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Old 03-29-2016, 11:10 PM

I agree, I think.
I mean, in daycare I feel like they have no in between. Either the kids are sitting down and doing a quiet game or they are outside or running around in the gym. The kids get plenty of exercise but I feel like they aren't actually learning anything.

I would like to see a program where kids learn to play sports or learn about being healthy through exercise in elementary schools while still learning in the classroom when it's time to learn.

Daycare is different because it's an early learning childcare center, so it's only for infants, toddlers and preschoolers. But I just wish that the preschoolers did more learning rather than run around for most of the day.

I also feel that food is half the battle. If we teach kids when they are younger to eat more fruits and vegetables it would cut down on the percentage of childhood obesity. A lot of American kids grow up on McDonalds and other fast food places because it's convenient for the parents and the child likes it. In daycare we often give children way more than their suggested serving size because the child wants, "more kitchen" or they want more meatballs or more pancakes or something. I mean, if a child wants more I say give it to them, yeah, but I don't think it should be an endless stream of feeding a child unhealthy foods just because they ask for it. Then they grow up in a world where they come to expect food to just magically appear and they can eat as much as they want.

That's my opinion though. I'm full of opinions today. XDD


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Old 03-30-2016, 08:25 PM

I like your opinions, Ava the Vampire! :D feel free to share them whenever you want <3

I agree that food is half the battle. Portion sizes are bigger than they used to be. And a lot of children, especially here in the U.S., seem to have that stereotype of not eating or liking vegetables for some reason. I have always liked my vegetables, but then again I am probably one of the least picky eaters ever, haha.

I remember reading about a study they did somewhere with kids and Wheat Thins. They split the kids into three groups to tell them almost the same exact story except for one small detail. Then, they gave them a plate of Wheat Thins.

One group was told something like "Sally came home from school. She ate Wheat Thins because they are healthy."
The second group was told "Sally came home from school. She ate Wheat Thins because they are delicious."
The third group was told "Sally came home from school. She ate Wheat Thins."

and they found out that the third group ate the most Wheat Thins after the story! So basically, if you just treat eating Wheat Thins as a normal thing, without trying to justify it, the kids will eat more of it.

At least, that was their conclusion.

and I laughed out loud at the awesome and very fitting gif you shared!!!


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Old 03-30-2016, 11:02 PM

That's a really cool story, salvete!

I think it makes sense to present healthy food to children as something normal, not "good" or "healthy". Just something that is food.

Hahaha, when this page was loading it showed all the gifs in slow motion for a couple of seconds and it was hilarious watching Elmo dance in slow-mo. xD


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Old 03-31-2016, 05:09 PM



That is a really clever way of doing it. Don't justify your self to children, just give them the opportunity to accept their own version of normal.

Tbh, Elmo always freaked me out. Most Muppets I'm fine with, I think it's the floppy exuberance and childlike voice.

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Old 04-03-2016, 12:48 AM

This thread needs moar Yuuko!


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Old 04-04-2016, 10:56 PM



It's hard to find gifs of beautiful things these days...

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Old 04-04-2016, 11:30 PM

I dunno. I have a whole folder of this guy that says otherwise.

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Old 04-05-2016, 01:04 AM

I dunno...
I have a gif of Tom Hiddleston's butt but I don't think it's appropriate to post here. xD
And either way, if I post it, I'll start thinking of POOP.

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Old 04-05-2016, 04:58 PM

star finds tons of cute


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Old 04-06-2016, 05:59 AM

Of course, you have to have some cute puppy gifs too.


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Old 04-06-2016, 08:19 AM

ohh..oh my gosh I LOVE IT

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Old 04-06-2016, 05:42 PM

Am I the only one that's a little concerned that those puppies are on a plate and in a bowl and there's a fork there...

As if someone was planning to eat them?! O_O

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Old 04-07-2016, 12:24 AM

i think they where useing those to show how small the puppies where..

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Old 04-07-2016, 07:05 PM

I'd eat those chow-chow pups. Yum! ;3

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Old 04-09-2016, 03:30 PM



Me listening to my music while other people are around. xD

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Old 04-09-2016, 04:05 PM



I have to be careful listening to an open playlist of my music. It's pretty eclectic and can be downright offensive to some. Recently I've taken to listening to specific almonds at work because I can sort of control what's going to be playing. Can't have co-workers or visitors hearing "big balls" or "clusterfuck" without being called offensive or hell worshipping. (I get enough of that listening to heavy metal in the South)

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Old 04-12-2016, 10:53 PM

Haha.

My music isn't offensive, but a lot of people think the stuff I listen to is really, really weird. Like people are like, "You don't ACTUALLY like that shit, do you?!" And I'm like, :|


Music video GIF FTW

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Old 04-15-2016, 01:57 AM

I hate when people are like that! Yes I like the music I listen to, otherwise I wouldn't listen to it.

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Old 04-16-2016, 02:13 PM

Hey all in the gif world. I'm really bad at using gifs. I don't have any saved on my computer. and I don't know the famous ones like everyone does. But i make my own on tumblr that have nothing to with conversations. That sounds fantastic to use in here right? Of course... I haven't made any in a very long time...


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Old 04-17-2016, 05:12 PM

I search for the ones I want.

As for music I am very eclectic with my music taste. Though on Spotify I have a kid friendly playlist.

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Old 04-17-2016, 08:39 PM



oh yeah. My music is kinf od all over the place. I never know when people are going to like it or not.

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Old 04-17-2016, 08:50 PM

Gifs are fun! I have a bunch saved on imgur and keep adding to. And a lot are irreverent. 8D


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Old 04-17-2016, 09:16 PM

irreverant or irelevant?



also look at me I'm using gifs!!! yay for tumblr search!


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Old 04-18-2016, 11:12 PM



Shad, you know better than to question my phone speak. And I did get pretty damn close to the right word. So I can it a win for me.

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Old 04-18-2016, 11:45 PM



i know. I just love your typos so much i have to point them out. and the word it replaced it with is.. just. so funny.

 


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