How Do I Tell My Kids They Are Unhealthy Without Saying “Fat”

While we know it is important to talk to our children about topics such as gender equality, cyberbullying, about what is happening in the world, we have also realized that it is also important to talk to your child about body image. Who would have thought that? It is very important to talk about F-word. When we mean F we mean fat.

This is one of the trickiest conversations but take baby steps, don’t continuously stress about the scale in front of your child, teach your kids empathy and you will be on the road to raising a responsible child who believes in being strong and fit.

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Parents play a big role in their children’s lofe; especially, when it comes to the shaping of their self-image. In a world where social media boasts unrealistic beauty standards and promotes degrading self-worth, it is the parent’s responsibility to build their children back up again.

We have had celebrity actress Sameera Reddy share in an exclusive with KSP how she was body-shamed when she was 14 years and how it affected her. You can watch the video below

You can read more about how you can boost your child’s confidence in his/ her body here.

Mansi Zaveri, Founder of Kidsstoppress spoke to Dr Shwetambhara Sabharwal – a psychologist & psychotherapist. We spoke to her about a lot of questions we all have as parents. One of the questions that is extremely pertinent and we need to address is how to tell our kids that they are gaining unhealthy weight without hurting them and saying they are fat. Kids always remember these things – so be careful.

If you want to know what Dr Sabharwal suggests you can start watching the video below from 20.30 mins.

We also talked about a whole lot of other things like