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Father slammed after ’emotionally damaging’ 9yo daughter with strict diet – Newshub

Feb 22nd, 2020

He says he told his daughter they were "working to set her up for the future being physically fit and mindful of what she eats".

But things came to a head when his daughter went to a birthday party and had to take snacks to share.

"I'm trying to show my kid that snacks can be healthy, so I sent her with a bag of veggie sticks and hummus. She made a little fuss about not getting candy but seemed fine."

At the sleepover the little girl refused to eat any pizza food, and began crying that "she was going to get fat".

"[She] told the other kids that they were gonna get fat and unhealthy because their parents gave them those snacks. She said she had to eat the veggies so she could lose weight, and she wasn't allowed any popcorn."

The man wrote that his ex-wife "blames me for giving [our daughter] a complex when she was healthy and active".

"I said if she was healthy she wouldn't have a belly and be bigger than other girls. I said that at least I cared about what the girl puts in her mouth Now ex is telling me she won't send her back to me if I don't stop 'emotionally damaging' her. "

The post has racked up more than 2000 comments, mostly from people slamming the man's forceful parenting.

"Man, your daughter is NINE. She is a little chubby, for what you have said, and she was CRYING because she was scared if she ate anything. For christ's sake, [you're the asshole] and you are f**king your daughter's life up. What the actual hell you think you are doing?" one person wrote.

"I appreciate that you are looking out for your daughter, but this is completely the wrong way to go about it. She is scared to eat pizza or popcorn? Really?? Yeah, she may have a little baby fat on her but she's nine and hasn't hit puberty yet," wrote another.

One woman pointed out that dieting is an "uphill battle" for women.

"This is the world we - girls and women - live in. We are constantly inundated with messages and images that we are not enough, worthless. It leads to mental health issues, eating disorders, abusive relationships, self-harm, substance abuse, and death.

"You haven't done the bare minimum to support your daughter in a society that is mentally and physically dangerous for girls and women. YOU are the health threat. Not her stomach fat. YOU."

A 2018 study published in children's health journal Pediatrics found that weight shaming, or stress on dieting over healthy eating, can lead to a cycle of disordered eating and poor self-esteem in children.

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