Seeking parenting advice from people who grew up fat

Post date: 2021-06-18 05:16:08

My husband and I are fairly thin. Our 7 year old daughter is currently fat. We very much do not give a shit about her weight. This is NOT a question about weight loss or health. We are aware that her weight may change but for *reasons* we think that is unlikely. She is strong and curious and awesome and seemingly without hangups about her body. But we expect this to get more complicated as she gets older and we want to have her back. I'd love to hear from people who grew up fat about what their parents did that was helpful and good and what their parents did that was...not so good as well as any advice you might have for me.

We have some basic stuff taken care of-- no moral talk about food, no negative discussion of our own bodies or other people's bodies, trying to find representation of diverse bodies in books and other media.

I love this kid more than life itself and I want to get this as close to right as possible. Thanks in advance for your advice.

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