....is a crazy thing, don't ya think?
I will share todays details with you! To start this off, most people around here know that I am a Cathe addict and am proud of it.And like most women, hate the 5-10lbs that have been hanging around lately.NEVER in my unhappy moments have I ever said anything to my daugther about weight, body image or what not.In my house it is like it doesn't exist...only in my mind which she can't read yet.
My neice slept over this weekend and she won't be going home until tomorrow.She is 9, my daugther is 7.I own a digital scale which they have been hoping on and off all day.
I got ready to do the viper today and they decided to put their running shoes on to and join me.I thought that it could get a little funny.They tried to do so much but weren't catching on but then they would join me for the boot camp parts and the weights.
The twisted part was that they kept running back and forth from the living room to the bathroom weighing themselves and then my daughter sizes herself up and adds that she has gotten "slimmer" since we began.
So, anyone who owns a digital scale knows that they are not very accurate.They are all over the place.At that time I couldn't explain to them why they weighed more then,then when they got up int he morning and they weren't getting "fatter" and no you aren't any "slimmer".For cry'in out loud...I was barely breathing myself.
But what I wonder, is where they get these crazy ideas? I know that the media places alot of importance on being slim but they aren't old enough to realize this or are they?The 9 yr olds mom is on the adkins diet and she probably notices what her mom is aloud to eat and what she is not aloud to eat.Also my daugther as made comments to me about , why are you going for a run? Your skinny enough? Then I have to explain to her that exercise makes you healthy and gives you more energy.
I know that children are smart and that they know way to much at times, but are they really noticing society already? Do they understand more about what the world is like that what we realize? I know I didn't worry about anything when I was 7-9.Or maybe I am doing something that she notices that I don't realize? What do you ladies think? Anyone got some storied to share?
Lori
I will share todays details with you! To start this off, most people around here know that I am a Cathe addict and am proud of it.And like most women, hate the 5-10lbs that have been hanging around lately.NEVER in my unhappy moments have I ever said anything to my daugther about weight, body image or what not.In my house it is like it doesn't exist...only in my mind which she can't read yet.
My neice slept over this weekend and she won't be going home until tomorrow.She is 9, my daugther is 7.I own a digital scale which they have been hoping on and off all day.
I got ready to do the viper today and they decided to put their running shoes on to and join me.I thought that it could get a little funny.They tried to do so much but weren't catching on but then they would join me for the boot camp parts and the weights.
The twisted part was that they kept running back and forth from the living room to the bathroom weighing themselves and then my daughter sizes herself up and adds that she has gotten "slimmer" since we began.
So, anyone who owns a digital scale knows that they are not very accurate.They are all over the place.At that time I couldn't explain to them why they weighed more then,then when they got up int he morning and they weren't getting "fatter" and no you aren't any "slimmer".For cry'in out loud...I was barely breathing myself.
But what I wonder, is where they get these crazy ideas? I know that the media places alot of importance on being slim but they aren't old enough to realize this or are they?The 9 yr olds mom is on the adkins diet and she probably notices what her mom is aloud to eat and what she is not aloud to eat.Also my daugther as made comments to me about , why are you going for a run? Your skinny enough? Then I have to explain to her that exercise makes you healthy and gives you more energy.
I know that children are smart and that they know way to much at times, but are they really noticing society already? Do they understand more about what the world is like that what we realize? I know I didn't worry about anything when I was 7-9.Or maybe I am doing something that she notices that I don't realize? What do you ladies think? Anyone got some storied to share?
Lori
