My 11 year old DD has gone to bed tonight in floods of tears, worrying about her school swimming lesson tomorrow. She is considerably heavier than all the other very skinny girls and she is conscious of them and the boys looking at her as they have to all wait on the pool side for their group's turn.
My DD is showing signs of puberty as well, unlike most of her class so she is aware of bust developing etc. I have promised her that we can go on a healthy eating mission between now and September when she moves to secondary school. She is desperate not to have these worries there too. But she is heartbroken about what tomorrow will bring in terms of her own body anxieties and the knowledge that she and others notice this difference.
I've promised her that I will try to find a solution to at least tomorrow's swimming lesson by the morning (as she cries herself of to sleep, it's heartbreaking to hear). Does anyone have any thoughts, suggestions etc. ????
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Urgent advice needed before tomorrow's swim lesson!
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Ollyoscar18 · 18/06/2015 21:35
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