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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 403820" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>She is right. It is not fair. Not at all.</p><p></p><p>But there is nothing that can be done to redress the imbalance. Certainly it would not be right to take your kids and subject them to the same torture she went through. Would that make her pain go away? No. You say she is a gifted writer - maybe writing about it could help her turn it to a positive - use the past to good effect. Write it all down.</p><p></p><p>A friend of mine had a daughter who was molested by a stepfather. Also a very bright kid and talented writer. She got the girl to write down what she wanted to say to her abuser. Write it all down. In graphic, nasty detail. Then they went out to the backyard and the mother said, "Now do to that piece of paper what you want to do to him. Let your anger out on that paper."</p><p>She said she was appalled, horrified and frightened by the change she saw in her daughter - she was about 10 years old, if that. This sweet little girl began spewing forth the most atrocious swearing, words the mother didn't realise she knew and which she realised must have been said to her by the abuser. She attacked the paper, ripped it to shreds, was crying, swearing, cursing and raging. Then they gathered the pieces and set fire to them. Watched them burn.</p><p></p><p>That girl was a close friend of easy child's and although she was a handful as a teen, she was in better shape than I think she would have been if they hadn't been able to get on top of the problems when they did. The girl went on to do well academically, she's finished university and is happy in her career.</p><p></p><p>It can work out. But I do remember tis girl was a handful for her teachers.</p><p></p><p>My girls used to hoard sugar. They would collect the sugar sachets from McDonalds or other places. They did it because they believed sugar made you 'high' and saw it as a safer alternative to drugs. When I found out that was why, I set them straight and explained what sugar does (you've already done that).</p><p></p><p>easy child was sexually abused at her school when she was 5 years old. She also craved food, would steal it, would do whatever she could to get her hands on comfort food. THis is still an issue, I believe. The problems began at the same time as the abuse.</p><p></p><p>Another direction to look - next time she has blood tests due, as the doctor to measure fasting glucose and fasting insulin. If she has insulin resistance already, it could be a factor. I've also heard (a possible factor for easy child, too) that where the baby was starved prenatally (placental insufficiency, for example) the baby is born with a metabolism out of whack, and with inborn susceptibility to insulin resistance.</p><p></p><p>It can be managed, but only by greatly reducing carbs in favour of lean protein. You virtually have to turn the diet pyramid upside down and stick with that for at least six weeks, then slowly return to a more normal diet but still greatly restricting carbohydrates. The main carbs to permit, once the diet can increase the carbs again - high-fibre only, no sugars. </p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 403820, member: 1991"] She is right. It is not fair. Not at all. But there is nothing that can be done to redress the imbalance. Certainly it would not be right to take your kids and subject them to the same torture she went through. Would that make her pain go away? No. You say she is a gifted writer - maybe writing about it could help her turn it to a positive - use the past to good effect. Write it all down. A friend of mine had a daughter who was molested by a stepfather. Also a very bright kid and talented writer. She got the girl to write down what she wanted to say to her abuser. Write it all down. In graphic, nasty detail. Then they went out to the backyard and the mother said, "Now do to that piece of paper what you want to do to him. Let your anger out on that paper." She said she was appalled, horrified and frightened by the change she saw in her daughter - she was about 10 years old, if that. This sweet little girl began spewing forth the most atrocious swearing, words the mother didn't realise she knew and which she realised must have been said to her by the abuser. She attacked the paper, ripped it to shreds, was crying, swearing, cursing and raging. Then they gathered the pieces and set fire to them. Watched them burn. That girl was a close friend of easy child's and although she was a handful as a teen, she was in better shape than I think she would have been if they hadn't been able to get on top of the problems when they did. The girl went on to do well academically, she's finished university and is happy in her career. It can work out. But I do remember tis girl was a handful for her teachers. My girls used to hoard sugar. They would collect the sugar sachets from McDonalds or other places. They did it because they believed sugar made you 'high' and saw it as a safer alternative to drugs. When I found out that was why, I set them straight and explained what sugar does (you've already done that). easy child was sexually abused at her school when she was 5 years old. She also craved food, would steal it, would do whatever she could to get her hands on comfort food. THis is still an issue, I believe. The problems began at the same time as the abuse. Another direction to look - next time she has blood tests due, as the doctor to measure fasting glucose and fasting insulin. If she has insulin resistance already, it could be a factor. I've also heard (a possible factor for easy child, too) that where the baby was starved prenatally (placental insufficiency, for example) the baby is born with a metabolism out of whack, and with inborn susceptibility to insulin resistance. It can be managed, but only by greatly reducing carbs in favour of lean protein. You virtually have to turn the diet pyramid upside down and stick with that for at least six weeks, then slowly return to a more normal diet but still greatly restricting carbohydrates. The main carbs to permit, once the diet can increase the carbs again - high-fibre only, no sugars. Marg [/QUOTE]
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