What the what?

Pokedot · October 2013

https://www.valleynewslive.com/story/23823811/woman-handing-out-letters-not-halloween-candy

So what does everyone think of this? I'm kind of speechless!

Pokedot · October 2013

My mouth kind of hit the floor on this one.

Stasi · October 2013

Uhhh, she's handing them out to children "she feels are moderately obese". So, if you are a little bigger than your friends, they all get Snickers and you get a letter telling you you're a fatty. Horrible.

Flamingemu · October 2013

The number of children that have low self esteem to begin with is terrible. I could not imagine the hurt it would cause to receive a letter telling me I was fat as an adult, let alone a kid.

melody921 · October 2013

Flamingemu said:

The number of children that have low self esteem to begin with is terrible. I could not imagine the hurt it would cause to receive a letter telling me I was fat as an adult, let alone a kid.

Seriously! And why would she think it's her place to put a child down. Unbelievable.

icedcoffeeluv · October 2013

This is horrible, how about instead you hand out a pencil to all the kids? The candy isn't any healthier for a kid that she doesn't consider moderately obese.

If you want to stand for something then take a helpful stance and don't be an idiot.

Pokedot · October 2013

My first thought like LL was thinking she might have weight issues herself but going about it the way she has isn't going to do a child any favors. If anything it'll make them feel worse. Most of all people are different shapes and sizes. If I brought DS there (he's a big kid but solid) would she think about giving him a slip of paper? Hypothetical I know but still. She's crazy. I hope her house gets toilet papered and has flaming poop in a bag on her porch!

plus12012 · October 2013

I heard that on the news today. She better be prepared for some backlash.

MarisaKathleen · October 2013

She's an asshole. Yet another person who thinks they know better than someone's parent. I'm not saying that childhood obesity isn't a valid concern, but if it's not your kid, I see no reason for you to belittle someone else's child.

I hope her house gets egged.

MississippiCatfish · October 2013

It's not that hard to hand out boxes of raisins or pretzels instead of candy. That would be a better choice.

ETA: I mean she could give these to ALL kids, if that wasn't clear.

OceanLover26 · October 2013

wow, that's just...wrong. I hope a parent sucker punched her before the night was out.

Hyaline · October 2013

You know, if she wrote a generic "let's be healthy and skip candy" letter and did it to everyone, I wouldn't care. I mean, I'd think she was a moron, but I wouldn't care. Giving it to kids she deems chubby? That's just cruel.

jenndub · October 2013

That's so mean. There is no excuse for an adult to humiliate a child.

Wait, no, I take that back. If any little kids ever hurt my babies, I will ruin their lives.

bonjourbelle05 · October 2013

Wow...so she's going to give candy to the kids she seems thin enough? Did it occur to her that there might be children who have health issues that cause them to appear/be "moderately obese". This lady would def get egged in my neighborhood!

AKB090609 · October 2013

What a bitch, my guess is she will end up on everyone's list of houses to skip.

jbBeans · October 2013

I see Halloween as a totally acceptable time to consume candy. We were always exhausted after ToTing in the freezing cold for hours. We seriously probably got a good few miles of walking in. We earned that candy. This lady can suck it, along with the people who hand out "Halloween = devil worship" pamphlets.

eshee8198 · October 2013

My parents used to make us throw away anything that wasn't wrapped well, or that they deemed especially unhealthy. Lesson learned, EAT ANYTHING NOT WELL WRAPPED ON THE TOT WALK.

Also, this woman is clearly an asshole. There's sort of a difference between caring about childhood obesity and healthy eating, and trying to shame people - little KIDS - into feeling bad about their weight.