Anonymous
11/30/2013 16:37
Subject: Child feeling overweight?
Anonymous wrote:Premake meals. If asked I would decline too but if you did it, I would be thrilled.
Okay I will try this. Thanks!
Anonymous
11/30/2013 16:18
Subject: Child feeling overweight?
Premake meals. If asked I would decline too but if you did it, I would be thrilled.
Anonymous
11/30/2013 16:02
Subject: Child feeling overweight?
This is very sad but there's nothing you can do. The doctor told MB he's overweight so it's up to her to stop feeding him crap.
Anonymous
11/30/2013 15:03
Subject: Child feeling overweight?
Anonymous wrote:Can you premake snacks and meals for the parents, like cut up cheese, celery, carrots, baked goods that are quick and easy to grab? Parents are just feeding what is easy. If easy healthy stuff is available, that may help.
Its ultimately the parents responsibility to fix them. Can you get him enrolled in an activity like gymnastics, karate or other sports? That may help to keep him more active.
Op here. He is definitely active enough. It is nutrition that is the problem. I offer to make meals for the parents but am always turned down. I do pack healthy snacks for him when he has to run off to sports practices after school. I just think it's awful that she is telling him he is overweight, making him think he is the problems.
Anonymous
11/30/2013 14:57
Subject: Child feeling overweight?
Can you premake snacks and meals for the parents, like cut up cheese, celery, carrots, baked goods that are quick and easy to grab? Parents are just feeding what is easy. If easy healthy stuff is available, that may help.
Its ultimately the parents responsibility to fix them. Can you get him enrolled in an activity like gymnastics, karate or other sports? That may help to keep him more active.
Its ultimately the parents responsibility to fix them. Can you get him enrolled in an activity like gymnastics, karate or other sports? That may help to keep him more active.
Anonymous
11/30/2013 14:47
Subject: Child feeling overweight?
Anonymous wrote:Hello, I am a fulltime nanny with two twins who are both 15 months old and an eight year old boy. Even though the boy is in school during the school year we are still very close and I am involved a lot in his life.
Recently, he is feeling really down about himself. He is bright and studious, always doing well in school. However, this year he is not doing well in one of his class. We have worked together on it and I feel he is improving. He has been very hard on himself about it. Apparently his doctor also told his mom that he was overweight and she told him that she agrees as well that he is pretty overweight. I think it is terrible that she went about it this way. Now his self esteem is lower than ever. If he is overweight it is obviously the parents' fault anyways. When I am with them I am only allowed to give them healthy snacks and meals. We also play very active games and he is involved in sports at school. However, when his parents get home they often give him chips, ice cream, lots of unhealthy options. It happens right when I walk through the door that he asks for these unhealthy snacks because he knows his mom will say yes. I can only assume that they have more when I am not around as well.
Any suggestions on how to help him with his self confidence or esteem? Even though I think the mom went about it in a terrible way I obviously cannot confront her about it or change habits that happen when I am not there. I just feel helpless seeing him so upset and down on himself.
Anonymous
11/30/2013 14:47
Subject: Child feeling overweight?
Hello, I am a fulltime nanny with two twins who are both 15 months old and an eight year old boy. Even though the boy is in school during the school year we are still very close and I am involved a lot in his life.
Recently, he is feeling really down about himself. He is bright and studious, always doing well in school. However, this year he is not doing well in one of his class. We have worked together on it and I feel he is improving. He has been very hard on himself about it. Apparently his doctor also told his mom that he was overweight and she told him that she agrees as well that he is pretty overweight. I think it is terrible that she went about it this way. Now his self esteem is lower than ever. If he is overweight it is obviously the parents' fault anyways. When I am with them I am only allowed to give them healthy snacks and meals. We also play very active games and he is involved in sports at school. However, when his parents get home they often give him chips, ice cream, lots of unhealthy options. It happens right when I walk through the door that he asks for these unhealthy snacks because he knows his mom will say yes. I can only assume that they have more when I am not around as well.
Any suggestions on how to help him with his self confidence or esteem? Even though I think the mom went about it in a terrible way I obviously cannot confront her about it or change habits that happen when I am not there. I just feel helpless seeing him so upset and down on himself.
Recently, he is feeling really down about himself. He is bright and studious, always doing well in school. However, this year he is not doing well in one of his class. We have worked together on it and I feel he is improving. He has been very hard on himself about it. Apparently his doctor also told his mom that he was overweight and she told him that she agrees as well that he is pretty overweight. I think it is terrible that she went about it this way. Now his self esteem is lower than ever. If he is overweight it is obviously the parents' fault anyways. When I am with them I am only allowed to give them healthy snacks and meals. We also play very active games and he is involved in sports at school. However, when his parents get home they often give him chips, ice cream, lots of unhealthy options. It happens right when I walk through the door that he asks for these unhealthy snacks because he knows his mom will say yes. I can only assume that they have more when I am not around as well.
Any suggestions on how to help him with his self confidence or esteem? Even though I think the mom went about it in a terrible way I obviously cannot confront her about it or change habits that happen when I am not there. I just feel helpless seeing him so upset and down on himself.