The weight subject is getting out of hand. I know Michelle Obama likes to work out twice a day to get those arms to look the way they do….but not everybody is wired that way.
I don’t know about all of you, but if someone insists on reminding me about all of my flaws, I tend to (or at least I used to) focus on them as well.
Why do we insist on focusing on flaws – especially in our children?!?
I read this article today that really upset me. We claim to want to deal with the bully problem in schools and at the same time put ads up like this one?
Does anyone out there think that this OK and will effectively shame our kids into losing weight?
Shame does not work. Support and encouragement is the best medicine. And sometimes….we might have to ignore the flaw and focus on the diamond.
I know families that are super fitness oriented and somehow they have one chubby kid in the mix. Do you think reminding this kid daily that they are chubbier than the rest is going to help the situation?
And……who says that being as thin as possible is what we want our kids to achieve? Why aren’t we focusing on brain and mind development? Is that even important anymore – or is the only thing that matters is what we look like?
Did it occur to anyone that we all die one day and our bodies get buried 6 feet under – but our minds are filled with energy that never dies?!?
Instead of focusing on what is wrong with our children, let’s find something they can be proud of and maybe they will focus on that instead.
Divert their attention…..maybe that will work……Have we tried it yet?
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