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Are parent's responsible for their child being obese

I understand what you are trying to say, and I agree, to an extent, but I think you're missing the point, which can be summed up with your own statement:You said "parents are not present in a child's life as much as they used to be. And obesity is rising because kids are unaware of nutritious food that will motivate them to have more energy and be active."You're absolutely right. Parents are not spending enough time with their children, they are not teaching them about proper nutrition, they are not teaching them about the need for exercise or encouraging them to exercise, and they taking the easy way out - putting their kids in front of the TV, giving them video games and cell phones and computers, and blaming the child for not being motivated.The issue is a very simple one: Are parents responsible for spending time with their children? YES! Are parents responsible for teaching their children about nutrition and exercise? YES! Are parents responsible for encouraging their children to make wise choices? YES! Is is possible that a parent can do an outstanding job of parenting and still raise an obese child? Of course, but it is completely irresponsible to then claim that parents are "not responsible" at all.In short, parents are responsible for PARENTING, something which you seam to be convinced is somebody else's problem.
Are parent's responsible for their child being obese

For my reasoning why children are responsible for their own obesity are for various reasons. I am taking a developmental psychology class in which we discussed the major factors that contribute to childhood obesity. Only one believed that it was due to the parents. We all discussed how the parent isn't present for most of the day when a child is at school or having play dates. When a child is at school it is their job to eat their own food. YOU wanted some "specific" research here is quotes from my text book which helped me develop my opinion that I believe childhood obesity is their own contributing factor and has little to do with their parents. I understand your research is to hold grounds for your beliefs, now here is mine. "Social aspects also affect children's weight problems. Children need to control their own eating. Poor diets also contribute to obesity. School lunch programs have sometimes contributed to the problem by failing to provide nutritious options. Also given how energetic children this age can be, it is surprising that a major factor in childhood obesity is a lack of exercise. School-age children tend to engage in relatively little exercise and are not particularly fit. In part because many schools have reduced the time available for recess and gym classes." "As childhood obesity rises, the popular fast food chains, and reliance on technology rise as well. " This goes to show that there are contributing factors of obesity. There are fast food chains and a huge technology issue with children recently. They are always on the computer and being inactive. These choices are MADE by the children not by the parent. The children make decisions of what they are going to do and how active they are going to be, or how inactive they are going to be. At school, they can either participate in recess or just do nothing. As kids they should be running around and be energetic but they are lacking that motivation. That isn't the parents fault they can't control if they are active at recess or not because they are not present. My main point is that parents are not present in a child's life as much as they used to be. And obesity is rising because kids are unaware of nutritious food that will motivate them to have more energy and be active. And to add to your statement about denying facts is like denying reality. They're are two different sides to every story. I believe and others believe that children cause their own obesity after a certain age. Yes parent's are responsible until the child is able to eat on their own. I never saw a parent FORCE feed their children every meal. It is simply impossible. Parents now a days are always working and trying to support their family and they barely have time to eat let alone watch their kids to see what their consuming. That is why it is up to the child to eat for themselves and decide what food they are going to consume. "In 2002, forty-four percent of families with children had two employed parents either full- or part-time" http://aspe.hhs.gov... Feldman, R. S. (2011). Discovering the Life Span (2nd Ed). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
Are parent's responsible for their child being obese

I have provided information and references which explicitly shows how the behavior of parents directly influences the child in three separate areas, and you have responded with claims to the contrary, but have not presented any evidence to support it. In fact, you have stated some things which are demonstrably false, such as your insistence that destructive behavior (and poor nutritional choices IS destructive behavior) "just happens", as if the child grows up in a vacuum. This is absurd, as you are insisting that one of the most established correlations is sociology doesn't exist. http://www.mincava.umn.edu.... You also defined being a "BAD" parent as not feeding them enough ("the opposite of being obese"), when both extremes still qualify as poor nutrition.How the parent raises a child, especially in the early years, plays a very important role in the child's development. Obesity and other forms of self-destructive behavior are clearly correlated with abuse and neglect. To deny the data is to deny reality.
Are parent's responsible for their child being obese

My question is asking if parents are responsible for their child being obese. Not if the parent is responsible for destructive behaviors. Being obese has nothing to do with being destructive. If parents are "good" or violently bad to their children have nothing to do with the outcome of their children being obese or not. To answer your question "If a parent raises a child that rapes, murders, steals, abuses drugs and alcohol or otherwise behaves immoral, criminal way to what extend is the child's behavior the responsibility of the parent?" -> You are contradicting yourself. Exactly the parents don't have an effect on a child if they turn into a rapist, murderer or OBESE. You do not raise your child to become any of these it just happens. The parent has no effect if their child rapes someone they do not brainwash them into that kind of behavior. Just like they don't brain wash their child to be obese and think being obese is the right thing. IT JUST HAPPENS. They have some influence when they are younger because they can not feed themselves until they are a certain age. Once they can eat themselves it is up to them to get the nutritional value they need. Parents can't watch their every move. 1. Can the lifestyle choices of the parent influence the lifestyle choices of the child? Absolutely, but to a certain extent. As a child I ate whatever I wanted to and if dinner was served and if I didn't like it I would eat the sides or waited for dessert. The parent makes whatever dinner they feel like making that day. If they decide to make something unhealthy the child still has the opportunity to say no. Once they can act on their own, speak on their own and eat on their own they control what goes into their mouth resulting in the outcome as they get older. 2. Can obesity be prevented or alleviated by parents, in altering the parent's approach to parenting or otherwise working toward that goal? Just because you are a bad or good parent has no effect on the child being obese. Even if you are saying a parent is "BAD" it would be the opposite of being obese. The child would then be malnourished. 3. Can childhood and adult obesity be cause by parental neglect and abuse? Parent neglect would leave the children hungry and fend for themselves. If they don't have a job to provide for themselves how are they going to eat? If they do have a job, they make their own money and can decide what food they want to eat. If there is a parent home or not the child will most likely eat fast food because it is easy access for them and cheaper. Overall, I still stand that parents do not have a direct effect on the obesity of their child. It is something the child controls.
Are parent's responsible for their child being obese

The question that you are presenting is an interesting one. The answer to the question depends on how strident you are with your definitions. Sure, parents are not responsible for every single action that the child makes, but to say that they have absolutely no responsibility is to say that they have no influence or obligation.Of course, parents are not the only influence the child has. However, is the parent responsible for ANY of the child's behavior? To say that the parent bears absolutely no responsibility for destructive behavior assumes that all parents are equally 'good' parents, and that there is no discernable difference between a parent that violently abuses their children and one which raises them lovingly and adequately cares for their needs. You are, in fact, saying that children are morally autonomous from birth and parents are not responsible for parenting - an internally insonsistent statement which ignores what a 'parent' is and what responsibilities and obligations come with that role. If a parent raises a child that rapes, murders, steals, abuses drugs and alcohol, or otherwise behaves in an immoral, criminal way, to what extent is the child's behavior the responsibility of the parent? The answer lies not with the fact that they are his parents, but in how the parent raised the child. To find that out, we look to the conduct of the child, as that is the single greatest indicator of how that child was raised.The answer to the question can be answered by asking the three questions:1) Can the lifestyle choices of the parent influence the lifestyle choices of the child?Yes, obesity is correlated with parental obesity and lifestyle choices *. Obese parents are much more likely to have obese children. 2) Can obesity be prevented or aleviated by parents, in altering the parent's approach to parenting or otherwise working toward that goal? Yes, according to the study "The Relationship Between Parent and Child Self-Reported Adherence and Weight Loss", parents playing an active role in child's health and well-being have shown to have a a measurable effect of reducing childhood obesity.**3) Can childhood and adult obesity be caused by parental neglect and abuse?Yes. Obesity is directly correlated with childhood sexual abuse***, usually by a parent figure, and this correlation is well established. While there may be examples of children who became obese despite outstanding parenting, or children who grew to be healthy with abusive, obese parents, the correlations are clear: poor parenting skills can lead to childhood obesity, and excellent parenting skills can prevent it. To say otherwise is to ignore the responsibilities and power of influence a parent has over the child.References:* Wrotniak, Epstein, Paluch, and Roemmich - http://www.nature.com...** Gould, The Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry - http://www.eurekalert.org...*** Gustafson and Sarwer, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov...
Are parent's responsible for their child being obese

Do parents have control over their child being obese? I do not believe so. I believe that parents while their child is growing up try to make the right decisions by feeding their child healthy nutritious foods but once they are able to eat on their own, it is in their control. Many parents let their children eat cookies, chips and unhealthy foods for dinner which is a huge contributing factor to obesity. However, it isn't up to their parents to watch every piece of their food that goes into their mouth. Once the child goes to school and spends more time outside the house than in the house it is up to them to eat healthy. In addition, when the child is old enough to drive they have access to fast food restaurants and so on.
American education VS European educantion

I would like to note I am devil's advocating this debate -- I disagree with both sides and believe American education needs complete overhaul. Although my opponent mentions many benefits to the American systems, there are many downsides too. Studies being conducted find children with large amounts of homework do worse on tests -- and American teachers have been assigning more and more homework to their children. Studies indicate that homework does not make students achieve more, and when too much homework is applied children actually do worse [1]. Finnish schools have done the opposite. Less school time, no homework, long breaks, and free lunches. These new unorthodox policies have actually made these schools, starting at the bottom, rise above the US educational systems [2]. Academic studies have been done in Europe. They find Northern Europe actually has a much better system, and more effective one, then the USA. Some of the reasons include[3]: 1. School vouchers 2. Students are rewarded for hard work (other than grades) 3. The lax system The European systems outrank America. 1. http://www.time.com... 2. http://news.stanford.edu... 3. http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu...
American education VS European educantion

My name is Thomas and I live in the United States of America. I recentley met with my guidance counceler about my scheduling for next year. In my state, you must have 4 years of English (Language arts which includes reading and writing), 3 years of math, 3 years of science, 2 years of physical education, and 3 years of history/social studies. I have always wondered how children and teens in Europe or other parts of the world conduct education. I would also like to debate on this subject. The pros of our education system include: many job availiabilites, freedom of going to any university within the country, having real world skills as far as math and science, learning about our history and other cultures, and having skill sets for any job. My points may have some holes considering I got little rest last night so please bare with me.
Children shouldn't be pressured or forced to accept their parents' religion

I stand in affirmation. Children should get to choose for themselves which religion, or none at all, that they wish to participate in. Parents should expose children to all different types of faith and ultimately let the kids decide instead of the parents deciding. Let's just say hypothetically that Christianity is the one true faith. Then the Christian parents seem to have done the right thing in forcing their kids to be Christian. They just saved the kids and ensured their place in heaven! But that still leaves out 4 billion people. The 4 billion Muslims, Hindus, Jews, Sikhs, Buddhists, and the members of the countless other religious groups would be screwed and condemned to an eternity in hell for failing to believe in Jesus Christ as the savior of the human race. This is all because their parents were Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, Buddhist and Sikh (mostly, I know there are some people who switch religions). Their parents hugely affected their ultimate destiny. Whole groups of people emigrated from Europe to the New World to avoid religious persecution and forced religion. Now parents are creating a mini-Europe for each of their children. That's all I will say for now. Good luck to whomever accepts this debate if anyone.
There is no way to even ballpark what percentage of global warming is caused by CO2 gases.

My opponent's first question is 'who says' the effect of CO2 is 9-26% of the total greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect is the trapping of the upgoing thermal radiation, which would otherwise escape into space, inside our atmosphere. This is caused by greenhouse gases. We ave a good understanding of how the greenhouse effect works. We have a good understanding of what wavelengths are present in the upgoing thermal radiation. We have a good understanding of the effect of CO2 on this upgoing thermal radiation. Energy in certain wavelengths is absorbed by the CO2, trapping the heat energy here on earth. Based on A> What wavelengths and what intensities are generally present in upgoing thermal radiation, B> what wavelengths are absorbed by CO2 and how efficiently they are absorbed, C> what other greenhouse gases also absorb these wavelengths, and D> how much CO2 is in the atmosphere, we can indeed come up with values for how much of the greenhouse effect is caused by CO2. However, as I said last round, this alone does not give us a good estimate of the effect on global warming, since it is still possible that we don't know how much temperature change the greenhouse effect causes. Next, my opponent asks me just how much the greenhouse effect affects global warming. To answer this, I would have to provide some type of evidence for what the temperature of the earth is without an atmosphere. Luckily, it's right here: http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu... 255 kelvin, ladies and gents. That's -18C. The average temperature of the Earth, however, is about 16-17C in actuality. Thus, the greenhouse effect is responsible for about 35C of our extra heat, and CO2 is responsible for either ~9 or ~26% of that depending on how we establish responsiblity. [No atmosphere except CO2 would have 26% the effect our current atmosphere does, but removing CO2 and keeping the rest of it only reduces the effect by ~9%] By the 26% standard, CO2 is responsible for ~9C of our temperature, and by the 9% standard it is responsible for ~3C of it. My opponent has constantly referred to mysterious 'unknowns', but there is very little we cannot measure. I have done more than my burden - not only have I explained HOW we can find out what percentage of global warming is caused by CO2, I have actually done it. And all my opponent asked for was a method to get a ballpark percentage.
There is no way to even ballpark what percentage of global warming is caused by CO2 gases.

If it were a perfect world, and all this data you mentioned were currently attainable, scientist might dare to guess what percentage of global warming is due to CO2 emissions. But since the extent of human impact on the environment is such an important question, I suspect that the reason no one has come up with this percentage is because we do not have reliable methods to accurately collect the data you claim we can so easily plug into your "basic math" problem. Let's see if I'm wrong. "CO2 is currently responsible for roughly 9-26 percent of the greenhouse effect." Who says? "It's true that I have not shown how much of an effect the greenhouse effect has on global warming. However, we do know the amount of heat the greenhouse effect keeps in that would otherwise escape." Oh, how much is that? And again, who says? "Knowing this, it would be possible to determine roughly how many joules of heat energy the greenhouse effect is giving us. Maybe, if anyone were actually capable of "knowing this." But with no support for your claim, it is just another claim. "And based on basic math, it would be possible to determine exactly how many degrees, on average, this amount of energy is increasing our climate." Yes it would be, if the rest of the fairytale were true. "With all that data, it is quite possible to ballpark what percentage of global warming is caused by CO2." Yes. And the key phrase there is "with that data," but you have not shown that you or anyone else has a reliable source for obtaining it. "I'm only charged with showing you that it is possible, not doing it myself, so don't bother asking me for a percentage." Well, you are actually charged with demonstrating that currently there IS a way to do it, not that it might be possible if someday we had access to particular data. I will not hold you to giving me the specific percentage (which must secretly exist somewhere since it can be so easily obtained). However, I will need support for your claims.
There is no way to even ballpark what percentage of global warming is caused by CO2 gases.

CO2 is currently responsible for roughly 9-26 percent of the greenhouse effect. This range represents a difference in how we look at it, not a lack f accuracy [If we have no other GH gases, CO2 alone amounts to 26% of current greenhouse effect, if we still have all the other gases and only take out CO2, it only reduces it by 9%] We can know this, because of what I showed last round. However, it's true that I have not shown how much of an effect the greenhouse effect has on global warming. However, we do know the amount of heat the greenhouse effect keeps in that would otherwise escape. Or we at least have a very good estimate of this. Knowing this, it would be possible to determine roughly how many joules of heat energy the greenhouse effect is giving us. And based on basic math, it would be possible to determine exactly how many degrees, on average, this amount of energy is increasing our climate. WE don't need to know all the 'unknown' factors of our climate change. We know how much our temperature is increasing. We know how much the greenhouse effect is increasing our temperature [at least a good estimate]. We know how much CO2 contributes to the greenhouse effect. With all that data, it is quite possible to ballpark what percentage of gloabl warming is caused by CO2. I'm only charged with showing you that it is possible, not doing it myself, so don't bother asking me for a percentage. I've presented data that shows that there is in fact a way to ballpark what percentage of global warming is caused by CO2 gases. That is all I must do, as that is a clear negation of te resolution. My opponenty claims there is no way to ballpark such a figure, I have provided a way.
There is no way to even ballpark what percentage of global warming is caused by CO2 gases.

You did a great job of explaining how the greenhouse effect works, but I'm we are not debating that. You then cited studies that draw correlations between CO2 and climate change. But you have yet to tell me what the ballpark percentage of CO2 influence is in comparison to addition natural factors (both known and unknown) that may be influencing the recent warming trend. Why not just give me a percentage and show me how you (or anyone else) were able to arrive at it? It would seem a tall order without knowing the other factors and the extent to which THEY are responsible for heating the earth's atmosphere?