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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]See, moving the thread has just opened OP up to attacks from new people.  I feel like she was cast out of the SN section and I'm sorry that happened.  I think childhood obesity (plus a hormonal disorder plus a head injury) is a special need.[/quote]

So what distinguishes a special need from a health /medical issue? Should everyone with a health related question about their child be posting in SN? In OPs case she was actually upset that they noticed the obesity - so this was something she wanted ignored not addressed as her reason for the medical visit was the temporary head injury.

Now I am confused. In the past questions related to health/medicine have gone either in health and medicine or in general parenting - you are saying they should all be in special needs?[/quote]

Acute health problems don't belong on the SN section, but chronic health problems absolutely do.  It is not uncommon for parents of children with chronic health problems to post there.  A hormonal imbalance and obesity are chronic health problems.

I have never been angry before at the monitoring on this site.  My general feeling is that it should be monitored more.  But this continues to make me angry.  OP was kicked out of the SN section because of fat shaming, pure and simple.  If her DD had been struggling with being underweight, she would not have been kicked out.  I know because parents have posted about that concern before.  Neither would she be attacked over and over again because of her DD's weight.  As you can see, the attacks continue.  Kicking OP out of the SN section just sends the message that (1) fat is different and somehow negates her DD's other chronic health problem.  (2) Fat shaming is OK.  Never mind that her DD's weight is largely the result of a chronic disorder and that her DD has made heroic inroads into correcting the problem.

In our culture we love to attack fat people. So all these normal weight people come on and say "look at me, I can keep my weight under control.  You are BAD you fat mother and daughter."  never mind that OP's DD has lost weight and is continuing to lose weight, that her weight gain is the result of a medical condition, that OP is not in denial about her DD's weight but posted about it in her original post.  never mind that her DD is a teenager for God's sake, and has to deal with the emotional fallout of it all (which is really what OP's post was about).  Everyone has their knives out.  You are the ones who should be ashamed.[/quote]

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