Proving that it’s never to early to screw up your kids, the mother of a five-year-old girl has admitted to putting her daughter on a diet, saying, “it’s for her own good.”
Writing about her decision on popular parenting website Mumsnet on Wednesday, the anonymous parent known only as PurpleSky2, said that the decision was one that she made in a bid to help her daughter – who is within the healthy weight range for her current age and height – avoid taunting later in life.
“I don’t want her to struggle with bullying etc and she is quite greedy,” the UK mum wrote, adding, “She has a hearty appetite and loves food. It makes me sad to be stricter but it is for her own good.”
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God, this just makes me so sad for that poor little girl. For god's sake, a 'solid' kid doesn't necessarily equate to a 'fat' adult. My brother was a 'solid' child. A stocky little fellow - until he hit his teens, grew 8 inches in two years, and ate our parents out of house and home! He is now 6'4, and medium build. I know plenty of people who were chubby/stocky/solid/whatever kids, who grew up to be perfectly healthy weights. And so what if the kid does grow up to not be perfectly thin? This mum needs to deal with her own food issues before she thrusts them on her daughter - perhaps a good therapist is in order.