Telling your daughter to eat less because she is getting "fat". Is this okay?
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I came across a post where a mother was telling her young daughter to eat less because she was getting a little fat and honestly, it bothered me.
I understand that parents should teach their children healthy eating habits, and if there is a genuine health concern, it should be addressed. But telling a young child that she needs to eat less because of her body size seems like a terrible way to approach it.
Children are still growing, and constantly hearing that their body is “too big” can make them associate food with guilt and their appearance with their self worth. There’s a difference between teaching healthy habits and making a child feel ashamed of eating.
If a child genuinely needs help with their weight, shouldn’t that conversation be handled privately and appropriately, preferably with guidance from a doctor, rather than making the child feel bad about their body?
What do you guys think? Am I overreacting, or is this something parents should be more careful about?