Bananaspills
Well-Known Member
I've been thinking about this for several months, and I hope someone will have a few ideas...
My 5 year old daughter especially, likes telling me I'm fat. She doesn't mean it in a negative way, more like a descriptive, and she associates "fatness" with me a lot. She does like it, and actually got quite upset at the thought that I might lose some weight (because mummy is cuddly like she is now.) But she does use the word "fat" with cheerful abandon, and sees nothing wrong with it.
Now, I like that to her "fat" is just a descriptive, like blonde, or short or whatever. But I worry that if she goes around using the word like she does now, someone sooner or later will tell her that it's rude to call people fat, or get upset with her. On the other hand, how do I tell her not to do that, without giving her the message that "fat" is a negative thing? I'm stumped...
My 5 year old daughter especially, likes telling me I'm fat. She doesn't mean it in a negative way, more like a descriptive, and she associates "fatness" with me a lot. She does like it, and actually got quite upset at the thought that I might lose some weight (because mummy is cuddly like she is now.) But she does use the word "fat" with cheerful abandon, and sees nothing wrong with it.
Now, I like that to her "fat" is just a descriptive, like blonde, or short or whatever. But I worry that if she goes around using the word like she does now, someone sooner or later will tell her that it's rude to call people fat, or get upset with her. On the other hand, how do I tell her not to do that, without giving her the message that "fat" is a negative thing? I'm stumped...
