And people wonder why we have an epidemic of obesity in the U.S.!
On one of my many forums, I ran across a post from a pissed parent...pissed because a bunch other people in his neighborhood actually think that he is being mean to his two teenaged boys. Both boys evidently enjoy sports (track, wrestling, cross country and football mostly). In order to help them perform better when they went back to school the boys wanted their dad to set a a summer workout contact/schedule for them. As an incentive for following the contract the father agreed that he would take them to an amusment park at the end of the summer provided they applied themselves.
The contact was mutually agreed upon by all involved parties.
According to the contact the boys will:
1) Run at least one (1) mile each morning
2) Sprint at least 10 times for a distance for at least 40 meters timed
3) Complete Two or Three agility/explosiveness drills three days a week.
4) Three days a week the boys will complete the following items:
a) Lift weights
5) One day a week they will complete the following items:
a) Call a friend to go swimming
b) Ride a bike
c) Throw a ball
6) Seven days a week they will complete the following items:
a) Have fun
b) Eat healthy foods
c) Clean their rooms and complete such chores as assigned by their parents.
Personally, I can't see anything abusive or mean in this contract. Both boys, evidently enjoy sports and physical activities. They simply don't want to get lazy over the summer.
I strongly suspect that the parents who feel that the contract is unfair and too hard are the type of parents that are perfectly happy to let their fat lazy kids play computer games all day and then actually wonder why junior is hypertensive at fifteen.
The contact was mutually agreed upon by all involved parties.
According to the contact the boys will:
1) Run at least one (1) mile each morning
2) Sprint at least 10 times for a distance for at least 40 meters timed
3) Complete Two or Three agility/explosiveness drills three days a week.
4) Three days a week the boys will complete the following items:
a) Lift weights
5) One day a week they will complete the following items:
a) Call a friend to go swimming
b) Ride a bike
c) Throw a ball
6) Seven days a week they will complete the following items:
a) Have fun
b) Eat healthy foods
c) Clean their rooms and complete such chores as assigned by their parents.
Personally, I can't see anything abusive or mean in this contract. Both boys, evidently enjoy sports and physical activities. They simply don't want to get lazy over the summer.
I strongly suspect that the parents who feel that the contract is unfair and too hard are the type of parents that are perfectly happy to let their fat lazy kids play computer games all day and then actually wonder why junior is hypertensive at fifteen.