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August 3, 2010
Michelle Obama Wants Public Schools To Control Your Child's Nutrition
Topics: Political News and commentaries
I don't recall anyone electing this Michelle Obama to give us her two-cents worth, do you?
Nevertheless, she's givin' it, and she wants to liberate parents from their basic fundamental role of feeding their children by urging them to rely on the public schools to usurp that role:
[...] In this op-ed in the Washington Post, the first lady pushes for congressional passage of the Child Nutrition Act, a bill that would not only increase funding for the already-wasteful and badly managed school-lunch program but relax eligibility requirements so that more children can be enrolled. It's clear that Michelle Obama, like her husband, sees government as the great fixer. In this case, the fix is simple: The more often a child eats a government-provided meal, the healthier he or she will be.Read more ...But the first lady isn't considering a lot of newer research on childhood obesity. Just a few months ago, Ohio State University released a major study that found that children are at a lower risk for obesity if they observe three easy rules: eat dinner with their families, get adequate sleep at night, and watch less television. All of these activities fall under the control of parents -- not schools, and not government.
The Obama's ambition to intrude into every aspect of our daily lives seems endless. Before you know it, there'll be food police and lunchbox inspectors.
And as the Daily Caller suggested back in February of this year, Mrs. Obama appears all too willing to toss aside her first lady title in favor of "First Nanny." This, despite the fact that the American people damn well didn't elect her to control their lives, and a multibillion-dollar federal government "investment" will never accomplish what greater parental supervision and more healthful decision-making by parents will accomplish. Besides, it's not government's role to tell parents what they can and cannot feed their children. Nutritional advice is one thing, a "Food Nanny" is quite another.
Posted by Abdul at August 3, 2010 10:25 AM
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