「你睇下你幾肥？！」如果我哋直接咁樣笑個朋友，絕對係件無禮貌又唔尊重人嘅事。但係當對住小朋友時，大人們又唔會太避忌，甚至直接叫佢哋「肥仔」、「柴皮妹」、「竹篙精」……
美國2012年做咗個調查，360個參加減肥夏令營嘅青年入面，幾乎全部人都曾經因為體型而受到言語欺凌，當中有近4成人話來源之一係父母。
不過好多時父母並無惡意，只係佢地未必意識到，呢啲有心無意嘅說話，可能會嚴重打擊小朋友嘅自尊。
而呢個影響，仲好有可能會維持到小朋友長大成人，都唔會消散。美國上年有個針對年輕女士的訪問顯示，當受訪者愈記得父母喺小時候對自己身材嘅評價，會愈唔滿意自己身形體重。
如果父母係為小朋友健康著想，可以試下唔好太多批評，直接從生活習慣同餐單著手，效果可能仲顯著～
參考資料
- BROWN, H. (2013, January 9). Feeling Bullied by Parents About Weight – The New York Times.
- Cornell Food & Brand Lab. (2016, June 7). What happens when parents comment their daughter’s weight? Even slim women are more likely to have poor body image if their parents commented on their weight in youth. ScienceDaily.
- Scheff, S. (2018, August 24). Could Moms Be the Biggest Reason for Body Shaming?