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How can I stop my son from getting fat?

  • 13-07-2019 12:29pm
    #1
    14dMoney
    Registered Users Posts: 407 ✭✭


    Myself and my wife are very worried. Our son is 6 and he's going through this whole "best friend" phase with an obese boy. His parents are also grossly obese. We're terrified that our son will begin to see this as acceptable. Should we prohibit him from hanging around with the obese boy or have a frank chat about obesity with him?


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  • #2
    Potential-Monke
    Registered Users Posts: 13,802 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    Ah, have a chat. Since when did banning or stopping a child do anything ever actually lead to a positive outcome. DON'T PUSH THE RED BUTTON! Of course a 6 year old will push it.


  • #3
    italodisco
    Registered Users Posts: 1,426 ✭✭✭italodisco


    I had a friend who was an absolute tank at that age, never stopped stuffing his gob.

    I didnt get huge simply because i didnt have the appetite. Not a hope in hell i could have kept up with him.

    Dont worry about it


  • #4
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    14dMoney wrote:
    Myself and my wife are very worried. Our son is 6 and he's going through this whole "best friend" phase with an obese boy. His parents are also grossly obese. We're terrified that our son will begin to see this as acceptable. Should we prohibit him from hanging around with the obese boy or have a frank chat about obesity with him?


    You really have a problem with overweight people, what is this your 4 th thread on the topic?


  • #5
    Balanadan
    Site Banned Posts: 725 ✭✭✭Balanadan


    14dMoney wrote: »
    Myself and my wife are very worried. Our son is 6 and he's going through this whole "best friend" phase with an obese boy. His parents are also grossly obese. We're terrified that our son will begin to see this as acceptable. Should we prohibit him from hanging around with the obese boy or have a frank chat about obesity with him?

    You should get him out of bed at 5am every day and make him run laps. That'll learn him.


  • #6
    Bredabe
    Registered Users Posts: 4,001 ✭✭✭Bredabe


    According to my gp, so many ppl in Ireland has undiagnosed thyroid issues,
    as long as you teach your son how to eat a balanced diet/exercise and there are no medical factors, there should not be a problem.

    However, teaching him to accept other ppl as opposed to dismissing them with a label, is probably the most nb thing for you all to learn.


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  • #7
    14dMoney
    Registered Users Posts: 407 ✭✭14dMoney


    Plumbthedepths wrote: »
    You really have a problem with overweight people, what is this your 4 th thread on the topic?

    I don't have a problem with overweight people, I just don't want my son to end up like them.


  • #8
    Canis Lupus
    Registered Users Posts: 9,893 ✭✭✭Canis Lupus


    Start fat shaming your son now then before it's too late.


  • #9
    14dMoney
    Registered Users Posts: 407 ✭✭14dMoney


    Canis Lupus wrote: »
    Start fat shaming your son now then before it's too late.

    There's no such thing as fat shaming.


  • #10
    eviltwin
    Registered Users Posts: 17,495 ✭✭✭✭eviltwin


    14dMoney wrote: »
    I don't have a problem with overweight people, I just don't want my son to end up like them.

    If your son grows up with a weight problem that's your parenting to blame, not some random kid. Take responsibility for your own child's health.


  • #11
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users Posts: 16,756 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    14dMoney wrote: »
    I don't have a problem with overweight people, I just don't want my son to end up like them.

    This is your fifth thread regarding fat people!
    You have a problem with fat people.


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  • #12
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    14dMoney wrote:
    I don't have a problem with overweight people, I just don't want my son to end up like them.


    Your posting history contradicts your claim.


  • #13
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    14dMoney wrote: »
    There's no such thing as fat shaming.

    Get real. You're an unapologetic advocate of fat shaming.


  • #14
    Oasis1974
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭Oasis1974


    I'd be worried you know fat people in the first case. Stay a country mile from those lot I'd be scarlet seen with any.


  • #15
    BuboBubo
    Registered Users Posts: 927 ✭✭✭BuboBubo


    14dMoney wrote: »
    Myself and my wife are very worried. Our son is 6 and he's going through this whole "best friend" phase with an obese boy. His parents are also grossly obese. We're terrified that our son will begin to see this as acceptable. Should we prohibit him from hanging around with the obese boy or have a frank chat about obesity with him?

    Fatness isn't contagious ffs! Unless the friend is force feeding him chipper food your son isn't going to get fat.

    I really do think you're taking the piss, but in case you're not, there's my reply.

    Now go beat yourself with a stick or something.


  • #16
    14dMoney
    Registered Users Posts: 407 ✭✭14dMoney


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Get real. You're an unapologetic advocate of fat shaming.

    I'm an unapologetic advocate of health. I don't feel comfortable with my son being around a child who is overweight, just like I wouldn't be comfortable with my son being around an unvaccinated child.


  • #17
    eviltwin
    Registered Users Posts: 17,495 ✭✭✭✭eviltwin


    14dMoney wrote: »
    I'm an unapologetic advocate of health. I don't feel comfortable with my son being around a child who is overweight, just like I wouldn't be comfortable with my son being around an unvaccinated child.

    So don't let them play together. Simple.


  • #18
    Car99
    Registered Users Posts: 2,530 ✭✭✭Car99


    You're attitude to others will be far more damaging to your sons development than any influence his friends have in his development.


  • #19
    Pkiernan
    Registered Users Posts: 4,315 ✭✭✭Pkiernan


    14dMoney wrote: »
    I'm an unapologetic advocate of health. I don't feel comfortable with my son being around a child who is overweight, just like I wouldn't be comfortable with my son being around an unvaccinated child.

    Does your son have special needs?


  • #20
    MarkY91
    Registered Users Posts: 7,067 ✭✭✭MarkY91


    Definitely a wind up. Imagine this is how you spend your Sunday afternoon.


  • #21
    Calina
    Registered Users Posts: 8,219 ✭✭✭Calina


    14dMoney wrote: »
    I'm an unapologetic advocate of health. I don't feel comfortable with my son being around a child who is overweight, just like I wouldn't be comfortable with my son being around an unvaccinated child.

    Health is not your issue here. Control freakery is.


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  • #22
    14dMoney
    Registered Users Posts: 407 ✭✭14dMoney


    MarkY91 wrote: »
    Definitely a wind up. Imagine this is how you spend your Sunday afternoon.

    It's Saturday.


  • #23
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    14dMoney wrote:
    It's Saturday.


    True, you should go outside and play with your friends. The holidays are very short .


  • #24
    14dMoney
    Registered Users Posts: 407 ✭✭14dMoney


    Calina wrote: »
    Health is not your issue here. Control freakery is.

    How is it control-freakery? You'd let your child be in the company of fat or unvaccinated children?


  • #25
    FFred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 772 ✭✭✭FFred


    Go all Homer Simpson on him ...
    “That kid has busoms! Quick, who's got a wet towel?"

    homer_jagt_uter.jpg


  • #26
    Roger Hassenforder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,555 ✭✭✭Roger Hassenforder


    List of things you're kid could catch from their peers OP
      Fattyness Cussin Gayness Muslimness Jooness Skinnyness Drinking Scouser Smoking Drugs

    The only thing i'd have concerns is the Liverpool thing.


  • #27
    seamusk84
    Registered Users Posts: 879 ✭✭✭seamusk84


    Banning your kid from hanging around with a fat kid? Because he could catch fat off him?

    What the hell is wrong with you?!


  • #28
    Ann22
    Registered Users Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭Ann22


    Hilarious thread.. Has to be a wind up.


  • #29
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,107 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    I have been reading threads from stupid people. Will I catch it?


  • #30
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    Ann22 wrote:
    Hilarious thread.. Has to be a wind up.


    Ah you missed his food stamps thread that was equally stupid till the mods closed it.


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  • #31
    Ann22
    Registered Users Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭Ann22


    14dMoney wrote:
    just like I wouldn't be comfortable with my son being around an unvaccinated child.

    Why? Surely if your son has had all the recommended vaccinations he won't catch anything from his little possibly riddled pals.


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