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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 393408" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Interesting - Jena, are you saying step difficult child is a big girl? And I gather easy child is not? That could be a larger factor than you realise, perhaps the last straw for step difficult child.</p><p>We saw something similar here, with easy child 2/difficult child 2 (who is tiny, very slim with a perfect figure to everyone else except herself). The kids all used to catch the school boat, it's a half hour trip after school every day. Like school bus only they can get up and move around - bullying can be a much bigger issue. And on the boat were two girls, sisters, whose mother is a friend of mine. We don't have "poor white trash" technically in Australia, but this family would come close. Here, we call a mix of poor white trash and redneck, "Westie" for Sydney's western suburbs. Only it's not race-based, and it's not income-based. It's very much a state of mind which I personally loathe even though some of my family are Westie. Anyway, these girls are very Westie and have HUGE chips on their shoulders. Also they are very large, overweight (due to very unhealthy diet all their lives plus some heredity) and resentful, very, of easy child 2/difficult child 2 looking perfect. They really targetted her. In a different universe, easy child 2/difficult child 2 has quietly said, she would love to take those girls shopping to help them find clothes that would make them look good - instead, these girls go through summer wearing fluorescent stretch lycra which hides nothing of the muffin tops. </p><p></p><p>I'm absolutely certain that these girls were attacking easy child 2/difficult child 2 because not only is she very slim (and they are not) but she could sit on the boat eating junk food and stay slim. Also she is always meticulous about her appearance and always looked like a model. I suspect the big girls were BORN with insulin resistance. They just had to LOOK at a hot chip (sorry, fries) and gain weight. Interestingly, their little brother, who has an undeserved reputation around town as a bully, has been very kind to difficult child 3 and looks out for him. He's a lovely kid, although will stick up for himself aggressively, which is where his reputation comes from, I think.</p><p></p><p>Very sad - it's partly upbringing, very much environment (in germs of other people of influence in their environment) and often more complex than we realise.</p><p></p><p>Jena, good for easy child for handling it with such maturity. I wonder how step difficult child would react to easy child, if she were told that easy child was going to be asked to guide husband on a suitable gift for step difficult child?</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 393408, member: 1991"] Interesting - Jena, are you saying step difficult child is a big girl? And I gather easy child is not? That could be a larger factor than you realise, perhaps the last straw for step difficult child. We saw something similar here, with easy child 2/difficult child 2 (who is tiny, very slim with a perfect figure to everyone else except herself). The kids all used to catch the school boat, it's a half hour trip after school every day. Like school bus only they can get up and move around - bullying can be a much bigger issue. And on the boat were two girls, sisters, whose mother is a friend of mine. We don't have "poor white trash" technically in Australia, but this family would come close. Here, we call a mix of poor white trash and redneck, "Westie" for Sydney's western suburbs. Only it's not race-based, and it's not income-based. It's very much a state of mind which I personally loathe even though some of my family are Westie. Anyway, these girls are very Westie and have HUGE chips on their shoulders. Also they are very large, overweight (due to very unhealthy diet all their lives plus some heredity) and resentful, very, of easy child 2/difficult child 2 looking perfect. They really targetted her. In a different universe, easy child 2/difficult child 2 has quietly said, she would love to take those girls shopping to help them find clothes that would make them look good - instead, these girls go through summer wearing fluorescent stretch lycra which hides nothing of the muffin tops. I'm absolutely certain that these girls were attacking easy child 2/difficult child 2 because not only is she very slim (and they are not) but she could sit on the boat eating junk food and stay slim. Also she is always meticulous about her appearance and always looked like a model. I suspect the big girls were BORN with insulin resistance. They just had to LOOK at a hot chip (sorry, fries) and gain weight. Interestingly, their little brother, who has an undeserved reputation around town as a bully, has been very kind to difficult child 3 and looks out for him. He's a lovely kid, although will stick up for himself aggressively, which is where his reputation comes from, I think. Very sad - it's partly upbringing, very much environment (in germs of other people of influence in their environment) and often more complex than we realise. Jena, good for easy child for handling it with such maturity. I wonder how step difficult child would react to easy child, if she were told that easy child was going to be asked to guide husband on a suitable gift for step difficult child? Marg [/QUOTE]
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