My child is not fat.
However, some idiot kid has convinced him that he is. Some child asked him why he was so fat. I do not know or understand what possessed this child to be so mean. I would like to think that the kid was asking an innocent question… However, in this day and age with our overly critical society, I can only believe that it was meanness.
My child came home from school and announced to the family that he is going to diet. He has determined that his diet will last three months. He decided there will be no more desserts in the house for this period of time and he is requiring himself a certain amount of exercise per day. Please understand that I do not think that either of these requirements are bad. We could all use to have some discipline in our lives. Less desserts and more movement would be great for everyone of us.
But my child is eight years old.
It is too soon for society's expectations to overrun his life. Let me worry about what people think and what people say and how people react… He is eight.
I did not know that he has been weighing himself now for a week. Last night he came into my room crying. Apparently someone had adjusted the dial on the scale and when he stood on it it told him that he waited 20 pounds more than he did that morning. He was devastated. I was shocked and upset to find out how important this was to him.
I quickly got up and fixed the dial... I may have over adjusted it a pound or two... He was smiling when he went to bed...
The scale is in the garbage this morning.
Friends- let's be concerned for our health. Let's monitor our family's health... But our children should be CHILDREN. I'm broken hearted that my son is already worried about being fat.
My child is not fat
The next person who tells him that he is... Well, they will deal with this angry mother..
