User talk:SimonJames

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Good luck! --Panic (discuss • contribs) 05:24, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

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I've read your edits since I'm watching this page and I would like to make a few comments. I think that focusing only on the benefits may be dangerous and could even be damaging not because of the exercise, even if I don't agree with all the observations you make especially regarding long term benefits, but facing most of today's sedentary life and lack of freedom most children have I can't object to the concept. One thing that I see lacking is the necessity to state that the children must not be obligated beyond a certain degree to conform with the training, that the training should not replace or reduce sociability and life enrichment experiences and that special attention must be given to how well the child is fed, that should be the top priority, as you know even in what we expect to see as first world countries have severe problems regarding nutrition, this allied with a training exercise may indeed cause damage. --Panic (discuss • contribs) 06:57, 23 October 2011 (UTC)