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Three Mistakes Parents Make With Overweight Kids
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Most parents just feel helpless. They want the best for their kids, but in
spite of everything we know about nutrition and exercise most parents
hope for the best and do little about their overweight children.
Lisa Alexander’s True Story: “My child was small at birth, but quickly
became a heavy baby. By the age of two, our pediatrician began intimating
that she was putting on more weight than she needed. Until kindergarten,
kids from our neighborhood, her day care or nursery school accepted her
just as she was, and her size never came up. But when she started
school, there was a whole new set of kids, and some would make
comments about her size.
Some were innocent observations; some comments were just down right
mean. In first grade she was invited to a slumber party of a new friend,
and told me she would be uncomfortable changing in front of the other
girls because she was fat. This was a shocking moment for me, because
now I understood that she felt badly about herself, that she had been
giving thought to her size, and comparing herself to other children. What
could I do?”
Lisa Alexander, author of Seven Steps to Get Your Child’s Weight on Track
says parents don’t understand the pivotal role they play in the solution to a
child’s weight problem. As she’s helped families across the country beat
obesity, Lisa has identified the three crucial mistakes that parents make
and the key actions parents must take to get control and start their
overweight child on the path to improvement:
Mistake #1: “She’s Not Heavy.” This is plain denial. Many parents refuse
to be honest with themselves about their child's weight. They see the
beautiful perfection and turn a blind eye to a problem that is likely causing
emotional pain in their overweight children’s life lowering the child’s self-
esteem and getting in the way of their child achieving her true potential.
Action Plan: Learn what a healthy weight for your child should be.
Compare where your child is to where your child needs to be.
Acknowledge this goal openly.
Mistake #2: “He’ll grow out of it.” If only parents knew: Studies show that
50% of obese school-aged children will become obese adults.
Overweight children WON’T grow out of their weight problem.
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Most parents just feel helpless. They want the best for their kids, but in
spite of everything we know about nutrition and exercise most parents
hope for the best and do little about their overweight children.
Lisa Alexander’s True Story: “My child was small at birth, but quickly
became a heavy baby. By the age of two, our pediatrician began intimating
that she was putting on more weight than she needed. Until kindergarten,
kids from our neighborhood, her day care or nursery school accepted her
just as she was, and her size never came up. But when she started
school, there was a whole new set of kids, and some would make
comments about her size.
Some were innocent observations; some comments were just down right
mean. In first grade she was invited to a slumber party of a new friend,
and told me she would be uncomfortable changing in front of the other
girls because she was fat. This was a shocking moment for me, because
now I understood that she felt badly about herself, that she had been
giving thought to her size, and comparing herself to other children. What
could I do?”
Lisa Alexander, author of Seven Steps to Get Your Child’s Weight on Track
says parents don’t understand the pivotal role they play in the solution to a
child’s weight problem. As she’s helped families across the country beat
obesity, Lisa has identified the three crucial mistakes that parents make
and the key actions parents must take to get control and start their
overweight child on the path to improvement:
Mistake #1: “She’s Not Heavy.” This is plain denial. Many parents refuse
to be honest with themselves about their child's weight. They see the
beautiful perfection and turn a blind eye to a problem that is likely causing
emotional pain in their overweight children’s life lowering the child’s self-
esteem and getting in the way of their child achieving her true potential.
Action Plan: Learn what a healthy weight for your child should be.
Compare where your child is to where your child needs to be.
Acknowledge this goal openly.
Mistake #2: “He’ll grow out of it.” If only parents knew: Studies show that
50% of obese school-aged children will become obese adults.
Overweight children WON’T grow out of their weight problem.
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"My son has lost 12
lbs. and his
confidence has
been lifted higher"
Click here for more.
Experts Rave
An inspiring plan by
a mother who took
charge of her
child’s problem
and made positive,
lasting changes.
--Dr. Donald L.
Meyer, Pediatrician
“The Seven Steps
Plan is one of the
best resources I
have seen for
parents of children
to readily use and
easily understand.
I can't think of any
concept from the
literature that is
related to
controlling
children's, or adult,
obesity that is not
covered by The
Seven Steps Plan.”
—Dr. James
Farris, P.T., PH.D.
Progress in
Physical Therapy
Arkansas State
University
Recent Seven
Steps Plan
Newspaper Article
About Childhood
Obesity Click Here