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As your kiddo is growing, and trying on clothes for the holidays, and the clothes don't fit FOR WHATEVER REASON AT ALL . . .
BLAME THE CLOTHES NOT THE KID
As your kiddo is growing, and trying on clothes for the holidays, and the clothes don't fit FOR WHATEVER REASON AT ALL . . .
BLAME THE CLOTHES NOT THE KID
It is so easy and SO DEVASTATING to say "oop! Getting a little tummy!" or "someone's had a bit too many coookies!!"
That shit is fucked up.
Don't give that shit to your kid now (or really any fucking time)
That shit is fucked up.
Don't give that shit to your kid now (or really any fucking time)
Here are some scripts you can say instead:
- Ugh! Clothes are made so unevenly!! I thought these were the right size, but this brand is so weird. Do you want me to get the right size of these? Or something else??
- Ugh! Clothes are made so unevenly!! I thought these were the right size, but this brand is so weird. Do you want me to get the right size of these? Or something else??
- Oh my gosh grandma hasn't seen you in 6 months! She had no idea how much you've grown!
- Ooh! These are way too constricting!! We absolutely don't wear uncomfortable clothes in this house. Our bodies are *way* too important.
- Ooh! These are way too constricting!! We absolutely don't wear uncomfortable clothes in this house. Our bodies are *way* too important.
What is more important? Seriously. WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT?????
1) Your kid.
2) Pieces of cloth.
Praise the thing that's more important. Criticize the thing that won't take it personally.
1) Your kid.
2) Pieces of cloth.
Praise the thing that's more important. Criticize the thing that won't take it personally.
When I say "our bodies are way too important," I mean it quite literally.
Our bodies carry our fucking BLOOD and our BRAINS and our ORGANS!!!!!
And you're going to tell your 10 year old to stuff theirself into jeans that put marks in their skin . . . why???
Our bodies carry our fucking BLOOD and our BRAINS and our ORGANS!!!!!
And you're going to tell your 10 year old to stuff theirself into jeans that put marks in their skin . . . why???
So you don't need to go back to the store?
So you can say your kid is a specific size?
So you can relive your own food trauma?
So they learn that you have to "earn" food?
No
No
No
No
So you can say your kid is a specific size?
So you can relive your own food trauma?
So they learn that you have to "earn" food?
No
No
No
No
HEY BY THE WAY HERE'S A NEXT LEVEL TIP
Don't want your kid to feel bad about their body?
YOU HAVE TO MODEL RADICAL ACCEPTANCE OF YOUR OWN BODY!!!!!!
Tell your tum how perfect it is for carrying your organs.
Praise your thighs.
Wear clothes that feel and look really nice.
Don't want your kid to feel bad about their body?
YOU HAVE TO MODEL RADICAL ACCEPTANCE OF YOUR OWN BODY!!!!!!
Tell your tum how perfect it is for carrying your organs.
Praise your thighs.
Wear clothes that feel and look really nice.
Omg I have MORE TIPS
- Buying clothes for someone else's kid? ASK WHAT SIZES
- On your own journey towards body acceptance? DON'T BODY HATE YOURSELF IN FRONT OF CHILDREN
- Can't find cute / stylish clothes in fat sizes? THAT'S CAPITALISM'S FAULT, NOT THE FAULT OF HUMAN BODIES
- Buying clothes for someone else's kid? ASK WHAT SIZES
- On your own journey towards body acceptance? DON'T BODY HATE YOURSELF IN FRONT OF CHILDREN
- Can't find cute / stylish clothes in fat sizes? THAT'S CAPITALISM'S FAULT, NOT THE FAULT OF HUMAN BODIES
MY KID HAS GROWN FOUR AND A HALF INCHES THIS YEAR!!! I HOPE TO FUCK SHE'S ALSO INCREASED 'ROUND THE MIDDLE
Dad's first tiktok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJpWHFAH/
Hey I've had a few folks reply with "I tell my kids / myself that their clothes shrank in the dryer."
Y'all, please don't do this.
Don't gaslight your kids. Their bodies are growing. AS THEY SHOULD. WHAT IF KIDS' BODIES DIDN'T GROW!!!!
Y'all, please don't do this.
Don't gaslight your kids. Their bodies are growing. AS THEY SHOULD. WHAT IF KIDS' BODIES DIDN'T GROW!!!!
