Yes. Of course, it's the parents' responsibility. But what if they abdicate it? Obesity tends to run in families. I can't tell you the number of times I've watched fat families sit down in restaurants and consume ungodly amounts of junk food.
Here's a story for you. A friend told me he watched his father die of delirium tremens. His uncle and many others in his family for uncounted generations had met similar fates. But no one educated him on the dangers of alcoholism. He and his cousin were the first to realize what was going on and do something about it.
There are literally millions of stories like that. How do you want to deal with them?
That is the point, FRiend-- I DO NOT DEAL WITH THEM. It is up to the individual to deal with his own sh!t. This is why folks call me a meanspirited orphanage Republican but that is the bottom line.
On the other hand I'm the one who's most likely to end up buying ya a beer or staking you for lunch or driving yer happy a$$ to the auto shop or lending you twenty bucks or dogsitting yer dog, so it all comes out in the wash...
What nonsense. I don't buy that lame excuse. Nobody needs to be "educated" that being an alcoholic is a dangerous thing. The dangers of drinking too much have been common knowledge since almost the beginning of civilization. Certainly they were aware of it during ancient Greece and Rome.
I don't need to be "educated" that jumping off a tall building, putting my hand in a fire, or drinking myself into oblivion every day are dangerous things. And neither do you or anybody else.