To be really,really worried about this little girl

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www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2058761/Anorexic-mother-Rebecca-Jones-weighs-daughter-Maisy-7.html

I know her mum is very ill and deserves sympathy and understanding but , poor little Maisie

Oh dear - how sad - poor kid

I read this yesterday. It's clear she overfeeds her daughter and her daughter feels a responsibility for her mothers wellbeing. I can't see that now this has been brought to media attention that they won't be investigated tbh. Her poor little girl will nbever have a healthy relationship with food :(

Creepy photo.

Poor little girl.

jeez

SB, becasue the mother takes pride in wearing the same size clothes as her 7 year old! There's no way the daughter hasn't picked up on her mothers issues. And i speak as an ex anorexic. This family needs some urgent support.

YANBU but in this case the way to help the child is to help the mother about whom i am even more worried tbh. Anorexia kills quickly - this mum is at grave risk of organ failure (including heart attack) from the look of quite how thin she is. Unfortunately, starvation affects the brain as well as the body and she is probably not thinking straight. It's tragic. I can't believe she is pictured in the paper - what other person with a MH issue with a physical manifestation would be pictured in this way to be ridiculed? i only hope that it prompts the woman into seeking proper help for herself.

While the woman is obviously ill, the Mail are over-egging it as usual.

They say "Miss Jones" is 5'1 and then a few lines later "But within two years her weight was down to eight stone and her periods stopped" - Bollocks.

I'm 5'1" too and I know that the healthy weight range for that height is anywhere between 7st 8 and 9st 6 there is no way her periods would have stopped at 8 stone as that's a pretty much the perfect weight for her height.

Obviously that's not to say she is way too thin now and definitely damaging the health of herself and her child.

Of course it won't disappear overnight. But she is giving her daughter food issues of her own. At 7 years old, weighing 5 stone 7, as it says in the article, that's clearly a problem. The daughter says she tries to get her mum to share her cake. I'm betting that when she refuses, the little girl eats the mum's portion too. It's heartbreakign really, and no there is no quick fix.

She is creating problems for her daughter. Hope they get help.

OMG It's the photo which gets to me. AIBU to see it as somewhat sexualising of the child to have an adult woman dressed just like her?

I dont know what it us, but it's not right!!

it was in The Sun yesterday.
the 7 year old girl wear 9 year old's clothes, and the mum wears them too.

she says that her diet doesn't affect her daughter, and that she'll give her chocolate if she wants it, but it looked to me like she might be giving her daughter too much food, and that could still result in an eating disorder.

Are social services involved?

I read that today, and agree, she is leading her daughter into an eating disorder too. That child looks overweight for 7 years old and from what the mother says in the article, the child is allowed to eat whatever she likes. Obviously the mother doesnt want her daughter to follow in her footsteps, but she is going the wrong way about it completely.

It almost sounds (and looks) as if she is in competition with her daughter (one-sided of course). The photo of her dressed in identical clothes with her face made up like a doll is sad and creepy. I feel for both of them.

I really hope so ILoveTIFFANY. Quite apart from the mother's mental health issues, the daughter is at serious risk of developing an eating disorder herself in the future.

Poor woman. And poor child. Is she giving her all the food that she feels she can't eat? To stop her having an eating disorder or as part of her own eating disorder? Sort of like a 'feeder'? I am unsure what they mean when they say that she says she "enjoys" watching her daughter eat unhealthy food. Are they implying that she is overfeeding her daughter to get satisfaction from seeing her eat? If so, what are they basing that on?

Or am I reading things into it that simply aren't there?

Grace - I would say it is more the other way round. The mother is trying to be childlike rather than the child being sexualised.

I do think the little girl is likely to grow up with a rather skewed relationship with food and a distorted image of what is normal with regards food, portions and weight.

When I saw this photo yesterday I was at the mum's creepy little girl style of dress, tights, the doll-like hair and make-up.
Don't know if this is how she normally dresses or if it was staged for the photo.
But it seems a bit off that she wants to dress in her daughters clothes/the same clothes.And she thinks it's funny that people mistake her for her DD sister.

Most anorexics go out of their way to hide their bodies, not show off bony shoulders or skinny legs. (Personal experience here)

And she's a feeder, no mistake. As bad as those who feed their overweight, imobile relatives. She's encouraging her DD to eat rubbish. I don't think it's to make sure her DD doesn't miss out.
It's all about control. She's controlling what she eats. She's controlling what DD eats.

So sad. I don't dare read the comments.

looks she's ill. should all parenhts that have an illness of this lk have their kids taken away? what about dad/wider family

Its not ideal but there are far more worrying cases out there