Oct 18, 2018
I've wondered for a long time how dieting and diet culture
effects children. Do kids pick up on their mother's eating habits?
How damaging is it to demonize foods for our kids- even if we
really, TRULY feel that things like donuts and cookies aren't
healthy?
Turns out- all of my suspicions were correct.
A neurotic relationship with food so commonly begins with a parent
(or parents) who are also neurotic around foods.
Here are just *some* of things that lots of parents do out
of love for their child that might be potentially damaging down the
road:
-Rewarding behavior or test scores with food
-Bartering for dessert based on how much of dinner is eaten
-Over-emphasizing how special going out to eat or having Fast Food
is
-Commenting on our child's weight or size
-Feeding siblings differently based on natural body size
-Restricting certain foods or food groups
-Eliminating certain food or food groups
...just to name a few
Ultimately, this teaches that there is a morality and specific
values associated with certain foods. This sets up children for a
more complex relationship with food, which has been shown to then
pave the way for disordered eating, clinical eating disorders, as
well as body image issues.
Sure, on paper, none of this stuff sounds too detrimental, but I
can promise you, it certainly can be.
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