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British journalist Hilary Freeman was searching for a nursery for her daughter — but when an overweight caretaker tended to her child at one of the trials, she knew the school wasn’t for her.
Despite describing the woman as “kind and great with children,” Freeman couldn’t fathom the idea of leaving her child in her care.
Interesting case. When I was in early elementary (late 1960s Kindergarten), my parents were called into the principal's office for a meeting because I had made friends with a slightly overweight classmate. Apparently that was a serious indiscretion at the time.
And if I had kids I wouldn't want them to stand/say the Pledge of Allegiance. Not until they understood what the meaning behind it. And then it would be up to them.
Uh Oh. Let's hope for the kid's sake, this doesn't turn into some OCD thing where the mother ends up turning the kid into an anorexic by fat shaming normal growth periods. I went to school with a girl like that. She had to be hospitalized. Her mom totally messed her mind up.
As long as the kid eats healthy meals, fat isn't contagious.
Yah, I glanced @ the link. If mom's a journalist from the UK, she's going to have plenty to do & plenty to write about as UK goes through the Brexit process. Which sounds like it's not going to be all that pleasant a ride, by the way.
That will likely have a lot more impact on her child's wellbeing & development & socialization than the child's teacher's weight status. A preoccupation on the mom's part with how slim or otherwise the kid's teachers are - doesn't pass the sniff test.
& a general rule for journalists & most humans - Everyone has to learn to get along with other people, @ least in normal everyday transactions. Having the person as a teacher/nanny doesn't mean you'll have to be or even get to be best buds - but slamming the door on people because of an arbitrary opinion (& not even the child's opinion, @ that) is a very limiting set of blinders to put on a child, or any human being, for that matter.
Uh Oh. Let's hope for the kid's sake, this doesn't turn into some OCD thing where the mother ends up turning the kid into an anorexic by fat shaming normal growth periods. I went to school with a girl like that. She had to be hospitalized. Her mom totally messed her mind up.
As long as the kid eats healthy meals, fat isn't contagious.
Sometimes, the fat-shaming will have the opposite effect and cause the child to become even more overweight. I know one woman, whose slender and fashion-conscious mother fat-shamed her to an extreme degree all through her growing-up years, but she just continued to put on more weight. She was 40 before she was able to overcome the complex her mother had given her and bring her weight down to a good level.
We all have our flaws and tolerance is usually best. That being said though, extreme obesity might indicate a low level of self discipline and self respect that could legitimately give a potential employer pause.
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