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[quote=Anonymous]It was very gross and rainy out today so I decided to take my three charges to this local indoor playground that we go to at least once a week. At one point I was sitting at the little table by the door with the twins feeding them a snack and the 3 1/2 year old comes up to me and points to this woman who had just walked in and goes "C, why does that lady have such a HUGE tummy?" in this VERY loud voice that 3 year olds can have. I was obviously embarrassed and apologized to the woman who also looked embarrassed and told my charge that we don't make comments about how someone looks because it can hurt their feelings and left it at that. This woman was indeed very obese (300+ pounds) but obviously it wasn't okay for my charge to say that out loud. Right before we left, she also commented again on what a big tummy she had. I decided to turn this into a learning experience and in the car, I again told her how it's not nice to say things like that because it can make people sad. She was just very curious and asked how her tummy got so big and I told her that sometimes, people eat a lot of food that isn't good for them and it can give them a big tummy and that's why we eat fruits and vegetables and healthy snacks so that we don't get big tummys and are healthy. That seemed to answer her questions and she hasn't brought it up again. I'm just curious about what others would have done in this type of a situation. I felt bad for the woman because she did look very embarrassed but besides apologizing and telling my charge that it wasn't okay, I wasn't sure what else to do. Has this ever happened to anyone else?[/quote]

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