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[slvrfire]

Maury's doing a fat kids show and there's a woman on there who has a two year old boy who weighs SIXTY TWO POUNDS. Her 9 year old daughter, also fat, DIED IN A FIRE a year ago apparently because she "slept so deeply because of her weight" that she simply didn't wake up to gtf out of the house. Anyway, this mother "can't" give her son less food

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[jarbabyj]

This topic makes me SO SO SAD and angry. My cousin Stephanie has two children aged 11 and 6 who each weigh WELL over 150 pounds. A six year old. OVER 150. She is so smart and so friendly and bubbly, but she'll occasionally say "oh, gosh I'd like to be a ballet dancer, but I'm too ugly and fat to do that." This little girl will not let a picture be taken of her because she doesn't want to see how fat she is

When we asked steph if she thought there was a problem, she said "I had to learn how to eat sensibly on my own, so do they". Yes, god forbid you HELP YOUR OWN FUCKING CHILDREN LOSE WEIGHT. "I want her to be independent and make good choices". YEAH, AT SIX FRIGGIN YEARS OLD.

[slvrfire]

Wow. "I had to learn how to eat sensibly..."

That's really outrageous. Wow.

[jarbabyj]

I could fill a blog for years with tales of Stephanie the sometimes mom, sometimes lesbian, dumbass.

[justplainbryan]

The next guest has a two year old girl who weighs nearly 100 pounds and, of course, she DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY but when Maury asks this "mother" about her daughter's eating habits she starts talking about two bowls of oatmeal + three bowls of cereal AND/OR three sausage biscuits + SODA, and that's just breakfast.

I don't understand how this is even possible. Jen and I have a difficult enough time getting Zack to even eat food he likes, and we know it's because toddlers are hardwired during this time to eat frequent small meals throughout the day. How does a 2 year old manage to eat "two bowls of oatmeal + three bowls of cereal AND/OR three sausage biscuits + soda" for breakfast? Toddlers aren't goldfish!

[slvrfire]

Later on in the show, a woman came on with her (maybe?) three year old who was just starting to get fat (still under 70 pounds) because his grandma (her own mother) insisted on grilling cheeseburgers and stuff for him IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. (Hint: don't let your stupid mom near your kid anymore) This boy's mother said grandma would feed him until he puked. And then KEEP FEEDING HIM.

[justplainbryan]

Yeah, grandma appears to have a mental illness of some kind. Force feeding a kid like that is child abuse.

[dragonling]

Wow.. that's crazy.

My son eats a lot, when he gets in a growth spurt, but nowhere near that much. That's CRAZY.