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[quote=Anonymous]My 12yo has been on the chubby side since she was about 9/10, but I’m pretty sure she is going to slim out with puberty and be a tall, well proportioned woman, not skinny but not overweight. All her excess weight is in her belly.  I’m trying very hard to keep her self esteem high because she has been called fat at school, and been bullied. She’s popular and generally a happy kid, but I am worried about her self image. She is not allowed on any social media and we model good habits and I have high self esteem now, though I suffered terribly as a tween/teen and had an eating disorder so I’m quite sensitive about all of this. It doesn’t help that she has a younger sister who is naturally very thin, though that could change as well as she approaches puberty (though they’ve always had different body types).

Eldest dd is a strikingly beautiful girl, with long, thick, wavy blond hair, unusually large hazel eyes with very long lashes, a nice nose, full lips, etc. She will likely be a gorgeous woman. She was an adorable toddler and young child, and often looks at old photos of herself and laments at how cute she used to be.

What are positive words I can say to her to help her get through this awkward stage? She hasn’t really started puberty yet (just starting to get breast buds) so I know the worse awkward stage is still to come… [/quote]

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