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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 262612" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>That's how I wass looking at it MM. My son didn't really exhibit signs of being a difficult child until he was about 11 yo. When he was little and tried the typical manipulation or pushing limits, if other adults stood and looked at me like I was a bad parent, it made me feel pressured (not to mention judged) and I was more likely to give into him just to make it stop. I think he knew that for a bit, it worked to behave poorly in public because I would feel pressure. If other adults looked at him in a disapproving way, instead of focusing on me, I think it helped him learn that this was not acceptable behavior and he needed to change it. That being said, I would not have wanted or appreciated any snide remarks to my child or anything other than maybe a glance to the child in a disapproving way- instead of them looking at me like I was the parent from Pluto.</p><p></p><p>And yeah- many reasons can be behind difficult child'ish behavior and over-eating, etc. I hope I didn't come across as trying to judge the parents- this show was about parents who conceded that they were out of control with their kids' eating habits and were asking what they should do about it. A couple of the clips showed people who gave 2-3 yo's huge sausage/eggs, pancake breakfasts on a regular basis, then the kid throwing a fit if the parent or grandparent didn't have sausage one morning and the adult talking about going to the store to get it so the kid would hush. And the kid was about 100 lbs at 3yo, I think.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 262612, member: 3699"] That's how I wass looking at it MM. My son didn't really exhibit signs of being a difficult child until he was about 11 yo. When he was little and tried the typical manipulation or pushing limits, if other adults stood and looked at me like I was a bad parent, it made me feel pressured (not to mention judged) and I was more likely to give into him just to make it stop. I think he knew that for a bit, it worked to behave poorly in public because I would feel pressure. If other adults looked at him in a disapproving way, instead of focusing on me, I think it helped him learn that this was not acceptable behavior and he needed to change it. That being said, I would not have wanted or appreciated any snide remarks to my child or anything other than maybe a glance to the child in a disapproving way- instead of them looking at me like I was the parent from Pluto. And yeah- many reasons can be behind difficult child'ish behavior and over-eating, etc. I hope I didn't come across as trying to judge the parents- this show was about parents who conceded that they were out of control with their kids' eating habits and were asking what they should do about it. A couple of the clips showed people who gave 2-3 yo's huge sausage/eggs, pancake breakfasts on a regular basis, then the kid throwing a fit if the parent or grandparent didn't have sausage one morning and the adult talking about going to the store to get it so the kid would hush. And the kid was about 100 lbs at 3yo, I think. [/QUOTE]
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