Another disturbing perspective.Disturbing for me at least!Or I just plainly did not understand it.
The original post is here
Don't worry, I have not edited anything from there.Double quoting everything again.
My words in Red
Her words in Blue
"Yesterday just as we sat down at Coffee Day my seven year old eyed me and told me with twinkling eyes "Ma, You are fat." I gasped for breath. I asked him where he had heard about fat. He shook his head and gave me his usual - Don't know and dug into his Black Forest Cake."
"I wasn't about to give him an explanation about fitting into a size 12 jeans after 4 months of rigorous work outs or that giving birth to him, his sister and taking care of them had made me 'fat'. I wasn't going down the defensive mode with a 7 year old child."
"I was more interested in knowing where he had come across the concept of body image. And it didn't take me long."
Was going fine till here!!
"Today while the kids watched toons on POGO the Special K ad rolled in. And before my horrified eyes"
"Horrified eyes" ?? Why the over reaction?1st shock.
"I heard a small girl talking about her mom looking like Aishwarya Rai and her mom laughed and said she had lost two kilos by being on Special K. The little angel ranted about her mom looking the prettiest in the school and my mouth hung open."
So???
"Little angel Ranting"?? what?? I think you are the one who's ranting.
"What kind of shit was this? I looked at my son and then back at the TV. "
What Just happened?Anyone??No, seriously, a reaction of that sort, there has to be some reason, I am so confused, Can someone please explain it to me, what could have been going on inside her head?I am serious!! I am not getting into an argument, I just wana know, what is it that my brain completely refuses to understand??
"It was bad enough that cable channels were feeding shit to our kids about junk food but now we had cereals sneaking in body image neurosis to our underage children."
I am not married, but when I do get married and have kids, I don't think I am gonna start Blaming the whole bad world around me . After all what will my duty as a father be? Teach my child the difference between right and wrong.
And please, what do you expect? Mc Donalds, Burger Kings, Cokes, Pepsis, to be banned?
"Body-image neurosis"??Will someone Please quickly explain me what this women is going through??I don't think I will be able to concentrate on my work before I know, what struck her. All her kid said was "you are fat", which chances are, she is.
"Where is the protest from parents about these sorts of ads? Maybe its time Kellogg's was taken to court for propagating unhealthy habits to our kids. Can you imagine a kid asking just for sugary cereals for 2 meals to be skinny?"
"propagating unhealthy habits to our kids"??.. What just happened?The topic just changed, I thought its all about her son calling her fat and her getting hurt because of the truth.
"Can you imagine a kid asking just for sugary cereals for 2 meals to be skinny?"?? When did that happen?Again, I thought it was all about your kid calling you fat as you start your post with.And its not "skinny", its HEALTHY for god sake!! Do Indians still believe FAT IS HEALTHY or what???
"Anyone who has tasted Special K would tell you that its like sugary wood shavings. And to be on a cereal diet is the worst thing one can do to their body. Eating right and exercising is the best way to leading a healthy life."
Now, I have not tasted Special K or whatever, but if you don't like it, don't buy it anymore, why cry about the Ad?I mean, its pure marketing.No, what am I arguing!! What were we discussing?What is going on here!! Are you not satisfied with the product or fuming over the fact that your kid called you fat or are you not happy with Fast food chains?Whats going on,,,someone plz??
"Once the ad finished I spoke to my son and told him that not everything that is seen on TV is the truth. And that having a fat or skinny mother doesn't make the child happy, what makes a child happy is having a mommy who loves him."
Yes, but when did he say that he doesn't like you as a mom?whats wrong with you ladyyy!!!Are you just insecure about your looks?
I am sorry, I couldn't just control my feelings there.:(
"And that if I ever heard him say those words to anyone I would personally come and teach him the meaning of respect."
"Respect"? I am really crying now. He was just being Candid!! You are not not going to teach him any respect, you are gonna teach him to be politically right and at his age, plzzzz..we prefer kids being candid than being politically right.
IHM, You are a mother right? Am I gonna be a bad father? or plz tell me you agree with me!!:)
"He looked at me with big saucer eyes and asked 'Why?"
Like Duh!!! Anyone would!!!
"I replied that it was the meanest and most hurtful thing to say and he wasn't a mean boy."
Hmmm...Now I know, she's just pissed that her son called her fat.But truth issss bitter.Lets face it. Go gyming instead of cribbing about it.phew!
"His mind switched gears when he realized his mother was done lecturing and asked if he could go out and play. I nodded absentmindedly, still upset about the kind of bogeymen we were letting into our homes via kiddie channels."
Lady, you have no idea what you are blabbering.
I really want to know the other side too.If someone feels the way, the lady above does, please explain it to me too. I really wana know.
