[CrazyLilMick]

The sad thing about it all is....if you, as a parent, voice a concern about your school not providing proper physical education, you'll have Mass. DSS knocking on your door saying you're medically neglecting your child cuz they are overweight, and it's your responsibility to control that problem, not the school.....sick, sad world how Mass. agencies can turn everything around and blame the parents. But, in the same sense, if you recognize a child gaining weight and you attempt to control it, you'll have them at your door again claiming you're abusing them through exercise. Damned if ya do, damned if ya don't!

[WFTR]

As you correctly recognize, most government agencies dealing with kids are staffed by people who see kids only as vehicles for stroking their own power fantasies. Part of what I was trying to communicate is that we need to get the government another step removed from trying to control a child's well being. It's not the government's job to take care of every issue related to children's well being.

Bill