A mother seeks advice after an argument with her ex-husband about her daughter’s weight.
A mother wants her overweight daughter to go to a sports camp to get to a healthy weight.
However, her ex-husband is against the idea, believing he is sending the wrong message to his daughter. By sending her to a “fat camp”.
She wants to send her daughter to a sports camp after she gains weight after her parents’ divorce.
her story subreddit, r/AmItheA – holea woman asked another Redditor her decision was wrong.
She began the post by revealing that her 14-year-old daughter, Abby, whom she shares with her ex-husband, has reached 210 pounds.
The teen gained a significant amount of weight when the woman’s divorce from her ex-husband was finalized.
“Growing up, Abby was always average weight until we split custody,” the woman wrote.
The woman and her ex, who were still married, shared that she did most of the grocery shopping and cooking to make sure the family had a balanced diet.
She admits that Abby is struggling with her divorce, but has started going to therapy she seems to be doing well.
When she started attending her father half the time, her weight increased.
“At first, I thought I was gaining weight before my exponential growth, but it wasn’t,” the woman wrote.
She claimed her ex-husband was feeding her daughter only “junk food” when she was with him.
“He doesn’t cook. Worse, if you have it on your plate, he lives off it,” the woman wrote. is handed over.”
The woman spoke to her ex-husband about the issue and asked if she could give her daughter a small portion, but she said, “Don’t be upset.”
In an attempt to manage Abby’s weight, the woman made her play sports.
“She enjoys it for the most part, but it’s not enough stop weight gain‘ she wrote.
A concerned mother told doctors and nutritionists about Abby’s weight gain. Both blamed it on her woman’s ex-husband feeding her an unhealthy amount of food.
Running out of options, the woman decides to send Abby to soccer camp on the day she plans to stay at her father’s house to control her weight.
“Abby seemed to buy into the idea so her father wouldn’t feed her or even see her in person for the next few months,” the woman wrote.
When the woman informed her ex-husband about sending Abby to camp, he disagreed with the decision.
“It was a big argument that he was swayed by her weight. He accused me of sending her to fat camp,” the woman said.
She added that she is in talks with her attorney to change her custody agreement so she can track Abby’s weight and stay healthy.
Many Reddit users agreed with the woman’s decision and criticized what her ex-husband was doing to their daughter.
“What dads are doing is abusive. Forcing kids to eat too much,” one user pointed out. “If he won’t relent, I suggest working with your doctor and lawyer to change his custody so you don’t cause long-term health problems for your child.”
“It’s also wrong for him to call soccer camps ‘fat camps,'” another user commented. “That OP is great [original poster] I found an activity that my daughter enjoys and is also a healthy way to be more active. “
“When I read the title my first thought was ‘Yabai! ‘ But Abby loves sports and it’s not even ‘fat camp’ so if she wants to go, that should be all that matters.” Another user added.
Megan Quinn is a writer for YourTango, covering entertainment and news, self, love and relationships.
