feelings, humiliate, humiliation, hurt feelings, jobs, judging, life, movie stars, overweight, people, things, Uncategorized, work | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

To fat to fly?

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Joy

When this first became news I wasn’t going to write about it. I know we are, well a lot of us are anyway, trying to lose weight and I didn’t want to rub salt into any wounds but it’s just … Continue reading →

Posted in adults, airplanes, behavior, choices, dangerous, differences, embarrassed, emergency, emotions, flying, health, hurt feelings, overweight, people, pilots, Political Correctness, things, unhealthy | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 18 Comments