My son and DIL were visiting last week and I saw something that really disturbed me. My eight year old grand-daughter got into a spat with her mum and later I saw her go into the biscuit tin and eat like there was no tomorrow. It isn't the first time I have seen my grand-daughter eat like that. This time it was fairly obvious that she wasn't hungry; we'd just had lunch. I think she was eating because she was angry and upset about the tiff with her mum. I can see she's gained some weight recently and I?m worried that she could become an emotional eater. I can't say anything to my DIL, she'll get defensive and I don?t want to make problems with my son, but what can I do?
I don't want to see my grand-daughter mistaking anger, disappointment etc for a need for sweets. That's a slippery slope and it could compromise her health in the long run.
What to do? Anyone have any ideas?
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PurpleHatNanna · 24/05/2013 00:11
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