Now teachers have been directed to dob in fat kids.
Look out, here comes anorexia and bulimia.
This indoctrination into an accepted "Compliant and subjugated) population will see robots coming.
Perhaps we simply need to report teachers who dont teach and continue to preach bull shite
Why cant they just teach, you know, LIKE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO.
Teachers ordered to dob in fat kids
EXCLUSIVE
CHRISTOPHER HARRIS
Policy is ‘overkill’
PARENTS of obese children who are observed to be gaining “massive” amounts of weight and seen eating foods such as pizza and potato cakes at recess face being reported to child protection authorities by teachers.
But health experts warn that because almost one-quarter of NSW school kids are now considered overweight or obese, many parents might have trouble recognising their child was unhealthy when teachers try to raise the issue with them.
The NSW Department of Education’s mandatory reporting guide urges teachers to counsel parents if their child’s heavy weight is life-threatening and to report them if they do not take action to stop it.
“Extreme obesity is not the most common form of neglect, but is a serious concern and can be challenging to address,” the policy guidelines state.
The guidelines were introduced in 2016 after the deaths of a primary and a secondary school student who were observed to have “massive” weight gain.
In a slide show compiled by The Department of Education for teachers, it gave the fictional example of Jonnie who is observed to be struggling with schoolwork while being obese.
“I have noticed that he has excessive amounts of food for recess and lunch and spends the whole time eating. And it is all heavy food – potato cakes, pizzas, pies and pastries,” the teacher says in the video.
His parents were eventually reported to the authorities because they did not engage with the support services offered by the school, including a dietitian who suggested medical intervention.
University of Newcastle obesity expert Philip Morgan said eating unhealthy foods had become normalised and a lot of parents wrongly believed their child was not overweight.
“In some ways, parents are not able to recognise their children are overweight or obese because it has become more normalised,” he said. A growing number of parents fed their child a diet of junk food, but believed it was OK because their child remained skinny, he said.
NSW Ministry of Health data found only 6.3 per cent of the general population ate the recommended amount of vegetables in 2019. The same year, 24.8 per cent of boys and 21.1 per cent of girls aged 5 to 16 were considered overweight or obese.
NSW Upper House MP Mark Latham said teachers should try to work with parents rather than reporting them for serious weight issues.
“It is overkill, it would build resentment among parents, it would prohibit a co-operative approach to trying to help,” he said. “The answer has got to be teachers and principals working with the kids to craft a solution.”
A Department of Education spokesman said the parents of obese children were reported only when they were unwilling or unable to get their child to lose weight.
“Where possible, advice is provided to staff to support the parent/carer in accessing relevant services and to ask families if and how they would like assistance to address the food or nutrition concerns held.”
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