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joether -> RE: Fat Police (8/26/2015 12:16:48 PM)
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ORIGINAL: rosenrye
The end of this article really throws me. Tell kids that they aren't allowed to stay in the lunchroom if they don't eat? What will that accomplish? I'm going to guess feelings of isolation, lack of acceptance and resentment.
Surprisingly it helps. It largely depends on 'HOW' it is accomplished. I've heard of school psychologists placing the trouble student in a room, not by themselves, but with friends during lunch. They do the stuff anyone would do in the cafeteria. Except they are not be exposed to the bullies. This separation keeps the bullies from bullying; and the bullied from not eating. Not every teenager develops a thick skin to peer pressure at the same rate.
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ORIGINAL: rosenrye
I have had trouble eating my whole life. I'm almost never hungry, and when I am I only get a few bites in before I'm full. It has led to metabolic issues in my adult life and a habit of eating carbohydrate rich foods and sugary drinks to give me enough energy to maintain.
You might want to consult with a medical doctor about this; rather than the internet. He/she might suggest long term therapy to helping on the mental/emotional components as well. Nothing wrong with therapy as it concerns eating food.
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ORIGINAL: rosenrye
Kicking me out of the lunchroom at an early would have just given me a green light to avoid an already uncomfortable situation and may have led to me forming unhealthy relationships with others who had been made to feel like outcasts.
As for having parents provide permission for kids to skip meals... Well, in my personal experience, no amount of being forced to sit at the dinner table for hours under my mother's watchful eye ever corrected my eating habits. In fact, it made me even more ambivalent towards food.
Yes, methods that have all been disprove to work in a beneficial manner. Your not alone on this either. Tens of millions of Americans have had this done to them in differing degrees. As we learn more in psychology and sociology, we develop new patterns and ideas that help break down bullying.
Placing a teenager in a room by themselves does not work either. Hence why I stated that schools place friends with the bullied teenager, in a separate room. They can socialize all they want without ever knowing one of their friends is being bullied. The bullied teenager would likely forget the tension in the cafeteria over weeks if not months. This allows them the ability to learn coping skills with the school's psychologist in private. When they are put into the cafeteria, they are under observation. To see how well those coping skills handle under pressure from the bullies.
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