Dear Queenie,
My daughter is too fat and needs to lose some weight. My husband and his mother are always after her about exercising and going on a diet. I know they are worried about her health, but I find their constant criticism discouraging and so does their target, my daughter. Maybe if they would leave her alone about it she would listen to her doctor and lose some weight.
Queenie, what can I do about all this?—Fat girl’s mom
Dear Mom,
Try to teach your daughter how to cope with all the criticism she gets from her father and grandmother. And suggest to all the critics that all their criticism is stressing their target out and making the problem worse, not better.
Maybe if they would let up on her, she would find the strength – and energy! – to watch her diet, do some exercising and lose some weight.
