what made you decide to do what you do?

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what made you decide to do what you do?
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Wed, 05-21-2003 - 12:18pm
In the interest of changing the subject back to something that is actually relevant to a SAH/WOH debate (LOL!), I will pose a question to anyone who wants to answer:

Who or what would you say was the greatest influence on your decision to SAH or WOH, whichever one you do (or want to do, if you aren't doing what you want)? Did any particular person, circumstance, situation, or anything else lead you to decide this question one way or the other?

What if two different influences conflicted? How did you make the decision then?

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Mon, 06-02-2003 - 12:21pm
My dad's sister had gestational diabetes over 40 years ago with her 3rd prgnancy (as she did with her first two).

But since it is pregnancy induced "gestational diabetes" only occuring during pregnancy, going away to never resurface (unless pregnant again) and now she is 70 years old and has never had a moment's issue with diabetes 2 forming they don't consider that a family history, it was pregnancy induced. Like if she had high blood pressure pregnancy induced that would not be considered a family history for hypertension since it only occurs during pregnancy.

We have NO history of any diabetes in our family (other than my aunt from 40+ years ago and myself with GESTATIONAL DIABETES which is not considered a family history since it is pregnancy induced).

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Mon, 06-02-2003 - 12:24pm
My dh , who runs marathons in just over 3 hours and is almost always in training,, regularly chats with his running partners about this and that.
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Mon, 06-02-2003 - 12:29pm
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Actually, that would be a problem, if she were to turn into a couch potato.

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Nothing changed my mind. It just doesn't exist much anymore. But that aside, my kids have time for that.

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Why would it ruin her summer? Its a long summer. Are you saying that say, 2 hr a day of swimm team activity, would ruin the summer for her? She must have, what, all 14 hrs a day avail for downtime? 12 wouldn't be enough?

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Watching? You don't watch computer games or video games. You have to play them. Maybe you need to try it. You are aware of course, that as the sound comes in from - even just the TV - the brain needs to translate that into coherent thought too? There is a whole range of learning disabilities related to just that function. Try reading a book that doesn't have the whole story filled in for you. See which one takes more brain activity.





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Mon, 06-02-2003 - 12:32pm
But one can encourage activity in children and make it fun for them, without putting them in several sports at once. Its not an all or nothing thing here. You seem to be adament that if children are only in one sporting activity at a time, they are going to end up lazy blobs. But many parents can and do make sports and activity a fun FAMILY event, without having to drive them to little league 4 nights a week coupled with another 3 nights of hockey, etc.

Its entirely possible and probable to encourage daily activity in children without overscheduling them. You dont need organized sports to do that.

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Mon, 06-02-2003 - 12:35pm
The thing about pick up games is this. Kids are not growing up, and moving from a healthy life where kids play games as a normal part of their day, to a healthy life where adults need to be invovled in physical activity as a normal part of their day.

While I'm all for kids running and playing more than they are now allowed in my neighbourhood, I think they stll need the structured element of activity. Thats how they will need to fit it in as adults. It won't just happen as a sidebar to the typical adult life. They need to learn how activity can be fit consciously into life.

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Mon, 06-02-2003 - 12:37pm
Your point is that you have no clue what I'm discussing under the definition of sport.
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Mon, 06-02-2003 - 12:44pm
Then I must have read the wrong post. Someone down below says she ran pre-pregnancy (to show how easy it is to continue to do so post-pregnancy), and I could have sworn it was you.

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Mon, 06-02-2003 - 12:44pm
Huh? What are you talking about. What does atheletic achievement have to do with University. In Canada, just about nothing.

The really smart accomplished kids are typically very well rounded. Take a look a the bios. The athletes, for example tend to have good histories of participating in other sports, besides the one in which they are most successful. Even the olympians. Often some serious artisitc ability there too.

I'm not sure what your point is? I'm the one who already said the time goes up as the kids get older and accomplish things, and the little "one hour a week lessons" won't cut it anymore. However, most of them don't have to limit themselves to one activity until they get into highschool, if then.

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Mon, 06-02-2003 - 12:46pm
I belong to a running club and have run a number of long training runs with "real" runners. The conversation was the best part.

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Mon, 06-02-2003 - 12:49pm
Hmmm. I can't even find what you're responding to. Could it have been one of those posts where someone tried to use their sport hating un-fit self as an example of how exercise isn't important in order to be physically fit?

Are you a physically fit person? If yes, do you consider it part of your job as a parent to encourage your children in that direction, they way you might encourage them in the direction of healthy eating. If you aren't a fit adult yoruself, do you have any desire to raise children who will themselves be healthy adults?

Or do you view physical fitness as something where you will just hope for the best? If so, do you extend that thinking to diet, rest, education?

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