Is it too late to help my morbidly obese daughter?
My daughter is 15 years old but has recently climbed up to over 400 pounds. She's seen multiple professionals but continues to gain weight. Is it too late?
41-45, F
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TallMtnMedic · M
@BlueVeins Recently? What about before?
Where was she before bc no parent actually lets their kid that big without a lot of Jerry Springer.
Try being a parent sometime and let your child gets 400+ lbs.
Where was she before bc no parent actually lets their kid that big without a lot of Jerry Springer.
Try being a parent sometime and let your child gets 400+ lbs.
NorahWhite · 41-45, F
@TallMtnMedic I have been taking her to doctors ongoingly since she was 13. It's difficult to control her weight when she isn't always cooperative.
REMsleep · 41-45, F
@NorahWhite You are the adult. Kids under the roof of adults do not have any choices except the ones granted to them by the adult.
What kind of parents lets kids make the decisions?
Kids don't know how to wipe their butts yet certainly not make lasting health decisions.
What kind of parents lets kids make the decisions?
Kids don't know how to wipe their butts yet certainly not make lasting health decisions.
TallMtnMedic · M
TallMtnMedic · M
@Elizabeth28 Clearly its not the "parents" fault.
Elizabeth28 · TVIP
@TallMtnMedic kinda is every one fault for let her get to that point
TallMtnMedic · M
@Elizabeth28 Yup. School would've jumped in, family services woukdve syepped in, and doctor, a Karen, Becky, etc....
This is a fake question.
This is a fake question.
calicuz · 51-55, M
It's not too late.
She can change her eating habits and thus change her metabolism.
Ask a doctor though, just how little she can eat at this stage.
One full plate at meal time sounds like enough to where she won't starve. If she wants seconds, then you have dish out some tough love and tell her no.
Check with a doctor first, before you deny her any food.
She can change her eating habits and thus change her metabolism.
Ask a doctor though, just how little she can eat at this stage.
One full plate at meal time sounds like enough to where she won't starve. If she wants seconds, then you have dish out some tough love and tell her no.
Check with a doctor first, before you deny her any food.
Thevy29 · 41-45, M
Sounds like a girl I went to school with. They all made fun of her for the climbing bar breaking when she sat on it, and forget there were 8 other girls on there too. She used to eat a packet of TimTams for recess each day. That was the gossip.
Her mum would give her a packet a day to share with all the "friends" she told her mother she had. But none of the girls liked her. So she ate a few herself and threw the rest... She's thin now but her social skills are such that she doesn't let anyone in... School bullies can be such arseholes.
Her mum would give her a packet a day to share with all the "friends" she told her mother she had. But none of the girls liked her. So she ate a few herself and threw the rest... She's thin now but her social skills are such that she doesn't let anyone in... School bullies can be such arseholes.
Justmeraeagain · 56-60, F
Never know if people are telling the truth here, but if so, she's too big to not have had help getting there.
My advice would be for the whole family to eat healthy.
Better for whole family and easier for her if you are all a team.
Don't give into food tantrums.
Get a referral for a dietitian.
It will kill her if you don't take things seriously.
Never too late until it's too late.
My advice would be for the whole family to eat healthy.
Better for whole family and easier for her if you are all a team.
Don't give into food tantrums.
Get a referral for a dietitian.
It will kill her if you don't take things seriously.
Never too late until it's too late.
reflectingmonkey · 51-55, M
has she had surgery to make her stomach smaller? has she warched videos of people who were where she is and with hard work and discipline got back to a healthier weight? I would look for deeper issues. if you live together does your house contain junkfood? I almost never buy unhealthy foods because if I have them , I eat them. I am a bit pissed at my girfriend for introducing our 2 year old son to sweets and fast food. these types of food are very addictive and many babies lose the taste for vegetables once they discover sugar. nothing else tastes so good, that's the moment when they start hating broccoli. I freakin love broccoli.
Puppybog123 · 13-15
Find help for her before she has a heart attack and dies
Ozempic might help
dale74 · M
It is not
scrood · 31-35
Not yet
REMsleep · 41-45, F
Never too late until you cease to live.
Change must be unforgiving and drastic. No games allowed. It is a matter of life and death just as sure as if she was playing Russian Roulette.
Change must be unforgiving and drastic. No games allowed. It is a matter of life and death just as sure as if she was playing Russian Roulette.