<p>or their parents care but the child is stubborn
(i.e you put the kid on a diet but he still sneaks in his little debbies after his small dinner of salad) </p>
<p>or their parents are fat themselves and hence they don't really care if the kid is fat, or they just don't care in general
not necessarily all parents say "oh he's a growing boy, leave my baby alone" </p>
<p>edit, this was in response to sloc</p>