I don't think you have to have kids of your own to make a judgment call on how poor of a parent you are if you let your child be obese...period.

The medical complications from it should be enough to call your judgment and parenting skills into question, not to mention the social stigma involved for an obese kid...

Little kids aren't born with food addictions, they don't buy their own food, and are not able to make those decisions for themselves...that's why they are called "children" and you, the parents, are called "adults".

Fish on...

Todd