tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135990113081206879.post8298638746998525669..comments2023-10-28T05:44:34.489-07:00Comments on family feeding dynamics: threat level orange!!! parents are in a constant state of anxiety around feedingfamilyfeedingdynamicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09049399245893420332noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135990113081206879.post-12979972998013173442010-09-22T14:21:07.155-07:002010-09-22T14:21:07.155-07:00"I don't worry about news stories so much..."I don't worry about news stories so much as I worry about the deeply internalized fear that, as a fat mother, I will make my child fat and be blamed for it."<br /><br />Actually, I worry that I will be blamed for my daughter being fat whether I am responsible or not. And I am also worried about being held responsible when I am actually doing the right thing by using EC methods.<br /><br />(My daughter is not fat at all, and I <i>still</i> worry about it.)<br /><br />I know exactly what you mean about the deep, internal commentary.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809713850742872277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135990113081206879.post-60243915199512657042010-09-20T12:54:04.875-07:002010-09-20T12:54:04.875-07:00As a fat mother, I'm not sure that even taking...As a fat mother, I'm not sure that even taking all those stories off the news would completely reduce my anxiety level around feeding my son, especially as someone recovering from compulsive eating disorder. I don't worry about news stories so much as I worry about the deeply internalized fear that, as a fat mother, I will make my child fat and be blamed for it. <br /><br />This weekend we were out and about and went to lunch at PF Chang's, which is not my favorite, truth be told, because the sauces are overly thick and sweet. With our menu-for-two (split between the three of us), we got two little desserts and my son DEVOURED the little chocolate mousse. I had to bite back my automatic fear that everyone around me would be wondering WHY I let my four-year-old have the dessert, and was he going to end up fat like his mother?<br /><br />Only it wasn't any kind of external commentary triggering it but the deep, internal commentary that never quite goes away.Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259571212909569314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135990113081206879.post-59153233406235304322010-09-20T10:58:24.069-07:002010-09-20T10:58:24.069-07:00I wish there was a filter I could apply to the new...I wish there was a filter I could apply to the news to take all the scare stories about "obesity" and especially "child obesity" out, or better yet save them until I felt strong enough to deal with them.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809713850742872277noreply@blogger.com