Amusing Widget tale

[siercia]

About a week ago, Widget was going on and on about how she was "writing down what she ate". I didn't think much of it.

Then she did it again last night, and made a huge deal out of it. Finally, the bulb went on and I realized just what she was actually doing. See, both I and Widget's nanny are on Weight Watchers. A major component of the program is, you guessed it, writing down all the food you eat in a food journal. She's imitating us. How cute is that? How slightly disturbing is that?

Comments

[skreeky]

Hmmm. Slightly disturbing? It could be, if all she's grasped is that you aren't allowed to eat too much. I'd turn it into a nutrition game. "Let's look at what you ate. Did you eat enough vegetables? Let's count. How much milk did you have? Good!" That way, it avoids the negative spin this could easily take on.

It is very cute though. Does she really write? If not, maybe she could draw a picture of her lunch. :-)

[siercia]

That's a great idea, thank you for the suggestion!

No, she's not writing yet, we're still working on mastering the motor skills of draw a circle or a triangle. Mostly she just scribbles.

[cfred.livejournal.com]

I think that it's cute. (Although it begs the question of if she's doing it to imitate you or if she's learning that it's something that women do.)

If you want disturbing, you want the radio ad I heard this evening. I forgot the brand name, but it was Weight Loss Powder for Kids. Don't let your kids face the shame of being overweight! Put them on this uber-supplement and.... *cringe*

[siercia]

I think she's just imitating. Perhaps we'll have Daddy join in too, so she doesn't think it's a girl thing...

And that's beyond disturbing. That's just shameful. It makes me furious to even think that someone would market crap like that to kids, or their parents. Man.