| Re: Sad Story: was Schwinn Sidewinder from Walmart
On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 19:35:08 -0600, Pat wrote:
> That's why you see parents hauling their little
> kids
> : in their cars to the park, where they drive around little electric cars.
>
> Wow! I actually saw this in a local park: the mother was walking slowly
> behind a 3 year old boy who was driving a battery-powered "jeep" over the
> grass. He was getting NO exercise at all!
>
> Pat in TX
It's the norm here in Nashville. Morbidly obese kids practicing on these
toys until the day they turn 20 and get a real scooter because their feet
got amputated because of diabetic complications.
Sad and disturbing.
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