It scares me
Being fat runs in my family. My auntie, my dad, my gran, my uncle, me, my niece, we all struggle with unwanted weight. (4 stone of the blasted stuff in my case)
Ds has a tendency to be fat I think, he has a small spare tyre round his waist and round thighs. But, he is very healthy, very active, so am not too concerned.
Dd is a skinny minnie at the moment, but once puberty hits it will be a different story I am sure.
As I am big myself (and trying to sensibly, slowly, lose some weight through increased exercise) I hope my dc will see that it is perfectly possible to be bigger, but happy. I dress (relatively) well, am active, heavily involved in their schools and other activities. I really really hope they can separate that from any messages the diet / fashion industry gives out.
One of my friends has a perfectly healthy 9 year old dd. She is tall for her aged, and not skinny. But she is very sporty, plays football, does trampolining etc etc. And she came home from school once complaining that others had called her fat. It makes me so so
It seems that anything other than nearly anorexic looking is considered fat. And that is so very wrong!