First, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BRITNEIGH!!! 21! All right!!!

Lovebird, my mother treats me like a child, too, and I'm 45. I think she gets that a small kid can get his/her hands on drugs, but I'm not sure. I don't have kids and we're not generally around kids together. But I can tell you this. I wanted to see the movie, Porky's, back when I was around 14. My mom said she'd take me, so I was all excited, even if I was going with my mom. When we got out, she was mad, because she said she thought the movie was about Porky Pig!!! She actually thought a 14-year-old wanted to go see a movie about a cartoon pig she hadn't been into since she was a wee thing.

I don't think technology is the only reason for rising obesity, but it makes it easier to get lazy and obese. Technology is a tool. It can be used for good or evil. Most people like convenience, and latch onto it whenever they can.