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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Weight threads are very predictable on DCUM. Many many people pile on an OP who is concerned about their overweight child and accuse her of being shallow and horrible and about to give their kid an eating disorder. There ARE healthy ways to talk to kids about good eating habits, and to help instill them. I would seriously love to know how many of these overwrought posters attacking OPs like this one are overweight themselves. I would guess the vast majority. Being overweight is a serious issue, and it is not bad parenting to address it - it just needs to be done carefully and sensitively. I think way too many people project their own defensiveness about their weight problems to OPs like this one.[/quote]

I'm one of the "overwrought" LOs & I am definitely not overweight (I'm 5'3 & was 107 lbs at my last doctor's appointment).I'm just sensible enough to understand that it is normal for a child who is taller than about 95% of his peers to also be heavier than about 95% of his peers. [/quote]

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