Lying to child about food to keep child from getting fat?

[Anonymous]

OP, I'd be disturbed too. I echo most comments of PPs (though 15:05 is probably my favorite).

[Anonymous]

As a mom of a child with severe allergies I am appauled if she understood how hard dealing with allergies are whe would be such an arse and lying about it

[Anonymous]

What a sicko. She's completely setting her son up for food/eating issues. At least for years of therapy. Ugh.

[Anonymous]

I totally agree with 17:42. My son has severe allergies, and it is hard enough getting some people to take it seriously without someone playing what amounts to a game with it. Pisses me off to hear about stuff like this.

[Anonymous]

I just hate the idea of so heavily relying on lies for parenting. What a foundation!

[Anonymous]

It is very strange.

ESPECIALLY since nuts, eggs, and milk are healthy (and even dark chocolate has health benefits).

This is not the way to create healthy eating habits.

My son eats healthy b/c I offer him healthy foods, not b/c I lie to him.

[Anonymous]

I am sorry that mom sounds crazy!

[Anonymous]

Been there...my mom decided I was "allergic" to chocolate because I was overweight at age eight. She played many other power and control games with food in an effort to get me to comply with her weight standards. It has led to a lifetime of control issues surrounding food and an inability to judge whether I want food for the sake of hunger, control, emotions or whatever. Yes, I'm extremely screwed up...so much so that I can't trust myself to feed our toddler and my husband handles all her meals.

[Anonymous]

That mom clearly has some food issues. Poor kid. I hate to hear about grown women who haven't gotten over their food and eating issues even after having kids.

[Anonymous]

Bad, bad idea on her part. Nuts are a terrifically healthy food anyway. I'm a shrink and I think this is symptomatic of a whole host of issues. That poor boy.

[Anonymous]

Is the mother large? I'm not supporting her control issues, but I, too, know of a mother who's very aware of her daughter's eating habits (obsessively so) b/c of her own weight issues.

If the mother's not overweight, then perhaps other members of her family are.

Even so, she should teach her child to eat in a healthy manner and to not deprive him of certain foods.

[Anonymous]

Well, is the kid heavy?

If he is, I could see why she is doing this.

[Anonymous]

No, no, no. Lies are NEVER the answer, even for obesity. Where can it go?

[Anonymous]

Going to destroy trust and make the child not believe anything the mother has to say later.

Unhealthy in general.

She's definitely got a mental issue of some sort.

[Anonymous]

She's completely looney. That is sooooooo messed up.