Oh My God! I can't find fault with the parents putting up the money for the personal trainers, they're just trying to do the best thing for their kid, but this trend definantly says something about our society. When I was six, I was the picture of health, and the only personal trainer I needed was the pirate ship in my back yard (actually a picnic table) and my band of merry pillagers (the other neighborhood kids). When I was ten, I lived on the baseball field. In my teen years I was harldy a jock, but I was always playing tennis, basketball, or swimming. When I hit college I got more and more sedentary, and the picnic table didn't have the same draw that it did when I was six, so a personal trainer may have been useful, but not when I was a kid.
The technology that we all love is the primary reason for our childrens chubby butt cheeks! I hate to say it because I love my Xbox, but kids have more reasons to stay in their rooms, then they do to go out and play.
