Plinky asked me if I could enact one new law what would it be? My answer is to regulate food choices for children in order to prevent childhood obesity.

A very interesting Los Angeles Times article states that there's a new ordinance to only provide toys with children's meals if they have fruit instead of fries, scheduled to take effect December 2011.
I think this is an important strive to decrease the likelihood of childhood obesity. Not to get on a soapbox, but there are several possible negative outcomes that come with obesity. As stated in the article linked above, cardiovascular disease, bone and joint problems, as well as adulthood type 2 diabetes can be attributed to childhood obesity.
I think if we use the positive reinforcement, as described in this virtual psychology classroom, we will increase the likelihood that children well make their own choices-to eat healthier.
Now, if only we had a positive reinforcer we could use for adults to deter their decision for the fries in the fast food line... hmmm if only adults got toys with their grown-up meal! :) I'd be a hypocrite if I said I always chose the healthy road. I'm just saying, we need to mold our children (the future of our world) into a healthier way of thinking than what is acceptable today. Regulating what their fast food intake be would help parents steer their children toward healthy choices.

There's a powerful, unmistakable generation of mothers I have to follow. Hopefully I can, but if anything, I want to be remembered for being the very best mother I could ever be for my future children.

Although I'm not a parent yet, I someday hope to be, I want to be remembered for being the very best mother. I know I have two very important mother figures in my life and other mothers who have become my friends, and I could only HOPE to become half the mother they are. I will be sad to say that my grandmother (Mama) who raised me won't be around my future children the way she was with me. I just hope I carry on her legacy and make her proud. My biological mom has been there for me and we are so close--and I can only hope to have the kind of relationship we have with my own children. Also, and you know who you are, some of my very best friends are mothers and they have given me examples of what a mom or mother should be--caring, a disciplinarian, a giver, etc... I could go on and on...
But, that is what I want to be remembered for: that I was the very best mother I could be (to my future children;))!