08-29-2011, 02:57 PM
we first of all, should teach kids that it's okay to be different. that addresses the blonde wannabe to some extent.
then we should explain why it isn't good to be little fat bastards, not in those words of course. fiction can have a large influence on kids.
and if a fat little 12 year old girl see some skinny kid as a roll model then so be it, it's great. the problem does arise when they try and emulate the one fat, now skinny kid and fail, failure is very hard when you're a kid, i know this because once, i was a kid
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kids also need to be taught how to accept failure and (and this is one the most important lessons) how to strive to overcome it. they also need to be shown that some things aren't indicative of failure. overweight being one of them. it should be positive reinforcement and that's what this book feels like to some extent. the main character tried and won. i've no doubt within the book she faced what must have been insurmountable tasks etc.
all the above aside, parent are more responsible for there being fat kids that kids are. maybe aim some of this fiction at the parent instead.
The parent with the big fat fucking kid.
of
the shite parent,
or
the parent who needed to learn good parenting skills.
jmo
then we should explain why it isn't good to be little fat bastards, not in those words of course. fiction can have a large influence on kids.
and if a fat little 12 year old girl see some skinny kid as a roll model then so be it, it's great. the problem does arise when they try and emulate the one fat, now skinny kid and fail, failure is very hard when you're a kid, i know this because once, i was a kid
. kids also need to be taught how to accept failure and (and this is one the most important lessons) how to strive to overcome it. they also need to be shown that some things aren't indicative of failure. overweight being one of them. it should be positive reinforcement and that's what this book feels like to some extent. the main character tried and won. i've no doubt within the book she faced what must have been insurmountable tasks etc.
all the above aside, parent are more responsible for there being fat kids that kids are. maybe aim some of this fiction at the parent instead.
The parent with the big fat fucking kid.
of
the shite parent,
or
the parent who needed to learn good parenting skills.
jmo