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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teen girls are usually thin and weigh 100 pounds.[/quote]

You don't know many athletes, do you?

This thread illustrates just how girls get eating disorders.[/quote]

PP doesn’t know many teens, athletes or otherwise. [/quote]

I have two teen sons. Both play 3 sports each.

My daughter is only in elementary and everyone is stick skinny. I occasionally see a large girl in ballet but in her actual school, I can’t think of any large girls.

All my kids are thin. My boys are muscular. [/quote]

I haven't been a hundred lbs since 5th grade. You haven't even listed a height with that weight. I assure you my 5'7" teen would look skeletal at 100 lbs. 
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I agree. Even my very slim (23 in waist at almost 17) daughter is 108-115. When she was 100lb she was struggling with disordered eating. And this was when she was more like 14. I can’t imagine my daughter any smaller, at 5’4.5.

I do think 115-120 might be a typical weight for girls this age. If any are 100 lb theY are well below average height and frame.  I know she only has one friend who is overweight. And I know this is tough for this girl to be the fat friend. Very few girls I see are big even at our regular public school [/quote]

I’m the person who wrote the 100 pound comment. I don’t actually know how much any of these girls weigh. They look skinny to me. My also thin boys weigh around 120-130 pounds. These girls are shorter and thinner so I just assumed they weigh 100. They probably weigh 110-120? I weigh 125 pounds and they are significantly skinner than I am.[/quote]

“Disordered eating“ from the previous post is what should jump out at you. Valuing girls acc to their weight is disordered thinking. That is what you are passing along to your daughters. And sons.

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That is definitely not us. We eat well. We eat dessert after meals. We are an active and healthy family.

My entire extended family is thin. [/quote]

Great. Why do you think you judge girls’ worth acc to their weight?

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I actually don’t judge girls’ worth according to weight. We don’t know many/any fat girls. There is no one to judge.[/quote]

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