Ok, first of all, every ped I've spoken to (with 5 kids ages 5 to 18, there have been a few) has, over my children's life time, claimed to them to be overweight or just right or underweight--depending on WHOM I am speaking to and which scale they use that day!

My older teens are stressed now if they gain even 1/2 a pound when they step on the scale, thanks to the comments made about them in front of them, and since they are all 3 girls, they are in constant competition to stay skinny! We have dealt with starving (refusing to eat so they don't get fat) to vomiting to anorexia--plus the side effects including passing out, behavior major, poor grades, and on and on and on.

So, should Michelle announce this comment to the world? How would you feel if your mom announced to the world that you are fat! And then have to go to school the next day and put up with Billy the Bully who can't find anything else to annoy you with so he pulls out the "Even your Mama says your FAT!" sweet thought, eh?

In a day of cyber bullying, we now place the stress of FAT on our kids?

Change the world on your own terms, but don't humiliate your kid(s). I'm ALL for healthier lunches/meals (have you seen some of the meals the kids are served: pizza with french fry side washed down with sugar loaded milk? Yup, really healthy folks--and who is the dietician/nutritionist that layed out that menu???? Let's get a good look at that person's weight scale!

But it isn't just the food in front of them. PE and other specials are being cut to the min. for the sake of the $$$ brought in or lost by CSAP scores.

Now stepping off my soap box--next person, please.