Matter of fact, I’ll have one too 🫶 #relatablemom #skits #momlife

[randomunicorn]

“what an odd thing to say out loud” is the perfect response to these convos

[tonygroves]

My favourite response is "That was RUDE. Were you trying to be rude?" Usually makes people back pedal pretty quickly. 😅

[jcwolves]

"Oops your inside thoughts made it outside. It's okay, we all forget to filter our moronic thoughts sometimes." Jeez I hope people like this are rarer than they seem.

[Lys]

The worst part of this is that as a child, you HEAR this. Kids pick up on more than you know. I've got a lot of feelings of shame from family friends and relatives joking about me eating too much sweets and being greedy, and it always had this weird undertone that I couldn’t quite place as a child, but as an adult I think this is exactly what happened

[BackyardRebel]

I remember taking my son to a restaurant, just the 2 of us. He was about 8 years old. He ordered a waffle piled with strawberries and cool whip. It was massive. He got halfway through, sighed, and continued eating til he was done.
An old man came to our table after and said, "I was watching him eat and didn't think he could get it all down, but, by golly! He did it!" He sounded so impressed. 😂

[wutowngurlify]

My son was SHOCKED when he discovered KING size candy bars. He's 5. He was so stoked and asked if he could get one and I said absolutely! The cashier looked at me like I handed him a needle of heroine. 15 minutes later he ate about 1/4 and we decided to save some for another day, and he was content with that. Sometimes ya just gotta try something new and exciting!

[leahm]

You are teaching me to speak my mind to all this unsolicited advice I get all the time. Thank you.

[Lavender_menace]

“You should teach her one scoop is enough” I am. By letting her have two, eat until her body is full and tells her no more so she understands her limits, or she learns the natural way what happens when we over indulge on sugar (or anything for that matter). A tummy ache is temporary, healthy food relationships are forever

[GallifreyGirl]

"Why are you trying to make my child feel bad about being five?"

[andreak]

I was actually often patronized by the woman who OWNED the ice cream shop.
My son barely touches sweets. He especially doesn't like ice cream bc it's too cold. When he was little, we would always go to this mom n pop ice cream shop down the street. Super convenient, cheap prices, and they really did have the best ice cream. My son would always settle on a peach or strawberry smoothie (he loves fruit), and every time we interacted w the woman owner, she would always snarl and say "so he's still not eating ice cream??", and then literally roll her eyes.
Like, WHAT?!
What does it matter? Is he hurting you, ma'am? Unreal.

[caleighsmeltzer]

She either can handle it, or she will learn first hand that she can't, which teaches a valuable lesson. My portions had always been controlled and I had no idea what I could or couldn't eat in college and had a lot of stomach aches because of it

[notericforeman]

My parents took us to brunch yesterday and my daughter ordered a Mickey Mouse pancake with sausage links, and ate it ALL. Shes three, but she eats like a middle school boy. Full can of spaghettios plus graham crackers and 2 scrambled eggs and she STILL has room for fruit snacks. Dr says she’s healthy, just has a good appetite! I was so nervous they’d have a comment on her appetite but my father was PROUD lol. Commented how my nieces eat like birds and its nice to see a kid enjoy food 😂😂

[mkkibbykat]

They need to learn that it's ok to not clean their plate. No shame in eating only what they are hungry for. I hate it when people comment on how and what my kids eat.

[djcraftgoblin]

My grandmother used to talk like this to me all the time and single-handedly began my disordered eating. I'm no contact now. Much to her bewilderment

[jennayoung]

I like a strong and simple "wow, that was rude." But i do love a "what a weird thing to say out loud."

[nancynalepinski]

From the mom of a daughter 3+ years into eating disorder recovery, this is so accurate! Our kids get these messages from social media all the time, so let’s not add to the noise. Things not to say that can be twisted in the mind of someone struggling with an eating disorder (which you most likely would not even know about!): “I shouldn’t eat this”. “I am saving myself for dessert this weekend.” “I am starving for lunch bc I didn’t eat breakfast (the ED person may switch it around and think “I did eat breakfast, so I prob shouldn’t be hungry for lunch”. If you are hungry eat. No need to say “I ate too much. I’m stuffed”. Just .02 from a mom who has been there and learned! #soapbox lol

[eileenwade]

I am 65 and still dealing with disordered eating from this kind of food /fat/body shaming stuff that began at a very young age. You did great! Thank you for defending her— I wish my mom would have.

[halee]

Thank you for providing the best scripts when dealing with challenging conversations with challenging people! My mother in law informed me that my three year old daughter needs less food than her twin brother because she's a girl 🙃🙃🙃 fairly certain that's not how that works and also she's three, she knows what her own satiety is. Wish I had said something short and sweet to cut it off at the pass.

[lindseyherbst]

Teaching your child that its okay to have a treat is such a valuable lesson, especially when they're growing and need a lot of food for energy. It helps cultivate a healthy relationship with food, instead of a fear that, "If I eat this, I'll get bigger and mommy will be mad." which is likely to cause eating disorders later in childhood when she's choosing her own food at school or when parents arent around.

[FantasmagoriaAhoy]

I had an elderly man tell me that I should be careful about eating too many strawberries because it would be bad for my diet. "Aren't you worried about your diet?!? That's so much sugar!"

In a pint of whole strawberries.

I was 5'6" and weighed 110 lbs. You could see the ribs in my chest and I was always cold all Summer even on hot days. He warned me to not eat too many strawberries because of my "diet" at the same time in my life that I would walk down the street and grown men would roll the window down and yell, "eat a fuggin' sandwich!' at me. Many men gave me diet tips when I was rail thin.

The world is a hostile place to be a woman.