I have been hearing for years about young girls worrying about their weight. I suppose you pay more attention to the problem when it involves someone close to you. My grand-daughter is very thin. She doesn't eat a lot. She exercises on the treadmill, and tells me that she is fat. There are a lot of family problems and a new baby on the way. I am scared sh**less. How has our society gotten to the point that a child is worried that they are fat.Maybe I am just so old that I mistakenly remember going outside to play, fighting with my brother etc. when I was younger
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Might be a good idea to get you letter "i" and letter "a" checked out on your keyboard. They seem to be getting stuck.
It isn't fair to blame this type of thing on any one thing. Suggestions on how to correct the situation is what is needed. To think that my grand-daughters home situation is the singular cause of the weight issue, is foolish. You just have to listen to a group of girls talk. I think that schools are a good place to start with good nutrition education. Hopefully it can start them out right.
I was a good parent and I will show you. If any of my kids, or grand-children was grumpy I would tell them that "they were being too miserable and had better head off to bed where they won't bother anyone else"
Too much access these days to the media. I think it's becoming vogue to have the same problems as the kooks in Hollywood.
Or like when we were kids and started to get whiny, we were often told "Quit your whining or I'll give you something to whine for".
"You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink".
Actually my kids, very rarely whined. So often some of those aggravating traits come from the parents or extended family.