[iosystem]

I personally think the no autonomy of kids is increasing the obesity epidemic. I know as a kid I rarely wanted to do anything proposed by my parents. So whenever I went outside to explore the world with a friend, it was either my idea or my friends' idea. The norm seems to blame smart phones or tablets as the culprit but my intuition will always lean towards lack of autonomy as the main cause.

[nonethewiser]

I’m not following the obesity connection.

[lotsoweiners]

Me neither. I was pretty much an “indoor kid” growing up at least until high school. My parents didn’t drink soda, eat chips, or other snacky junk food or keep any of that in the house so I guess that (along with metabolism) was why I was a 5’9” 110 lb 7th grader.