| The astronomic rise in the number of
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| | development of eating disorders in
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| children suffering from eating disorders
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| | children. Children often see their
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| is very disturbing. According to recent
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| | parents as their idols, their heroes,
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| studies, approximately 40% of today's
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| | their role models. So what would the
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| children aged nine have already tried
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| | children think if their parents are
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| dieting to various extents. If you find
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| | preoccupied with their own bodies and
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| this disquieting enough, what would you
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| | their weights? When the parents express
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| feel if I told you that researchers also
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| | apparent dislike towards their bodies,
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| found out that there is a rising trend of
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| | the children will perceive that weight
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| children ranging from four to five years
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| | and appearance are very important.
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| old expressing their need to diet? Why
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| | In some cases, the parents might
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| are our children feeling this way? Why
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| | mistakenly take baby fat as actual fat
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| do they express the need to diet? What
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| | and force a child to diet. This can be a
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| are we doing wrong?
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| | form of robbing a child of his or her
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| Research has pointed out several factors,
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| | childhood and can be considered an
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| which may have contributed to this
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| | extremely cruel act.
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| ever-increasing trend of eating disorders
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| | In other families, a double standard is
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| in children. Among those worthy of
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| | imposed allowing boys to eat to their
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| mention are emotional or psychological
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| | hearts' content while limiting the food
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| trauma, family and the media.
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| | intake of girls. This is so that boys
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| Events that result in emotional or
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| | can have well-built and muscular bodies
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| psychological trauma predispose a child
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| | (a must for the macho society) while the
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| to develop eating disorders. It was
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| | girls maintain a slender figure (again a
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| noted that children who were brought up
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| | dictate of the society). Most mothers
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| in dysfunctional families were more prone
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| | even take a step further and lecture
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| to acquire the disease than those
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| | their daughters how important it is to
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| children raised in loving environments
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| | have a thin figure for them to find
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| were. This is also true in cases where
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| | happiness and a man that will love them
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| children are raised in environments where
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| | when they grow up.
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| feelings are not allowed to be expressed.
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| | The media also helps spread the notion
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| In both settings, children's emotions
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| | that being thin is a central factor for
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| are bottled up prompting them to turn to
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| | success and happiness. Along with
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| food for comfort or to help them deal
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| | promoting the newest in kids' fashion
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| with what they are feeling. They might
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| | comes the media's endorsement of the
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| latch on to food and eating to release
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| | "ideal figure". Media makes the kids
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| their pent up anger, frustration,
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| | want to wear the newest designer clothes,
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| sadness, hurt, fear, feeling of
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| | be adorned with the latest accessories
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| abandonment and pain.
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| | and look "perfect" wearing them. As a
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| Children who were victims of emotional or
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| | result, the children strive to achieve
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| physical abuse are also at high risk of
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| | the society's idea of a "perfect figure"
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| developing the disease. They might try
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| | and this sets the stage for the
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| to relieve their feelings and try to gain
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| | development of the disease.
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| control of an otherwise unmanageable
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| | Eating disorders can be very disastrous,
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| situation by resorting to food and
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| | even more so for the young bodies of our
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| controlling their eating habits. They
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| | children. Let us not push them towards
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| might try to avoid food in an effort to
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| | the hands of these harmful evil. Let us
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| control their weight so that they might
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| | teach our children to accept and love
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| "disappear" and not go through the abuse
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| | themselves by loving them
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| anymore.
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| | unconditionally, whatever size or shape
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| Family also plays a crucial role in the
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| | they might be.
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