The Battle for FableWood - OOC

Just overheard my 12 year old sister telling her friend that she's having a 'cheat day' today by allowing herself to have Cocoa Puffs for breakfast. She's. 12. Years. Old. And then she continued to say all of the calories and the such that were in the cereal, as if to highlight it as a bad thing while her friend just blankly stared at her. Why does this kinda stuff not bother my mom? She shouldn't be worrying about that crap at her age.
 
Flutterby said:
Also, I am keeping up with posts but working with children does not leave enough time to write -_-
I'm sure my mom (has 4 kids including me) would totally understand lol.
 
Lioness075 said:
Just overheard my 12 year old sister telling her friend that she's having a 'cheat day' today by allowing herself to have Cocoa Puffs for breakfast. She's. 12. Years. Old. And then she continued to say all of the calories and the such that were in the cereal, as if to highlight it as a bad thing while her friend just blankly stared at her. Why does this kinda stuff not bother my mom? She shouldn't be worrying about that crap at her age.
O__O.


Calories? Already?


I would be worried and your mom isn't?


At least she has a big sister to worry for her and not just mom.
 
crucialstar said:
O__O.
Calories? Already?


I would be worried and your mom isn't?


At least she has a big sister to worry for her and not just mom.
Yeah, I mentioned this near the beginning of the summer when I got home and only just started noticing her comments and behavior changing around this notion. Who knows how long it's been going on for, though. :/


My mom somehow thinks that it's a good thing for her to be considerate of these things, except my sister is no where near any age where she needs to be considerate and she's already perfectly healthy as she is.


*sigh* For now, I haven't really pushed it because she hasn't really lost any weight (as far as I'm aware). I do know that she complained to me a couple months ago about her thighs not being skinny enough. :S


I just have no idea how to deal with the situation on my own and my only solution in mind would be for her to see some psychiatrist before this worsens. It might be an officially eating disorder yet, but it could easily develop into one over time. I'm just worried that it's more of her school surroundings and the friends she's hanging out with that are causing her to think this way.
 
Flutterby said:
@Dominaiscna @Naloth
Fear not, young ones! I was the youngest one when I joined this group (I believe I was 16) and it was pretty intimidating but quickly became very homey and its helped me get a lot better ^^
I see. Same for me on my first few days here but i've gotten used to it a lot more now :3

Lioness075 said:
Just overheard my 12 year old sister telling her friend that she's having a 'cheat day' today by allowing herself to have Cocoa Puffs for breakfast. She's. 12. Years. Old. And then she continued to say all of the calories and the such that were in the cereal, as if to highlight it as a bad thing while her friend just blankly stared at her. Why does this kinda stuff not bother my mom? She shouldn't be worrying about that crap at her age.
that's so freakin cute xD
 
Lioness075 said:
Yeah, I mentioned this near the beginning of the summer when I got home and only just started noticing her comments and behavior changing around this notion. Who knows how long it's been going on for, though. :/
My mom somehow thinks that it's a good thing for her to be considerate of these things, except my sister is no where near any age where she needs to be considerate and she's already perfectly healthy as she is.


*sigh* For now, I haven't really pushed it because she hasn't really lost any weight (as far as I'm aware). I do know that she complained to me a couple months ago about her thighs not being skinny enough. :S


I just have no idea how to deal with the situation on my own and my only solution in mind would be for her to see some psychiatrist before this worsens. It might be an officially eating disorder yet, but it could easily develop into one over time. I'm just worried that it's more of her school surroundings and the friends she's hanging out with that are causing her to think this way.
Is there any role model she looks up to? Or anything along those lines? It may be her school surroundings, but have you talked to her about it? I just hope she doesn't go overboard. Is she eating properly at every meal?
 
Lioness075 said:
Yeah, I mentioned this near the beginning of the summer when I got home and only just started noticing her comments and behavior changing around this notion. Who knows how long it's been going on for, though. :/
My mom somehow thinks that it's a good thing for her to be considerate of these things, except my sister is no where near any age where she needs to be considerate and she's already perfectly healthy as she is.


*sigh* For now, I haven't really pushed it because she hasn't really lost any weight (as far as I'm aware). I do know that she complained to me a couple months ago about her thighs not being skinny enough. :S


I just have no idea how to deal with the situation on my own and my only solution in mind would be for her to see some psychiatrist before this worsens. It might be an officially eating disorder yet, but it could easily develop into one over time. I'm just worried that it's more of her school surroundings and the friends she's hanging out with that are causing her to think this way.
The same thing with my sister, same age as yours. It is mostly the people they hang out with. Or they're self conscious about how they look.
 
crucialstar said:
Is there any role model she looks up to? Or anything along those lines? It may be her school surroundings, but have you talked to her about it? I just hope she doesn't go overboard. Is she eating properly at every meal?
My mom has told me countless times that she looks up to me, but that's exactly why I'm worried. I have a crazy high metabolism and burn through everything I eat. It's near impossible for me to gain any weight and I already have a small diet. I'm actually underweight right now because of this problem and I in no way have tried to lose weight on purpose. I just can't help it, but my sister might not think of it in the same way as I do. :/


But she does tend to eat enough at meals. I'd have to look more closely to give a more definitive answer, but I do know that she's been trying to avoid meats while at home. It was weird, too. She'd eat tons of meat and whatnot on cruises without a care in the world, but then she gets back home and is suddenly worrying about it again.


I almost fear that someone may be bullying her at school, but there's no way she'd talk about it around my parents. I tried to when I was a kid and stopped right after. You can't have a sympathetic conversation with my parents. And if you do, it's rare and only with my mom.

Naloth said:
The same thing with my sister, same age as yours. It is mostly the people they hang out with. Or they're self conscious about how they look.
Yeah, it's probably a combination of both. I think she's been influenced to believe she doesn't look 'perfect' or whatever. I've caught her looking at herself in a mirror one too many times. It's why I keep getting worried about her. :/
 
Dominaiscna said:
It's just so cute how she's so small yet worrying about such stuff as calories xD
I just can't see that viewpoint considering I'm a psychology major and have seen numerous eating disorder cases where things seem so small and meaningless at the beginning and then the next thing you know, the person is starving several months later.


So, when this is something possibly occurring at home for me with one of my little sisters, it becomes more of a sensitive subject for me.
 
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Lioness075 said:
I just can't see that viewpoint considering I'm a psychology major and have seen numerous eating disorder cases where things seem so small and meaningless at the beginning and then the next thing you know, the person is starving several months later.
So, when this is something possibly occurring at home for me with one of my little sisters, it becomes more of a sensitive subject for me.
Oh i see... If you look at it from that point i can get what you must be feeling.. Sort of anyway.
 
Good news! The new place is much cleaner than my last one was. A few stains here and there but overall happy with it! (Also a nice deck soooo)
 
Bolts said:
Good news! The new place is much cleaner than my last one was. A few stains here and there but overall happy with it! (Also a nice deck soooo)
I always greatly appreciate a nice desk and study space. And a squishy, marshmallow bed to sleep in.
 
Lioness075 said:
I always greatly appreciate a nice desk and study space. And a squishy, marshmallow bed to sleep in.
Now to just get everything in here in the next two days >.<
 
@SilverFlight Okay so, I will probably be gone next week Thursday-Saturday. I might be on and off reading, but I dont think I will take the time to post. Moving into my dorm on Friday :3 so Thursday will be saying goodbyes at my old home and Friday and Saturday will be getting settled and saying hellos in my new home ^^
 
TMW you watch an angry, evil NPC trying to slice up a wall with a chainsaw while you hide in a locker. Like, I don't think you can destroy that wall, dude...chill. xD
 
So I got a new manager at one of my jobs...I hate her. I threatened to put in my two weeks notice last night, but one of my co-workers spent five minutes talking me out of it, so now I'll feel bad if I put in my two weeks notice because it'll be on my conscience later. I don't know what to do.


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[QUOTE="Amaterasu Kawashima]So I got a new manager at one of my jobs...I hate her. I threatened to put in my two weeks notice last night, but one of my co-workers spent five minutes talking me out of it, so now I'll feel bad if I put in my two weeks notice because it'll be on my conscience later. I don't know what to do.
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Why do you hate her?
 
Bolts said:
Why do you hate her?
Her First Day at the store I am working at, she was treating me like crap; stepping all over me, putting me down, berating me left and right and taking her anger out on me just about every time something went wrong. I tried to play it cool at first, but eventually, I caved and started giving her a buttload of attitude. Not that I enjoyed it. I really enjoy my job too... She makes me miss my old Manager, who quit so he could go to school and spend more time with his son. I mean, I didn't like my Old Manager, but at least he tried to make conversation with me and he was really nice to me.


Don't get me wrong, I didn't hate him. He was an alright guy, he just didn't know what he was doing half the time.
 
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[QUOTE="Amaterasu Kawashima]Her First Day at the store I am working at, she was treating me like crap; stepping all over me, putting me down, berating me left and right and taking her anger out on me just about every time something went wrong. I tried to play it cool at first, but eventually, I caved and started giving her a buttload of attitude. Not that I enjoyed it. I really enjoy my job too... She makes me miss my old Manager, who quit so he could go to school and spend more time with his son. I mean, I didn't like my Old Manager, but at least he tried to make conversation with me and he was really nice to me.
Don't get me wrong, I didn't hate him. He was an alright guy, he just didn't know what he was doing half the time.

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Wow that is pretty lame. I'd say give it a few more shifts and see how she still acts. She might just be having some trouble adjusting. If nothing changes then I'd call it good and quit if you need to.
 
Bolts said:
Wow that is pretty lame. I'd say give it a few more shifts and see how she still acts. She might just be having some trouble adjusting. If nothing changes then I'd call it good and quit if you need to.
Yeah, all the co-workers I liked have already left which makes things worse. And for one of them, its their last day. Yeah, probably at the beginning of next week, I'll be putting in my two weeks notice and then go full time at my newer job, where I am much happier, even though all I do is make Rice and wash the dishes.
 
[QUOTE="Amaterasu Kawashima]Yeah, all the co-workers I liked have already left which makes things worse. And for one of them, its their last day. Yeah, probably at the beginning of next week, I'll be putting in my two weeks notice and then go full time at my newer job, where I am much happier, even though all I do is make Rice and wash the dishes.

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The happier the better. (I should take that advice and find a better job)
 

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