feng456,
It upsets me that the advice you gave me doesn't work.
I have discussed my great concern regarding my son's weight with my husband. I've told him specifically why I'm so worried about the situation, what I'm doing to help, what he's doing that isn't beneficial, the cummulative effect of being overweight at this age, and how self-concious my son is about his weight. He does agree that he is overweight. Unfortunately, talking to my husband is not causing him to change his actions. Often, he thinks that our son's stature will change when he's a teen-ager. I respond with comments like: "What if he doesn't?", "And in the meantime?", "Our son is very self concious about this."
When I'm around, he may act differently short-term (after we've discussed the situation) but he's very inconsistent and rather an enabler. I don't know how many different ways to explain to my husband that we are responsible for helping out our son in his desire to lose weight.
Right now, I figure my best bet is to talk to my son directly about a healthy lifestyle and the importance of making good decisions with his food choices.
Thanks for listening...
gardenbug2
