Indeed, she should close her door and shut up, it's not the time to humiliate children when they are out having funâ¦..

The problem has to be addressed of course, but not on Halloween day and not by her stating to someone that they are obese, as if they don't know, duhâ¦.

Sounds like a hateful woman to me. Sad really.

I read about this today. They showed the note. She goes so far as to tell the parents that they need to step up and start being better parents! IMHO that is way over the line for a stranger! give out healthy treats or non-candy treats or don't give out candy. (I know lots of people who have non-candy options like stickers, pencils, spider rings... to give to kids with allergies.)

If I was her I would be worried about the 'trick' part of trick or treat. Especially since she went on the radio with her plan.

A note that should be given to the woman in return...

âÂÂArrogance is a creature. It does not have senses.
It has only a sharp tongue and the pointing finger.âÂÂ

~Toba Beta

That's just plain rude. If she's so worried about it then I agree, give our something healthy or give nothing at all and keep her mouth shut. Sounds to me like she just wants her fifteen minutes of fame or she'd have not contacted a radio station and just did this.

And I don't think obesity is caused by Halloween candy. The pressure to deny normal things can cause a backlash of desire and unhealthy habits. If a kid's obese, they probably aren't active enough, or have an unbalanced diet in some way. And so many "chubby" kids grow up to be completely normal sized.

What a nut and attention seeker. How could she possibly think that this would help or change anyone? If she's really concerned, is she involved with any programs to help kids get exercise or eat better?

Edited to correct an iPad typo.

This post was edited by hhireno on Thu, Oct 31, 13 at 8:45

This is horrible and I hope the folks in her town avoid her house so she will have egg on her face...which she may just end up getting one way or another. But really, where are all these fat kids? I'm out in the world, there are kids on my block...I just don't see an "epidemic" and I live in a heavily populated, culturally diverse area. Lots of kids get chubby around 10/11---2 of mine did, boy and girl---and then when hormones kick in they slim down. When they talk about epidemic are they just talking about this age group when kids have a tendency to get chunky? I just don't see obese kids everywhere I go.

I don't have anything constructive to say about that woman. She's just flat rude and condescending.

I DO see obese kids where I live. My drive to work takes me past 3 school zones, and we live about 6 blocks from an elementary school. I see some kids that are positively huge-it's heart breaking. The parents, too, are very unhealthy looking. I mean, there is a difference in being a big person who is able to walk and be active, and to be big and riding around in the electric carts at the store!

Passing out these horrible notes is not going to make some parent stop and go-oh, she's right, my kid is fat and I shouldn't let them have this candy. No, it's gonna take a village again-reinstituting PE in schools, cutting out the carbs and white foods in the school lunch programs. And the parents themselves need to eat better! You don't see healthy, fit parents with obese kids.

This story is everywhere, Local, State, National news. T/T is tonight. How did the news get the story? Something is fishy. Sounds like a Halloween prank to me--and a lot of people who know better got caught in it!!

Hopefully the psychologist where able to help her see
that no good will come from a note one day a year .
And isn't this really a case of bullying ???
As far as the "village" comment~
Well, the village just found it's idiot.

She has all but asked for her house to be a huge Halloween target.
Very strange way of thinking.
I wonder how things will look for her tomorrow.

I hope some adult throws a whole lot of rotten tomatoes on her house--after the kids go to bed of course.

It's astonishingly ignorant to assume that kids -- or anyone -- is obese because they eat Halloween candy.

Arcy~ The woman called a radio station talk show with her plans to pass out the letter-
She then sent a copy of the letter to the station.
From there the internet ran with it (went viral).

Here is a link that might be useful: The radio phone call is here...

It isn't my job, or hers, to police other people's children and their diets. She should just not take part in Hallowe'en.

Sounds like a person that just wants attention on herself rather than actually care about the issue.

I don't care for righteous people...stay away, kids...stay far far away!!

Nut bag.

What a holier than thou, hateful person. She needs to adopt the philosophy my parents taught me - if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.

Ah the Thumper Rule. That's what I was taught too gibby3000.

I THINK this Woman lives in Fargo?!??!

I only agree with her on a VERY small scale. I think in a "misplaced" kind of manner, she DOES care about the runaway obesity problem in the U.S.
Bad way to show it???....YES!!!

Faron

Here is a link that might be useful: Fargo news station story...

She is doing more harm than good.

Does anyone know if she actually handed out notes? Did she actually intend to hand out the notes, or was her goal to draw attention to the issue by causing indignation? If so, she achieved it.

Good question. Well, she had her 15 minutes of fame. But why would you want that if everyone ends up hating you? I suppose a small part of it really was to make people aware of the problem, but I think we're already aware!

I think this is pretty funny. Ridiculous, but funny. Maybe it was her way of keeping trick or treaters away from her house this year. It's better than turning off all the lights and hiding in the dark, I guess.

As children we complained about the neighbors who handed out apples. I think that whole razor-blades-in-apples thing was started by kids who were sick of getting fruit on Halloween :-) IMO, the people who gave out Snickers were always The Best Neighbors Ever. Always.

This post was edited by kswl on Fri, Nov 1, 13 at 11:15

Last night I had a flatbed trailer, fashioned into a hayride, stop at my house. There must have been 20 kids on that thing with several adults supervising.

Each adult had a flashlight, one posted at the tailgate, one in the middle of my yard and one at the front porch. They released the kids in groups of three or four and once one group was half way they let the next group go so it was a nice stream of little ghouls and goblins.

Anyway, as a set of kids were running back to the trailer, one of the kids yelled to the next bunch coming up, "She's giving handfuls!!" Those kids started sprinting up to me!

Awwww, that is so sweet!

Turns out it was a prank the radio station pulled.

Last year, this same radio station pulled a prank where a woman called in to the station, talking about the need to move deer crossing signs so the deer would cross at intersections where there would be less likelihood of a crash with a vehicle.

Now that's funny!

I agree, the deer prank is funny. This one just isn't! It's dumb and rude, imo. Are any of you laughing?