Sterotypes

Today, my family and I were at outdoor in. While Nevaeh was playing and we were enjoying delicious pizza, I glance over at a slightly larger young girl, she was very pretty, and she was filling her mouth with salad, as everyone else around her had a plate full of pizza. I felt sympathy for this girl, not because she was heavier, but because she was cast out. We as parents have an obligation to our children, to teach them that each and every person is loved by God. No matter the size, no matter the color, no matter the sex. There are bullies because children are taught at a young age that people look different, and that because they look different, they aren't the same as you. Where, people are not that different. We all have the same feelings, people may show them differently, but when it comes down to it, we are all children of God.

I do not believe in starving your child because they may be heavier, or considered obiese, I do not believe to plainly give them everything they want to eat, I believe you can give them healthy food. If you are sitting down for a family dinner, and everyone is eating pizza, except for one person who is forced to have something different because pizza isnt healthy for them, Well, would'nt that constitute the same for you?.. That it is unhealthy for everyone?.. You are in fact teaching you child to cast people out, to treat people different, and it is ok to do that, Everyone has feelings, and after awhile what you taught your child will come to haunt them, and ridicule them, feeling that it was their fault they look different then the "pretty thin" girl, or the "Fit muscular" guy over there.

I am not thin, I AM happy though. I do not eat healthy all the time, but I am myself. I have accepted who I am and am very content in my life. There will always be people who believe otherwise, or feels I need to look a certain way because it may make people like me more. But who are you to stand there and tell me how to run my life?

So Todays quote is:

“I think fitting in is highly overrated. I’d rather just fit out... Fitting out means being who you are, even when people insist that you have to change. Fitting out means taking up space, not apologizing for yourself, and not agreeing with those who seek to label you with stereotypes.”

So the next time you look at a little girl or boy who needs a friend because they have been casted out for looking different, be their friend.