Fat Kids....

[dps1822]

Fat Kids....UPDATED WITH PICS

If you have kids, do you watch their weight? I have four and I am anal about their weight. Fat kids get picked on in school and I dont want them to go through that ok fast forward to my sister. She has a daughter who is three days older then my daughter and she is a beast. My daughter dresses cute while my niece looks like a boy because she can't find cute clothes her size. I am like this close to telling my sister to have her kid drop some weight but is that right for the kid to just flat out tell them they are fat. Should i care about psychological effects later in her life I dont want her to become some fat recluse then come kill me because I insulted her when she was little and she has been harboring a grudge.

 

[silverstar1025]

You don't need to tell kids they are fat the parent needs to provide more healthy food in the home. If you stock your home full of crap then how is the kid going to be healthy? I don't go and deprive my kids of all the good kids stuff, but I definitely limit. Instead of cookies and candy I get them yogurt, cheese sticks, crackers,etc. Kids will eat what you give them. They won't starve so if that is all there is in the house then they should change their ways.

 

[vixensghost]

You call your chubby niece a "beast"? Wow, I would think that perhaps you're adding fuel to that fire. Sorry, that is sad.

I have an 11 year old daughter. She's very active in sports. She's also VERY well versed in proper nutrition. I can only give her the tools, she'll have to do the rest on her own when's she older. I'd like to think that a good example and education is the key with children.


Labels and name calling would be MY last approach while trying to help a child!Just my 2 cents....

 

[stosstruppe]

You call your chubby niece a "beast"? Wow, I would think that perhaps you're adding fuel to that fire. Sorry, that is sad.

DPS never stated she called her niece a beast to her face, only as a honest descriptive on EF.

All my parents ever did was ensure there was little to no junk food in the house to snack on ("You can't miss / crave something you've never tried") and supported my sporting endeavours financially, transportation and what not.

 

[chazk]

I would not come out an caller kids fat . I would drop hints next time you are with her say stuff like " oh i dont want my kids to eat that " of " no I do not let my kids have those sweets "

Then let her and her kids see your kids eating good foods such as oranges,grapes, strawberries,blue berries,baby carrots,cherry tomatoes.

If you can introduce healthy foods to her kids by way of your kids , maybe it wil rub off on them

 

[heatherrae]

Some kids go through a "chunky" phase and then outgow it after puberty strikes, too. It's really up to her mom to see that she is eating well and getting enough active play time. Maybe she is just in an awkward phase. Whatever you do, don't tell her that she is fat. Women learn all that crap way too fast anyway. I hate to see thrid grade girls comparing dieting tips.

 

[PFM]

yea i agree. might need to find a more suttle way to go about it. but i do think it should atleast be brought to the parents attention. going throu life and school overweight is one of the worst things that kids have to deal with. I was overweight til my sopf. year in college. I delt with it by hating myself and everyone else, and kicking anyones ass who called me fat. since then I have lost 80lbs, and I feel like Im living another life!

 

[retsiger]

You call your chubby niece a "beast"? Wow, I would think that perhaps you're adding fuel to that fire. Sorry, that is sad.

I have an 11 year old daughter. She's very active in sports. She's also VERY well versed in proper nutrition. I can only give her the tools, she'll have to do the rest on her own when's she older. I'd like to think that a good example and education is the key with children.


Labels and name calling would be MY last approach while trying to help a child!Just my 2 cents....

So true!

 

[vixensghost]

DPS never stated she called her niece a beast to her face, only as a honest descriptive on EF.

All my parents ever did was ensure their was little to no junk food in the house to snack on ("You can't miss / crave something you've never tried") and supported my sporting endeavours financially, transportation and what not.

You know that she does not call her that to her face? She has those thoughts in her heart if it's mentioned! Negative thoughts only provide negative actions...IMO.

Sorry, anyone who calls a child a "beast" has serious problems. It's NOT the poor kids fault that she has NO examples set for proper nutrition. Christ.

 

[chazk]

Sad fact in america is usually 90% of the time fat parents = fat kids.
Fat parents eat crap at home,take kids out and over eat on more junk then come home and sit around snacking on more junk. The kids see it as just a the way life is and follow.