By: Alice Shaw
My 9 year old recently refused to wear a slightly baggy jumper because it makes her look “fat”. It didn’t and she isn’t. My 12 year old hit puberty early and gained a lot of weight. She is also very...
View ArticleBy: Betty Fokker
Bullying fat people, of any age, is Satanic and widely accepted in our culture. But I hate it the most when it’s directed at kids. My girls are “slim”, but woe betide the asshat who makes their body a...
View ArticleBy: lilacsigil
It wasn’t much fun being a fat kid in the 80s, but I suspect it was vastly better than being a fat kid now. At least I wasn’t part of an “epidemic” and no-one wanted to take me away from my parents...
View ArticleBy: vidya108
“Some people think children should be kept from the terrible knowledge that contented fat people exist because that would, by some sorcery, mean that the notion of fatness would never occur to them and...
View ArticleBy: Heather
My step-sister is a ‘heavy’ child. She has very tall parents. She was born a large baby. She was 95% at 6 months and the pediatrician was talking about putting her on a diet. She is teased at school...
View ArticleBy: Betsy
Super interesting post. My little girl was always at the 50th percentile for height and weight but people were always pronouncing her either “big for her age” or “small for her age.” It’s a thing...
View ArticleBy: Olivia
This is an excellent post. For me truly loving the body I have came after having my daughter. I am determined that if my daughter is going to have a fat mother, then she will see me as fat and happy....
View ArticleBy: kiribear (@kiribear)
Great post. I was at a friends place the other day and over heard her tell her 6 year old daughter “No you can’t have juice now, you had juice at breakfast, have some soft drink.” I was initially...
View ArticleBy: Morgan
The association between weight and health, is frustrating. As adults it is always heavier individuals who are labeled unhealthy, and there are people who are “overweight” and unhealthy but I’m sure...
View Article
