Name: Tammie Harris
Date: 4/24/2013
Name of Program/Setting: Child Care Center
Who I spoke with: I spoke with a family member, her name was Jane and the teacher name was Vicky
The place where I observed from was a child care center, and
I observed family members and teachers. I conducted my observation in the toddler
room, and there were 15 children in the classroom. This room was set up to make
every child feel welcome, meaning, the teachers had the tables in the center of
the classroom and the activities in corners of the room and every child played together.
The teachers that work at the center shared information with
me about how they support foundations on childhood obesity. The organization
they support is by Michelle Obama “let’s move”. They believe that if she continues
to conduct meetings and support families who are trying to make a difference in
their lives and their child’s live, then they believe that everyone would be
able to maintain their weight control.
While observing the classroom, I asked the teacher her opinion
about childhood obesity, she stated “I think it’s sad for our children to
struggle with weight problem, and that it could lead to something more
dangerous like, respiratory problems. That’s why I try to watch every food that
children bring in the school and classroom”. I asked a parent on how she feels
about childhood obesity. She said “our children are our future and we want them
to live for as long as possible”. She also stated that she observe what her children
eat, she has two children ages two and five years old, and also the parent
looks like she’s in great shape as well. She said that, she shops at organic
stores and sometimes, like once a month, her and her family would have a “cheat”
day, where they could eat anything they want.
For my own experience, I’m currently going through this
matter about my child, at her school, their saying that she’s obese, but I know
that my child is not. How I know my child it’s obese it because, she eats
healthy and go outside every day. My child is what you would call “healthy”,
she is three years old and she’s almost four feet tall (her dad is 6’5) so he’s
tall, and she’s been “healthy” ever since she was born. And plus her doctors has
not said anything about her weight, all they say was, make sure I maintain it.
I asked the teacher and director, how is my child obese, they told me, that her
weight is more the 85 percentile. Till this day I am still fighting with the
nurse on how my child is obese, and until I get answers, I will not stop until
I find the answers.
