Reply to 13 yo DD’s best friend eats poorly and isn’t active

Forum Index » Tweens and Teens

Reply to "13 yo DD’s best friend eats poorly and isn’t active"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]She is a very sweet girl and is a good friend to my DD. Not looking to distance from her or anything but I’m very worried that their whole family eats extremely poorly, buys tons of junk food and has no food rules. Also the kids don’t do any activities. No sports or dance or anything but also no family hikes or even spending time outside. Last summer my DD barely saw the friend because every day she said it was “too hot” to be outside, and we didn’t allow them inside together until all 4 parents were vaxed.

She openly says things like “I hate school” “I don’t read, I prefer YouTube” etc.

How do I address this with DD - that I don’t want her just eating junk and watching YouTube every time is with the friend? [b]I can’t police when I’m not there but it really bothers me.[/b] I also just don’t want my DD thinking this is normal teen behavior.[/quote]

If you are "policing" not just your daughter, but your daughter's friend, then your parenting is potentially setting you up for much bigger problems than having a daughter who has a friend who eats junk food.

I wonder if you realize how many parents would be grateful that their 13 yo child had a "good friend" who was "a very sweet girl"?

I wonder what kind of friend you are OP?  Given that we don't know anything about the resources or interests of this family, perhaps you could offer to include the friend in activities with your daughter at your expense -- if the friend is interested.  If there's something BOTH girls are interested in doing, talk to the friend's parents about gifting skating lessons or a pool pass or tap classes to both girls so that your daughter can participate in an activity with a friend.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics