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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 238947" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Frankly, it worries me.</p><p> </p><p>With my girls I stressed that the body needs the proper nutrition in order to grow and develop properly. No emphasis has ever been put on body size in our home. I made sure there were healthy snacks, and 3 good meals a day. Junk food was strictly limited.</p><p> </p><p>easy child got a bit on the chunky side right about age 13-14. She'd just hit puberty, and that's not an uncommon reaction by the body. I kept telling her she was getting her female curves. She thought she was getting fat.</p><p> </p><p>Next thing I know she's dropping weight like a rock in less than 2 weeks her clothes were falling off. (literally) When she slipped and admitted to fainting at school, after fainting at home....I came down hard on her. She'd been starving herself for 2 weeks! Drinking only water and throwing up her meals.</p><p> </p><p>I sat down with her and was honest about all the medical ramafacations that go along with Bulemia and anxorexia. Then I told her that I'd be watching her like a hawk. And I did until I was certain she'd gotten past it. I'd even threatened to go to school with her each day to make sure she ate. (and meant it)</p><p> </p><p>Scary. Thank goodness the fainting and me telling her the medical horrors was enough to get her to stop right at the beginning.</p><p> </p><p>As reinforcement.......we began to watch old movies and tv shows. Idols like Marilyn Monroe and such who were in no way thin I pointed out that men swooned over. And more importantly, they <strong>still</strong> do.</p><p> </p><p>The scrawny look came out with Twiggy. ugh Sad day for society and young girls when that happened. Most men like their women with soft curves to cuddle, not all boney knees and elbows. OUCH!</p><p> </p><p>Europe already placed a new regulation on body weight for models, considerably heavier than they used to be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 238947, member: 84"] Frankly, it worries me. With my girls I stressed that the body needs the proper nutrition in order to grow and develop properly. No emphasis has ever been put on body size in our home. I made sure there were healthy snacks, and 3 good meals a day. Junk food was strictly limited. easy child got a bit on the chunky side right about age 13-14. She'd just hit puberty, and that's not an uncommon reaction by the body. I kept telling her she was getting her female curves. She thought she was getting fat. Next thing I know she's dropping weight like a rock in less than 2 weeks her clothes were falling off. (literally) When she slipped and admitted to fainting at school, after fainting at home....I came down hard on her. She'd been starving herself for 2 weeks! Drinking only water and throwing up her meals. I sat down with her and was honest about all the medical ramafacations that go along with Bulemia and anxorexia. Then I told her that I'd be watching her like a hawk. And I did until I was certain she'd gotten past it. I'd even threatened to go to school with her each day to make sure she ate. (and meant it) Scary. Thank goodness the fainting and me telling her the medical horrors was enough to get her to stop right at the beginning. As reinforcement.......we began to watch old movies and tv shows. Idols like Marilyn Monroe and such who were in no way thin I pointed out that men swooned over. And more importantly, they [B]still[/B] do. The scrawny look came out with Twiggy. ugh Sad day for society and young girls when that happened. Most men like their women with soft curves to cuddle, not all boney knees and elbows. OUCH! Europe already placed a new regulation on body weight for models, considerably heavier than they used to be. [/QUOTE]
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