How do you as a parent of a volatile teenage DD approach the fact that their diet is nutritionally awful? DD is a vegetarian of some years and although it's a PITA I don't argue as its her right to choose now. However, at 15 she exists on a diet of basically sugar, beige carbs and fruit smoothies. Maybe once or twice a week she will deign to eat a meal with us usually with tofu or eggs but apart from that she rarely eats a proper meal let alone a balanced one.
She was unwell recently and didn't eat for about a week. She lost a few pounds and looked really good, the weights going back on fast though and very so she will be unhappy about it. The problem is if I say anything like I don't think she should be eating the quantity of sugary shit she is and maybe some eggs or other protein would be better, she shouts at me for calling her fat.
Now I never have called her fat but her diet concerns me and I care even though she thinks it's just me being bitchy. Shes fit as she rides a lot but it's not a licence to eat. How do I make her see I'm not trying to make her feel bad about herself, I want to stop her feeling like that. She moans about not being skinny and having a belly etc but refused to see the connection, it's just me being mean.
I love her very much but everything is so nightmarishly hard with her. I'm not competing with her FFS, she's my child and I want her to be happy and healthy. I could say nothing for a quiet life but somehow that feels wrong.
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LucyLocketLostHerPocket · 30/08/2016 21:55
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