If your child was very overweight, what would you do?

Let’s for arguments sake say it is a weight that generally most people will agree is very overweight. The doctor is concerned about your child’s health, and so are you. Maybe you are also concerned about how she might be judged by society.

Would you ignore it for a while? Hope it works itself out? Address it and risk causing your child to feel insecure about her size and shape? Sending a message that size does matter?

There have been some recent Q’s touching on the messages children receive from their parents and the media concerning beauty and weight. So, it got me thinking, if weight really is an issue, isn’t it difficult to not make it more of an issue?