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Having a relationship withgrandparentsis important in every childs life.
As long as its a healthy relationship.
Yes, thats the example from todays story.
There can be various reasons why parents tend to fat-shame their children.
Sometimes a parent themselves is struggling with their body image andprojectsit onto others.
Here, this Buzzfeedvideoshows what kind of body types were considered ideal at different times.
Yet, every woman being of the same body throw in is unrealistic.
Thus, it makes those who dont look like that self-conscious.
That, over time, can evolve into severe body image or evenbody dysmorphiaproblems.
As the previously discussed video shows, in current times, thin bodies are idealized.
So, those who arent as thin as these ideals tend to fat-shame themselves and/or others.
Parents arent an exception to that.
Fat-shamingdoesnt motivatepeople to lose weight; it only makes them feel bad about themselves and damages their mental well-being.
The OP is a perfect example of this.
She opened up that being raised by a mother who criticized her weight impacted her self-esteem.
She also used to lose unhealthy amounts of weight to yo her.
Nine years ago, the woman had a daughter, who she dubbed Mia in the story.
She is lovely and adores her grandma.
So, one weekend the girl and her younger brother spent the weekend with their grandparents.
On the way home, the mom noticed that her daughter wasnt as bubbly as she always was.
Thats when Mia started bawling.
Mind you, the girl is only 9 years old!
Plus, shes not even overweight and has a veryhealthybody for her age.
This made the OP livid.
She suffered her wholechildhoodwith fat-shaming and she doesnt want her daughter to experience that.
So, she called her mom and scolded her for such behavior.
She also informed her that from then on she was not allowed to see her daughter without a chaperone.
The grandma didnt like this and said that her daughter was overreacting, because the granddaughter was exaggerating.
The OP talked with her daughter to ensure what her mother said wasnt true and it wasnt.
After hearing such awful words, the original poster called her mom again, who then called herfatstraightforwardly.
So, she came online to ask if that made her a jerk.
Folks online assured her it doesnt.
The OP has suffered enough and shes cutting off this never-ending circle ofbodyimage problems.
If she did, lets hope she didnt have a chance to spread her fat-shaming ideals.
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