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“I wanted Bea to feel good about herself and her body, but was preaching this kind of self-acceptance wrong if she was actually overweight?
Should I teach her to be comfortable with a body that the rest of society disdains, that the medical community cautioned against, and that her father and I personally tried to avoid?”
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Should I teach her to be comfortable with a body that the rest of society disdains, that the medical community cautioned against, and that her father and I personally tried to avoid?”
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“My husband and I felt that it was our responsibility to help our kids along by constructively molding whomever they naturally were.”
― The Heavy: A Mother, a Daughter, a Diet—a Memoir
― The Heavy: A Mother, a Daughter, a Diet—a Memoir
“I chided myself about Bea’s eating in the months leading to this annual checkup. The pediatrician and I had discussed Bea’s escalating weight at our annual appointments for half her life.
A year earlier, at the pediatrician’s urging, I’d acknowledged that the problem had gone too far and I’d promise to deal with it.”
― The Heavy: A Mother, a Daughter, a Diet—a Memoir
A year earlier, at the pediatrician’s urging, I’d acknowledged that the problem had gone too far and I’d promise to deal with it.”
― The Heavy: A Mother, a Daughter, a Diet—a Memoir
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