wow, Lulu. I think it's makes my point though, that children can be taught bad habits from a parent of any weight. My kids didn't have coke or sweets or junk when they were young, but my sister's kids did, all the time. Yet if we walked out together, there would be an immediate assumption that not only do I eat badly, but that I must be the parent who feeds her kids badly too. I've had her buying her 2yo a chupachup, and despite the fact she was paying, the lady at the counter looked at me and said that kids that young shouldn't have so much sugar. Aside the fact that the old biddy should have minded her own business, it displays a prejudice that I know exists everywhere. I'm not the only one to have been a recipient.
In fact weight prejudice is so ingrained that in studies, they have shown that just by 'widening' people on TV screens, that viewers immediately attribute negative characteristics to them, such as being less trustworthy, or more malicious.
Last edited by sushee; August 11th, 2008 at 09:53 PM.
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