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A very fine post, as usual. Shared! PS - It is scary to me that even when parents know about and accept that there are risks inherent in encouraging their fat kids to lose weight, and they refrain from doing so, a bigoted pediatrician can override that and shame the fat kid who is their patient, even without the parent knowing. It happened to my daughter, and it gave her an eating disorder and contributed to her low self esteem all of her life. She discussed it with me 20 years after her horrible pediatrician experience. Her mother and I never knew.
A very fine post, as usual. Shared! PS - It is scary to me that even when parents know about and accept that there are risks inherent in encouraging their fat kids to lose weight, and they refrain from doing so, a bigoted pediatrician can override that and shame the fat kid who is their patient, even without the parent knowing. It happened to my daughter, and it gave her an eating disorder and contributed to her low self esteem all of her life. She discussed it with me 20 years after her horrible pediatrician experience. Her mother and I never knew.