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My daughter is in 3rd grade (in Greece) and she is the only kid in her class getting packaged food everyday with her without any money in her pocket. All the ot
by axilmar 7y ago
My daughter is in 3rd grade (in Greece) and she is the only kid in her class getting packaged food everyday with her without any money in her pocket. All the other kids have money, which use regularly to buy potato chips, beverages, sweets, etc from the school's shop.
Also, from what I hear from other parents, other kids regularly eat out, with the Greek souvlaki being the main food they get (which comes with fried potatos and pita), burgers and pizza.
Parents don't want to face their kids when the kids whine all the time, and in order to shut them up, they buy whatever the kids want.
The above, coupled with lack of physical activity due to various reasons, creates the obesity epidemic for kids, at least in my country.
- anovikov 7y agoSame thing in Cyprus here. My daughter is in 3rd grade and nearly all Cypriot kids in the class are fat. While Cypriot ones are of course, a minority these days in Cyprus schools.
- purple_ducks 7y ago> While Cypriot ones are of course, a minority these days in Cyprus schools. I don't follow.
- anovikov 7y agoMost seem to be Russians, Chinese and the like? Even Cypriots kids themselves are whole lot whiter-skinned now, due to a lot of British, then Russian and other Eastern European wives brought in over last couple generations.