Cookie Monster of Sesame Street residence no longer eats cookies with reckless abandon. He often eats oatmeal raisin cookies and only in moderation (his words). Okay. I get that childhood obesity (and adult obesity, for that matter) is a problem. However, I don't think that Cookie Monster eating chocolate chip cookies like, well, a cookie monster is what is making kids fat. We all watched Cookie Monster in his glory days and I don't think any of us felt compelled to stuff our faces with cookies simply because he did it. Adults struggle with obesity for a miriad of reasons--none of which I feel can be linked back to Sesame Street. It makes me sad that our kids aren't able to have the freedom to just be kids like we did!
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I agree, I have never heard a kid say, "I eat too much because cookie Monster gets to smash cookies in his mouth! If cookie monster showed some self control I wouldn't be overweight!"
Where is human accountability? When did we start pointing the finger at everyone else for our problems and stop pointing it at ourselves?
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