Comments on: Pedz – A New Way to Get Kids Moving http://www.imperfectwomen.com/pedz-a-new-way-to-get-kids-moving/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:13:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jennie@IW http://www.imperfectwomen.com/pedz-a-new-way-to-get-kids-moving/comment-page-1/#comment-9659 Jennie@IW Tue, 02 Feb 2010 07:58:30 +0000 http://www.imperfectwomen.com/?p=6209#comment-9659 Samantha, I think that's great. It's one thing if it's meant as fun and something the child enjoys, and they aren't associating it with weight loss or calorie counting. Samantha, I think that’s great. It’s one thing if it’s meant as fun and something the child enjoys, and they aren’t associating it with weight loss or calorie counting.

]]> By: Samantha@IW http://www.imperfectwomen.com/pedz-a-new-way-to-get-kids-moving/comment-page-1/#comment-9632 Samantha@IW Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:32:29 +0000 http://www.imperfectwomen.com/?p=6209#comment-9632 I have a pedometer and my daughter used to steal it all the time- she is 6. She loved to clip it on and see how many steps she could take. She literally ran laps around the living room. Watching the numbers tick up was a fun game to her. I wouldn't buy her one on my own- and I certainly wouldn't expect her to hit a certain number each day! But if she wanted one I would get it bc she enjoyed mine so much. I have a pedometer and my daughter used to steal it all the time- she is 6. She loved to clip it on and see how many steps she could take. She literally ran laps around the living room. Watching the numbers tick up was a fun game to her. I wouldn’t buy her one on my own- and I certainly wouldn’t expect her to hit a certain number each day! But if she wanted one I would get it bc she enjoyed mine so much.

]]> By: Mary http://www.imperfectwomen.com/pedz-a-new-way-to-get-kids-moving/comment-page-1/#comment-9595 Mary Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:16:30 +0000 http://www.imperfectwomen.com/?p=6209#comment-9595 I don't think I would buy one for my Children. The best solution is for the parents to stop buying fast foods, and junk foods. Don't over fill their plate with food, and then make them clean up their plate. As long as the whole family eats healthy, so will the Children. Now days so many parents are tobusy, they fail to sit down at the evening meal and eat together. Wouldn't it be nice as a family to eat and walk together in the evenings, instead of setting in front of the TV, computer, OR texting?? Simple solution!! Giving thirty minutes of your time, not only for your Children, but for you. In most cases!! If your Child has a weight problem so do you. Oh I forgot!! Leave the dang cell phone in your pocket and talk to the Children, not someone the phone!! Make your walks enjoyable!! Sorry!! Didn't mean to preach!! I just get so upset over all this technology now days. I go out to lunch with friends, and they talk on the cell phone. I should have stayed at home!! No time for me!! I am sure the Children feel the same? I don’t think I would buy one for my Children. The best solution is for the parents to stop buying fast foods, and junk foods. Don’t over fill their plate with food, and then make them clean up their plate. As long as the whole family eats healthy, so will the Children. Now days so many parents are tobusy, they fail to sit down at the evening meal and eat together. Wouldn’t it be nice as a family to eat and walk together in the evenings, instead of setting in front of the TV, computer, OR texting?? Simple solution!! Giving thirty minutes of your time, not only for your Children, but for you. In most cases!! If your Child has a weight problem so do you. Oh I forgot!! Leave the dang cell phone in your pocket and talk to the Children, not someone the phone!! Make your walks enjoyable!! Sorry!! Didn’t mean to preach!!
I just get so upset over all this technology now days. I go out to lunch with friends, and they talk on the cell phone. I should have stayed at home!! No time for me!! I am sure the Children feel the same?

]]> By: Lily@IW http://www.imperfectwomen.com/pedz-a-new-way-to-get-kids-moving/comment-page-1/#comment-9572 Lily@IW Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:37:55 +0000 http://www.imperfectwomen.com/?p=6209#comment-9572 <strong>Recent data indicates that 17% of children ages 6-11 are obese.</strong> I would see this as a medical tool, not as a toy, for those children that fit in the above class. I can see that it would be a fun motivation and help them along. Other than that, I see it as another useless item in the store. I agree that parents need to be very careful. I remember being obsessed w/how much I weigh and feeling that was all that would be perceived about me. My friends and I saw our mothers doing it as children and we carried into our teens. What you weighed was everything. It wasn't until my 30's and after that I took a much healthier attitude. I'm so much more about a health and about fell over when my 5yo started asking me if she was fat. It was from television that she picked it up, like Hanna M or something. I did see a trend in my older sons' peers that some had done away with these perceptions and weren't concerned. I find that encouraging. Pam, that's pretty funny about the kids hooking it up to their dogs. Recent data indicates that 17% of children ages 6-11 are obese.

I would see this as a medical tool, not as a toy, for those children that fit in the above class. I can see that it would be a fun motivation and help them along. Other than that, I see it as another useless item in the store.

I agree that parents need to be very careful. I remember being obsessed w/how much I weigh and feeling that was all that would be perceived about me. My friends and I saw our mothers doing it as children and we carried into our teens. What you weighed was everything. It wasn’t until my 30′s and after that I took a much healthier attitude. I’m so much more about a health and about fell over when my 5yo started asking me if she was fat. It was from television that she picked it up, like Hanna M or something. I did see a trend in my older sons’ peers that some had done away with these perceptions and weren’t concerned. I find that encouraging.

Pam, that’s pretty funny about the kids hooking it up to their dogs.

]]> By: Ann@IW http://www.imperfectwomen.com/pedz-a-new-way-to-get-kids-moving/comment-page-1/#comment-9565 Ann@IW Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:19:50 +0000 http://www.imperfectwomen.com/?p=6209#comment-9565 I agree. That study also proves that the kids know what the "right answer" for the pedometer is: high numbers. They must have felt like failures on some level to recruit their dogs. I am smiling about how clever that is though. I agree. That study also proves that the kids know what the “right answer” for the pedometer is: high numbers. They must have felt like failures on some level to recruit their dogs. I am smiling about how clever that is though.

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