Little Kids Telling You That You Are Fat

My 7 y/o old son said to me "Mom don't you want to be straight (moving his hand down his chest and tummy) like the rest of us?" That made me want to cry.

Recently he said. "Mom you don't look fat anymore." That's almost a compliment.

Just this past weekend my 4 yr old daughter asked me why did I have wings and she didn't! Made me feel just great in my sleeveless shirt! :huh:

When my son was young, he had a friend with a little 3 year old brother. I was taking them all somewhere when the 3 year old looked at me and asked 'Do you eat a lot of butter?' All I could do was laugh.

Yeah so i don't like children least of all those who've not been taught manners so i'd tell the lil sot it was ugly and keep it pushing.
(im aware this is not an approved of viewpoint but as i stated i do not generally like the ovarian parasites anyway)

LOL! I love it. We used to be soul sisters and then I had my first parasite. Trust me there is a chemical need to love that parasite but it runs parallel to strong desire to drop them off and Grandma's house and run like hell. Your opinion is as valid as any other and no approval is necessary. I love your honesty!

You know what I think that is??? Insecure Mom's and Dads calling themselves fat and the kids hearing. How we talk about ourselves is what they take in. If we use the word fat, they use it. it's a freakin' cycle. I refuse to talk about dieting or losing weight with my kids. it's not a part of their world. They will never hear me say I am fat. Never.

My daugter is 4 and extremely honest....she tells me i look like a boy because i have short brown hair...She asked me today why i have those "weird lines on your belly?" I said those are from you hun...my belly ripped because it need room for you to grow in there!

yup kids tell it like it is my son when he was 4 said wow daddy you bellys like a punkin i saaid what he said it agin then said to me is it gonna grow really big like at the fair lol it was time to change eating habits

People young and old are mean. But who cares what they think. Your beautiful so screw em.

My Nephew called me fat not too long ago, I've had countless children call me fat all through out my life as I did alot of babysitting (maybe thats why the thought of children kinda makes me wanna vomit)

My grandma used to great me with " Oh honey your face is so pretty, why are you so fat, let your self go, too bad your so big, etc"

My mom sent me with her sister for the summer, my aunt told me I was too fat, and told everyone else we encountered - put me on a diet at 10yo of nothing but cherios for 2 weeks I lost 16 lbs, but semi traumatized

Severly bullied on the bus by my peers for my weight even though the girls who sat in front of me had 200lbs on me.

The list goes on. People are cruel and so are kids. I agree, under 3-4 they are just making observations, after that they are mean, kids are just mean, testing their boundries, teenagers and adults are jerks too.

I know the feeling when my nephew said auntie your fat and smiled (he new he was saying something wrong) I felt sick and humiliated - especially when they do it infront of other people.

Anyhow your beautiful - no ones perfect not even little kids.

Edit: I left this one out but it's the one that motivated me to lose all the weight. A family friend announced at a company Christmas party that I was the biggest person in the room and I should be ashamed, and that Im not even as pretty anymore. - that humiliation was probably the worst but also the biggest eye opener.

Middle-schoolers are the worst. They used to throw candy at me on the bus, expecting me to pick them off the floor and eat them because I was such a fatty.

Kids never told me i was fat but one time during the winter in ikea my little 7 year old cousin wanted me to get on a scale...well i did after a while and it said 150. her eyes got big and she went to her mom (my cousin) and whispered, "mommy, stephanie's 150 pounds!" i was mortified!!! but i was wearing a coat and boots and everything though!! i wanna show her my number now!!! 127 thank you very much :drinker:

That's why spanking should be a thing (not abuse, spanking)

When I was growing up I would've got my *kitten* kicked for disrespecting someone like that (and most of my aunts were heavier women).

Kids are mean, that's understandable. But if you let them stay mean, they become mean adults and that's not better...

That's horrible. Thankfully, my kids don't know about fat, thin, or anything like that. My husband and I don't talk about that kind of thing with them or in front of them.

My 2 year old son did say something about me being big, and then he started patting my butt. I'm not sure what he meant, but it did make me a little sad. It was pretty funny though.

I can't imagine how horrified I'd be if one of them did comment on someone else's weight though. I felt bad enough when my 2 and 3 1/2 year olds were commenting on a girls blue hair while we were at a restaurant recently. The girl and her family thought my kids were adorable, and my kids were just stating the fact that her hair was blue, so there was nothing to be offended about. But, it did make me think about how to handle these types of situations. They asked why she had blue hair and I just said that some people like to color their hair. So they immediately asked for blue and purple hair.

Little kids are honest. There have been times in stores, parks etc where a toddler has made a comment about my huge arms or me being so fat. Their parents looked mortified every time. I work with kids and when a kid ask me why I am so fat I just say because I eat to much and shrug it off. However, if the child is old enough to know better that is different.

While playing with her Mrs. Potato Head doll, my niece looked at it and then at me and said, "Auntie Susan you look just like Mrs. potato head." You are what you eat I guess, and carbs are my weakness. Still harsh to be likened to a round, dense starch. Ouch.