A mom took to an online parenting forum to ask the internet whether or not she should let her teenage daughter go on a diet. The anonymous mom, 44, said that her 15-year-old, Marie, who plays multiple sports, had “been complaining about her weight” and asked her mom if she could go on an extremely low calorie diet. “I told her that I don’t think it’s healthy for a girl her age to diet, and that she’s beautiful the way she is,” the mom explained.
“She’s been pouting ever since and has made comments like, ‘You’re just trying to keep me fat like you!’ and has left me wondering if I’m the a–hole.” The mom explained that their house is stocked with healthy options and plenty of fruit and vegetables, but notes one caveat – her younger siblings are “notoriously picky eaters and have some sensory issues” – so she cooks what the younger two will eat. “Marie is angry with me because I’m not allowing her to go low carb and low calorie, and my husband is telling me that I should allow her to do what she wants,” she said, adding that they’d been to see a doctor who had deemed Marie’s weight normal.
Fellow parents took to the comments to share their thoughts. “I have a daughter that developed anorexia nervosa, spent a month in the hospital, and two months in a residential facility,” one wrote. “This is how it starts.
Wanting to eat healthier or trying to lose weight.” “Not every diet turns into an eating disorder, but every eating d.