Today, my seven-year-old told me to lose weight. Her reason? There's a family fun day coming up at her school and she is embarrassed. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my 7 year-old looked at me and stated, "When I grow up Mommy I want to be fat just like you." FML
Today, I have discovered that my daughter is struggling with anorexia. When I sat down to talk with her about it, she said it’s because, "all the other kids at school keep calling her fat." She was underweight before, and has now gone to being severely underweight. FML
Today, my 4-year-old daughter asked me when I was going to be skinny like her daycare lady. FML
Today, my 6-year-old daughter walked into the bathroom where I was grumbling about my weight. Seeing how upset I was, she took my hand and said, "Mom, you're not fat. You just look fat." FML
Today, the school called my dad telling him they want to put me on a diet, because they're worried about my weight. FML
Today, I tried to nicely talk to my daughter about her rapid weight gain. Having a family history of weight-related illness, I felt it was necessary. I offered to get thyroid tests, teach her to buy healthy food, and start routine exercise. She told everyone I called her a cow and had fat-shamed her. FML
Today, I was watching my 7 year-old daughter and her friend jump on our trampoline. I was really impressed by all the flips they were doing, and I told her, "Hey! I can't even do that." To that her friend replied, "Of course you can't. You're fat!" FML
Today, I told my kids that our family dog was getting too fat and we should give him a little less food. My youngest daughter whispered to her sister, "Mommy's fat and we still give her food." FML
Today, I overheard my daughter compliment my mother by saying "My mom is way flabbier than you, Grandma." When I told her later that she hurt my feelings, she told me to "man up." She's seven. FML
Today, my patient, a chubby little girl, stood on a scale to measure her weight. She was 5 years-old and weighed 65 lbs. I started giving her advice on eating healthy: fruits, vegetables, and more greens. She turned to her mother with shocked look and said, "But mommy, the doctor is fat too!" FML
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DontForgetMe4 0
Ouch! Children are honest like that. She doesn't mean it in a horrible way, just try it. Who knows?
EmmaLois 0
Hahaha probably need to lose weight do it for her ;)
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Comments (139)
jellybeardoggie 4
Are you a nun ?
kei1108 13
You need to instill values of inner beauty in your child; FAST. it starts out like this, then it turns into her obsession over her own weight and then her only being friends with people who are socially accepted as beautiful. We need to teach our young generation to not value outer appearance. Right?! :)
Lillith_fml 5
given that you're from Indiana and, according to the Wikipedia, 27% of adults in Indiana are obese and 62% are overweight, your kid had a fair chance for actually getting it spot on. Just saying.
Aliicat16 9
I remember saying that to my mom when I was young. but dont worry she still loves you and when shes older she will realize how silly it was to ask you that. Doesnt mean going to the gym wont hurt though ;)
AffenKid 9
At least my 5 yo tells me I should loose weight because she doesn't want me to die...ydi so do I it seems :/
natroniks 0
I say ydi for not raising kid properly - both to respect parents and not to over-value physical looks.
BTR_lover 1
At least you have a motivation now..
kev1059 1
You can't have any fun if you're overweight. Or be happy and enjoy life and what it could be for that matter.
TacoApple99 26
Why am I not surprised this came from America.
TheAngryPrincess 3
Really people are putting ydi? Assholes