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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What do you mean when you say pudgy?  How pudgy? Most of these kids aren't starving and needing to gain weight to grown, what happened to being skinny as kids?  It used to be the norm and now it is the exception.  Somehow, non pudgy kids grew too. I think there is some kind of collective avoidance issue with weight problems in the US.  I mean if parents are very pudgy, then it is ok for kids to be a little pudgy? Being heavy is no a status symbol like in some other countries. Here is a woman who is trying to do right by her DD and people are telling her that it is ok for her daughter to be overweight at 9 years old!  What does pudgy means? Are we afraid to say overweight? And why is it ok for heavy people to judge skinny people but not vice versa?[/quote]

Thank you. It's incredibly frustrating to come here and voice my concerns and be attacked for actually caring that my child is overweight. I agree that she's getting extra calories elsewhere. Teachers at school frequently give out candy as rewards, her dance studio gives out candy, her Girl Scout troop that meets immediately after school gives out a snack, and of course when she goes to friends houses there's no telling what she's eating. But that just seems to be a part of the culture that we live in. [/quote]

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