11.02.2009

My 8-year-old cousin is overweight by 20 KG! He is SO fat that I always joke that his tummy is bigger than his butt. Now, he's feeling slight pain in his feet when he walks. The school is sending him to a SGH specialist to do something to that extra weight. My aunt, who has been indulging him, promised him a hand phone if he sheds 10kg.

If you are in my aunt's shoes, what would you have done? Would you promise him the phone that he has requested? Or just ask him to 'talk to your hand'? Would you allow yourself to indulge him in a luxury to right the consequence of a previous disastrous indulgence?

Why should she give him a reward just because he loses 10kg? Whether she promises him the phone or not, he HAS TO lose those weight. His health is his own responsibility! I know it may sound a bit ridiculous to talk to an 8-year-old about self-responsibility, but hello, it's always good to start early.

And can you tell me why, does an 8-year-old need a phone? What is he going to use it for? For messaging mom to tell her 'I love you' everyday?

I can smell another disaster in years to come...SHEESH!

ninnnnniee bitChed madly at 12:23 AM