Mom Puts Daughter on Diet Then Writes About It

Dara-Lynn Weiss decided that her daughter should to be put on a diet after her pedestrian labeled, the then 7-year old Bea, as obese. Bea was six at the time and was 93 pounds. After her daughter lost weight, Weiss wrote in article entitled “Weight Watcher” in Vogue describing her daughter’s process of losing weight. The article is receiving backlash, not so much for her the daughters need to be put on a diet, but how she went about it. She would withhold food from Bea, even as her daughter would cry that she was hungry or wanted something in particular to eat. At one point Weiss states “I once reproachfully deprived Bea of her dinner after learning that her observation of French Heritage Day at school involved nearly 800 calories of Brie, filet mignon, baguette, and chocolate.” I honestly do not have a problem with the fact that Bea had to be put on diet, so much as the that the mother is sending the wrong message to this young girl. The point is not to withhold food or deprive someone of certain foods, but to learn to eat in moderation. After losing sixteen pounds in the last year Bea was adamant that she was not different to which her mother writes, “I protest that indeed she is different. At this moment, that fat girl is a thing of the past.” I beg to differ that this girl’s problem is a thing of the past, as this seven-year-old is going to be dealing with years of therapy for what her mother put her through and the eating habits incurred.