I felt this last week because my newborn niece was not eating and it was very scary. I googled it and was reading about "failure to thrive" (what a phrase) and in the middle of the article there is an add for a GLP-1...................
The placement of those ads is truly atrocious. I'm also so sorry you were navigating this last week! I'm sending love and hope this week brings a little more ease 🙏🏼
Body shame gets passed down like a safety strategy, not because parents wanted harm but because control was framed as care.
What I appreciate here is the nuance: you can hold compassion for the people who handed it to you while still deciding it stops with you. A lot of cycle-breaking is quiet—fewer comments, less monitoring, letting food and bodies exist without constant evaluation.
Small shifts, but they change the atmosphere for the next generation.
I felt this last week because my newborn niece was not eating and it was very scary. I googled it and was reading about "failure to thrive" (what a phrase) and in the middle of the article there is an add for a GLP-1...................
The placement of those ads is truly atrocious. I'm also so sorry you were navigating this last week! I'm sending love and hope this week brings a little more ease 🙏🏼
She's back to eating and gaining weight--just like she should be!
Body shame gets passed down like a safety strategy, not because parents wanted harm but because control was framed as care.
What I appreciate here is the nuance: you can hold compassion for the people who handed it to you while still deciding it stops with you. A lot of cycle-breaking is quiet—fewer comments, less monitoring, letting food and bodies exist without constant evaluation.
Small shifts, but they change the atmosphere for the next generation.