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It is seriously worrying to see that little inroads are being made
into the number of children being diagnosed with cancer, but I believe
this is because the emphasis is all wrong on how children should deal with
their health problems. For too long the emphasis has been on schools to
take on the roles of parents of educating on health risks and the need to
change "modern lifestyle", however, I think the time really has come for
parents to become more proactive in how their chldren spend their spare
time and in what they eat. This of course spreads much wider than simpy
the case of cancer, such as the issue of obesity, however, what is clear
is that all problems of today's lifestyle are essentially part of the same
problem: the average parent's refusal to play a more prominent role in
raising the awareness of child in their own health
Putting an End to Passing the Buck
It is seriously worrying to see that little inroads are being made
into the number of children being diagnosed with cancer, but I believe
this is because the emphasis is all wrong on how children should deal with
their health problems. For too long the emphasis has been on schools to
take on the roles of parents of educating on health risks and the need to
change "modern lifestyle", however, I think the time really has come for
parents to become more proactive in how their chldren spend their spare
time and in what they eat. This of course spreads much wider than simpy
the case of cancer, such as the issue of obesity, however, what is clear
is that all problems of today's lifestyle are essentially part of the same
problem: the average parent's refusal to play a more prominent role in
raising the awareness of child in their own health
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