I work at a summer camp with third graders and one of the girls (very petite/skinny) was telling me about a doctor’s appointment she had. It went exactly like this:

Girl: So my doctor weighed me and she told my parents I have to eat more because I’m underweight…

Me: Oh? Maybe you should, it’s not healthy to eat too little.

Girl: I think the doctor only told me that because she’s jealous and wants me to get fat.

To reiterate, this child is in third grade and already thinks that people are jealous and out to sabotage her her for being skinny, thus, more attractive. Thanks, society, for ingraining these things while they’re still so young.

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(mod add: It’s kind of bogus to assume that the girl was eating too little because she was underweight. I get where this submission is going, but I didn’t want to leave that hanging there. -ATL)