From Patty, Child's Age 10 - 12/03/05 - IP#: 69.66.105.xxx Click here to reply
Hello, My daughter is 10 years old and is 4"10 she weights somewhere around 132-138 depends on what day of the week it is. She is in dance 3 nights a week, swimming on wed, and is in basketball on sat. She also loves to jump on her trampoline. We eat fairly descent balanced meals and shes not a big junkfood junky.. HOWEVER>>>she still carrys her weight in her belly> She wears a size 16 1/2 pant. Sometimes 14 1/2 but what Im trying to say here is can someone give me advice as far as talking to her ?? I mean as a child growing up my mother was on me constantly and the more she nagged the more I gained. And now in my early 30's I am also overweight. I am afraid of hurting her or causing her the same agony I went thru. She is fairly popular at school and like I said active as can be...BUT she tells me all the time she wishes she were thinner...please help out if you can! richmonds@iowatelecom.net send me a note if you can help out thanks! Patty
Reply from Miranda (A different One), Child's Age 12 - 12/29/06 - IP#: 209.89.134.xxx You can't force your Child to exersize or do anything they don't want to. You can limit time spent on the computer or watching TV. Try and find some cool music your kids like and ask them to do an aerobic workout with the music on. Try and eat healthy foods most of the time and don't eat fast food if you can avoid it. also try to talk to your child and make them aware that there are health risks associated with being over weight. Hope this helps!
Reply from Miranda, Child's Age 12 - 12/27/05 - IP#: 209.240.205.xxx you could just get her to do push ups like mabye 15 or 20 once a week. thats wut i do and i never gain weight.
Reply from Devan, Child's Age 15 - 12/18/05 - IP#: 69.234.24.xxx hey, im a teen checking in on parent bulitins, and i think the best thing you can do for her is to start eating healthy yourself, and she will most likely follow your example, also, another good idea is to try and do athletic things TOGETHER while shes young, because when she becomes a teen, shes less inclined to want to do activities with her parents. Best of luck!!
Reply from dayna, Child's Age 13 - 12/10/05 - IP#: 72.130.4.xxx Im NOT a parent. Im a teen, just checking out the parent bulletins. Your child sounds JUST like how i was at that age. Get them started on a program or something. I wish that i would have done that when i was 10. i really regret waiting to do something until i was 13.
Reply from patty, Child's Age 10 - 12/05/05 - IP#: 69.66.105.xxx I LOVE THE competition thing!! it could be very fun and something her and I could do together! She loves to win at anything, i mean ya know what kid doesnt-We could make a game of exercising together and so on.. thanks so much for the advice.. great idea.. ill let ya all know how it goes! Patty
Reply from Marie, Child's Age 12 - 12/05/05 - IP#: 198.182.163.xxx She has activity which is key but if you continue to take in to many calories then you will not be helping. I agree with the previous response, we can't expect our kids to control what they eat if we aren't starting with ourselves...it's hard but THEY are worth it!
Reply from john, Child's Age 34 - 12/05/05 - IP#: 194.213.38.xxx I think the best thing that you can do is loose weight yourself, and involve your daughter in the program that you will choose and follow. Make it a competition!!
