This concept bothers me on a couple of levels. First, the incentive should be one's improved health, not bank account. Then, suppose someone loses the weight to gain the incentive, and gains the weight back after the "contest" ends. There are people I know who went on a popular, membership-based program and lost desired weight, only to gain it back and then some.
Finally, and I know this is wishful thinking, we have to teach our children to focus on what kind of persons they are, not what they look like. Confident children tend to take care of themselves, I believe.
Then again, we're taught at an early age to do something for money. Remember your allowance?
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This concept bothers me on a couple of levels. First, the incentive should be one's improved health, not bank account. Then, suppose someone loses the weight to gain the incentive, and gains the weight back after the "contest" ends. There are people I know who went on a popular, membership-based program and lost desired weight, only to gain it back and then some.
Finally, and I know this is wishful thinking, we have to teach our children to focus on what kind of persons they are, not what they look like. Confident children tend to take care of themselves, I believe.
Then again, we're taught at an early age to do something for money. Remember your allowance?
December 15, 2008 - 6:52pmThis Comment
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