Kids at twelve dieting

Healthy foods. Just make sure you don’t let her stop eating, you wouldn’t want her getting anerexic at such a young age.

If her weight is average she shouldnt be dieting because she could end up with eating problems or other things. If its over you should cunsoult a doctor.

My best advice is a mix of the others and some of my own. Make sure you serve her healthy meals, a balanced diet, etc. And make sure she knows that the women in the fashion magazines are not real!! They are all airbrushed!! These girls today are tormented into thinking they have to be perfect because they see all these supermodels as ‘role models’. It is disgusting. I just hope that my 3 year old daughter comes into her own without being pushed into thinking that size 2 is perfect.

dont tell her shes on a diet just give her healthier foods

tell her she needs to eat healthy no chips cookies any of that junk let her eat how she ususally does but take away the junkfood try to give her less bread and cereal get wheat bread—its all fiber which means she’ll poop it out no candy or esepcall NO COCALA or sodass those are all bad

Dear bethew, who’s the parent here??? Seems you have lost control of your home to a 12 year old. Of course you do not let her diet, that is insane to say the least. A mother’s job is to protect their children from falling for all the diet hype. I suggest you may want to put your proper age on your profile so we are able to help with advice better. A women of 66 would know better. Sue…good luck

Just give her healthier foods. Lots of fruits, veggies, beans and such. Read all the nutrition information on the boxes of things now. You don’t necessarily have to give her things like Slim Fast. Just things any mum would DIE to get their kids to eat. Take advantage of this. =]

well she might want to diet just to eat better. and not nessesary wants to loose weight but stay at her own weight. I think I wanted to start eating better and less carbs at 13 or 14 its prob becuase shes going into middle school and feels more self concious dont worry about it. Try this make a really healthy dinner and if she doesnt want to eat it that might be a problem. Alsoremind her that a starvation diet accually makes you gain weight because your matabolism slows down good luck. xoxo maddi