Dammit! I wish I had T-parents… 
[quote]BlaZe wrote:
Dammit! I wish I had T-parents… :([/quote]
Me too!
It’s funny, I had a conversation with another T-Nation guy last week…he said he wished his parents didn’t raise a fat kid. I guess the odds of becoming a fat adult, if you were a fat kid are off the chart against you. At least my kid won’t have that going against him.
Now my boy is 4 years old. He’s beggin me to go lifting. We’ll stick to the bodyweight exercises for now, but by 10, if he’s still interested we’ll start working on his Oly form.
We just had a great weekend, long walks, canoeing, and hiking.
As hard as a time I have from staying away from the TV, it’s easier to say no to him (on TV) than myself. There’s only One TV in the house, one PC (work laptop), and no gaming machines (PS2, xbox, gamecube, etc) which makes it easier to control. But it does make it tough on the parents when it’s raining/winter out.
They do grow up so fast…but at 4 years old, I think it’s the most fun I have had with him. He loves hiking…we just walk and talk.
Next week, I think he’s ready for a small mountain hike. Those sturdy legs (like dads) are more like a mountain goats. And if I have to carry him, we’ll just call it training for Dad =)
Back to the subject at hand.
My kids diets.
My son eats much better than my 2yearold daughter (she’s hooked on perdue nuggets). He’s less picky and has the appetite of a horde of locusts.
One rule for feeding the kids: There must be protein at every meal.
There are a few other guidelines we also follow: no excessive sugar (labels must be read), no junk food (candy, cookies, etc), but they are allowed the occational treats when we go to events.
We just don’t buy: chips, cookies, crackers, juices (except for my wife’s stash of OJ), etc
It’s not obsessive strict, just healthy.
If I could just get them to eat fish…but I don’t seem to get anywhere with that.
Thanks to a lifelong clean diet and participation in team sports from grade school through college, I am the proud mother of three strong, healthy, well adjusted, intelligent, good-looking adult children! ( Thanks to me for diet and sports, they got their strength and good looks from their father!)
Anyway, back to the original subject of Richard Sandrak. Besides the fact that these misguided parents have obviously abused this poor kids hormonal system by interfering with normal developmental processes, this child will no longer be “unique” once he becomes a young man, and will probably suffer the fate of similar young celebrities like Michael Jackson, Macaulay Culkin and so many others.
I blame the parents for this, as it looks as if he has no fallback option such as a good education to compensate for his lack of normal childhood skills necessary to become an adult who can contribute to society.