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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Just because the kid isn't eating lunch doesn't mean she's starving[/b]. I didn't even HAVE a lunch period in 9th and 10th grades. But I got home at 2pm and ate a meal then.

Your daughter doesn't need to be so supportive of her friend. If the friend talks about why she doesn't want something your daughter can tell her "Next time just say no thanks. We don't need you to tell us how unhealthy our foods are."

How is this "friend" being a good friend to your daughter? Friendship is a two-way street. It's not a 12 year old's job to get another child with a mental illness to get healthy. That's the job of adults.[/quote]

Obviously not starving in the sense of not eating anything at all, but if she doesn't eat during the school day, she's not eating anything from around 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, probably at least 30 minutes longer at each end, and that couldn't possibly be healthy.

I don't disagree that it's not my daughter's job to treat this child's mental illness.  But, she's had a lot of recent trauma in her life, the least of which was starting a new school in the middle of a pandemic, and she doesn't have a lot of friends.  I don't think it would be good for her health or well-being for my daughter to act with less caring or concern, or otherwise stop being a good friend. It's just a fine and difficult line to walk. [/quote]

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