Spit Up: Pint-Sized Treadmill for Super-Sized Kids

Sure, they market this as a treadmill “just like Mom and Dad” and plug it as pretend fun. But isn’t there something slightly disturbing about a treadmill for children?

Children should be running and playing outside or at the playground or in the museum. Why would a child ever want to walk on a tiny treadmill? Even the biggest exercise enthusiast wouldn’t want their child’s activity to take place on a treadmill, right? Is the underlying message a new option for our obese generation of children. They can walk off the pounds without ever leaving the television and missing a moment of Nick Jr. Disagree? It’s yours for $140 at Wonder Brains.