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vitajexjexjex's avatar

13 year olds so rarely stop to think that someone else might like to have an Oreo or two after their long day of work, especially after that person just bought a box on their last grocery trip three days ago... it’s rude to finish the whole package without any concrete plan to replenish the supply

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Christina Salazar's avatar

My daughter is 10 (not 13) and 5’1” and weighs 155 lbs. There are many things she’d eat the whole (whatever) of and they’re not vegetables, that’s for sure. She has been talking with a pediatric liver specialist who has informed me and her that she has fatty liver and is headed for a liver transplant before she’s 30. I wanted to allow her to learn that food is not magic - good or evil and so avoided restricting. But I’m not the only person who feeds her and she hears all sorts of messages about food, from doctors to grandparents to YouTube (the modern TV). My mom started to bring me to Weight Watchers when I was a bit younger than my daughter is now. I have fatty liver too but at 51 so far have my original one. I doubt my daughter will ever eat even close to what her nutritionist planned with her for her daily meals (plain chicken with salad when she knows full well there are cheeseburgers and pizza in the world?!?). Honestly I’m at a loss.

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