Situation Six: Parental Obesity
“Parents aren’t perfect. I have to tell you, of all the things I’ve had to deal with like going to school, raising a family, working, this has been the hardest thing to manage.”
Can you think of some ideas that we can do as a family to get healthier? (Here are some suggestions that you and your child can talk about. NOTE: They are focused on specific actions that are easy to monitor and measure.)
“One of the reasons why it’s been so hard is that for a long time I thought my extra weight made me a bad person. And it made me forget all the things that I like about me.”
