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Ok, first of all, let’s get rid of the word “obese” and change that to “fat“. Not trying to be insensitive, I just don’t see how sugar-coating words help any. If you want to battle tough issues, like bullies and bullying in schools; then take out the nice and politically correct words. Let’s face it, some kids are fat and some are not. Some kids are skinny and some are not. Some kids are cute and some are not. This is just a part of life and we all have to deal with it. If you have a fat kid, he or she may not win any marathons. If you have a skinny kid, they may not win any weight-lifting competitions. If you have an ugly kid, they may not win any beauty pageants. And so on and so on…

This new study I read today at Yahoo, states that fat kids or kids who are overweight, are the main targets for bullies. Kids who are different from others in their schools are always a lightning rod for getting bullied. A child that comes from a low-income family, their race, gender, and a lot of other things can be reasons for them getting bullied at school. According to the Yahoo study at their health section on May 3rd, they have found that fat kids get bullied more than all of these other reasons. If your child is overweight, it doesn’t matter if they are black or white, male or female, or if they come from upper, middle, or lower class families. They will have the bulls-eye on them, simply because they are overweight.

I found this to be an interesting angle on bullying. Many of the Hollywood movies, cartoons like the Simpsons, and from my own experiences as a child, I fould the bullies them self to be overweight in most cases. How often do we see the skinny kid being the bully in a movie or TV program? Aren’t most bullies the one that threaten other kids with their large size and the fact they could beat the snot out of them? Or at least sit on them? I do understand that fat kids will be the target of bullying, but I also believe they’re responsible for it too. The topic of bullies in schools is very popular right now and I really don’t see why. This is a part of growing up and just about every boy or girl has had to face or deal with a bully in their lifetimes.

Don’t Cute Kids Get Bullied Too?

I think a cute kid, male or female, has a big chance for getting bullied at some point in their lives growing up. A cute boy that the girls all like, will be targeted by other boys who may be jealous of his cute ways. A pretty girl growing up that has the eye of all her male classmates, may not be like by the other girls in her school. I think the Yahoo study should show that it’s the physical appearance that kids have, that make them the targets for bullies. Not fair to say fat kids are the number 1 target; when it really boils down to the physical traits a child has.

I believe we have bigger issues to face with our kids; than trying to stop bullying. Growing up with bullies is a part of life. Over time, the bullies eventually meet someone bigger and stronger than them and they get their own dose of bullying. The fat kid or the the ugly kid will one day see someone fatter or more ugly than them and they become a bully. There is no cure for bullying and most of this is kids just being kids.

I know if we could stomp out bullying it would make our children enjoy going to school more. If they never have to face a bully growing up, what will happen when they face one for the first time as an adult? Our children need a few bumps in the road and a bully is one of the most common bumps a child has on their educational paths. Learning things and dealing with things as a child is much better than having to face some of these issues as an adult. The mistakes our youngsters make are much more easier to fix; than the ones adults create.

I find the latest study at Yahoo, that points fat kids as the most likely targets, as a poor work of journalism. I’m guessing the author of this article is overweight or has a child that is overweight. Kids are mean, they don’t mean to be, but they are. Your fat kid is just as likely to be the target as they’re to be the actual bully and that makes them the problem. Let’s don’t put a weight on bullying in school. Clearly the physical appearances each child has and is different from the other kids, will have some issues to face. It doesn’t always have to be bad. Let’s let kids learn in school, because the lessons taught at early ages are much better, than the laws and jails that teach these lessons as adults.

Other Reasons Why Kids Get Bullied

The physical traits are the number 1 reason why kids get bullied in school. It’s not the only reasons that make them targets. What if your child is really smart or a slow learner in school? These two traits both get attacked equally and I wouldn’t say smart kids get bullied more than dumb kids. Why would anyone else say that fat kids or obese kids get targeted more than tall or short kids?

The clothing your child wears to school can make them the targets for being bullied. Since we don’t want bullies in school, I guess parents need to make their kids wear a different selection of outfits, right? Well if we start down this road; then all of our kids will be dressing the way others in their classroom dress. This totally cuts out the freedom of expression in our children. Making yourself more likable or more appropriate for others is not the right way to handle things. It’s great we are all different and we all have the freedom to dress or wear our hair the way we want to. No anti-bully rules should cross these lines and try to make all our kids the same. Let’s keep kids the same, so they can learn at a early age that we are all different. If they learn these differences as an adult, it could lead to them getting hurt from physical violence or they could just end up on the wrong side of the law.

Fat kids are not the problem! Adults trying to fix bullying in school is the problem. I realize some kids have committed suicide or chose to carry a gun to school to handle things on their own and these tragic situations can be led back to being bullied. It’s unfortunate when these things happen, but these cases are few and far in between. Parents, politicians, and school systems can really make things worse and one example of this, is the poorly written article at Yahoo, that claims fat kids are the top targets for kids to pester in school. Teach your kids the best way you know how and let’s let our kids handle the bullying issues. Parents should give advice and help their children when certain situations warrant the attention. For the most part, our kids will handle these bullying issues in school on their own. If more adults keep writing trash like that person at Yahoo did about bullying, we could really have a problem in this area one day.

Do you agree with my views on bullying? Do you agree more with the Yahoo article written on May 3rd in the health section at Yahoo? Please give your opinion and don’t be scared to choose a side in this discussion on bullying in our school systems.

Guest blog post by Kenneth Jackson

To me, the scariest movies are not the ones where people are being chased by an axe-wielding maniac in the woods. I don’t find that realistic, so I don’t have to worry about it. The scariest movies are the ones that are based on realistic situations. And one of these movies is Arlington Road. It’s a movie about domestic terrorism and it’s very frightening. What’s unfortunate about this movie is that not many people know about it. On the other hand, this could be a good thing, because if someone hasn’t seen it and happens to read this, they will be in for a pleasant surprise. It’s definitely a movie that will have your nerves on edge. One of the freakiest scenes is when Jeff Bridges investigates Tim Robbins’ home office while at a barbeque. Tim Robbins catches him and you know things are about to get ugly, but not in a physical way – in more of a manipulative fashion. This makes it more frightening. A fist fight would end after a few minutes. A manipulative man involved in domestic terrorism doesn’t operate that way. He’s going for the kill.

I watched Arlington Road on one of the direct tv packages the other night and I was hooked from start to finish. The opening scene of this movie is by far one of the most powerful opening scenes I have ever seen. The same can be said for the closing scene of the movie. And everything in-between is a buildup of suspense. You can only hope that the bad guy will be stopped, but you also sense that the odds might be too far stacked against him. It’s not like most movies, where you know the good guy will win in the end. This is definitely different. I won’t give away the ending. You will have to see it for yourself.

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What are our dreams? I know what we think they’re, but I have my doubts. It seems there a lot of gaps and no one is exploring this fascinating field. Those that travel the oceans and have a big interest always seem to say the same thing. They talk about how man has worked so hard to leave the Earth and explore outer space; yet we don’t even know what lies at the bottom of our oceans. Staying along those lines of thought, I think we have advanced for into the medical field, but yet the simple things like the common cold and our dreams have no true answers.

I do understand how the common cold works and it really isn’t that common at all despite the name. Our colds are complex and they come in a zillion trillion million forms, so I guess in theory, we will never have the cure for the “common” cold. We may cure some of them, but no one probably thinks we will get them all. I understand that, but what about our simple daytime and night time dreams?

A day time dream can seem more intense and more memorable. Why is that? Maybe something as simple as our bodies aren’t use to the daytime dreams and our sleep patterns get broke up more easily. At night for most people they sleep in a cycle. In the middle of that cycle is where we dream. By the time we complete our night time sleep cycles, it’s hard to remember our dreams. For people that want to remember their dreams better at night, they can keep a pen and paper nearby, so when they wake up, they can jot down as many things as they can possibly remember. It’s interesting how quick we forget our dreams. Why do we remember them so well when we first wake up, but later in the afternoon or evening, we forget them so quickly?

This all goes back to the human brain and it’s fascinating to think how our brains work. Our brains can store lots of memories and process data much faster than the biggest, most powerful computer on the planet. Our dreams seem to fall in a short term memory bank in our brains. Why is that? Why do we remember details of 2 weeks ago, 2 months ago, or even 2 years ago so well; yet 12 hours after waking up, most of us can remember we had a cool/bad dream, but we forgot the details. Is our brains storing our dreams in this short term memory bank? Why is it that very few dreams get into our long term memory banks?

Another question that has been asked by men since the beginning of time, is probably the most popular one. Why are we here? Why was this planet and our solar system created for us to have life? Is it possible that our dreams are trying to provide us these clues? I know that may sound far-fetch, but why are we here? I think our dreams is the most religious experience many of us will ever have. Does these experiences from our dreams provide answers to why man is here on Earth? It is worth taking a look at. Besides, where would you begin to look for answers to why we are really here? I hope more funding and research can be provided in my lifetime, to provide more answers or even theories to why we dream and is it related to something much bigger?

Please give your feedback and have you ever thought outside of the box? If you push away the science now (which isn’t much if you ask me) on why we do have dreams and try to place them in a much bigger puzzle, I think it gets more interesting and exciting too; that our dreams may offer answers that will go further than any man-made satellite into outer space. I look forward to reading your replies, theories, suggestions, or just give a personal opinion about dreams. Feel free to even share a strange, good, awful, or any other types of dreams in your reply. Did you ever have a dream that predicted the future and it came true? In my early studies and research, the only pattern I have been able to establish so far, is that some people do dream of deaths in the family and they come to be true. Did you ever dream of someone dying and 1 day, 1 week, or 1 month later it happened? Please share your dreams that told of the future (good or bad), I want to hear them.