You may be doing the following things:
Putting your teenager on a diet: It seems logical to embolden an overweight teen to diet, but did you know that study reports that for the majority of children and teens, diets make them to gain weight? And this is true. Dieting can result in binge eating, emotional eating, and therefore weight gain. There are non-diet methods to weight loss that will work much better over the long run.
Establishing a lot of rules: Parents often say, "You can have candies but only on certain occasions?" or "you must have vegetables at dinner" or "if you put food on your plate, you have to eat it." Families with a great amount of food rules are inclined to be families with overweight children who continually think about eating and look for the occasion to "break the rules" when they are at school or out with their friends. Besides, the more you try to implement these food rules the less likely your child is to follow to his or her own internal signals – signals that tell a person when to stop eating because they are full.
Nag: If you are continually spying your child or teen to eat less or watch what he or she eats, you are not doing your child any favors. The same true concerns if you often talk about your own weight issues. Try to listen to your own conversation. Are you showing other overweight people that you see in a negative way? Do you scold yourself out loud for your own physical imperfections? Children are sharp listeners and they will rise up on what you are saying in ways you probably did not intend them to. In place of grumbling, try to encourage your child. For instance, if your child wants to be a football player when he grows up, buy him a ball. Take him outside a few times a week and practice football skills with him. The exercise you get together will assist in inspiring him to obtain his goals and see the role losing weight might play in achieving them. This works far better than grumbling ever will.
Interview: Take a close look at the questions you ask your teenager. Don’t put him or her on the spot by asking, "Do you really need to eat that, honey?" Think about asking a different set of questions that focus instead on really getting to know your child and making it clear to him or her that your love is not dependent on the numbers on the family level. Your child wants to attach with you and be heard. The very act of listening to your son or daughter and acknowledging that child’s dreams, hopes and desires decreases stress, increases self-esteem and boosts overall happiness levels.
If you identified some of your behaviors aforesaid, don’t feel guilty. All people make mistakes that we can learn from. When you find yourself returning to old bad habits, just make to let them go. Your child will be grateful to you for that.
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