Is This Mother Right, Or Just Prejudiced?

[NoMercy]

Apologies if this has already been posted.

Is this mother a prejudiced person or is she right and has fat acceptance gone too far?

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4859606/amp/Mother-refuses-let-daughter-taught-FAT-teacher.html

[Mamyalynne]

I have no idea but remember an online inquiry into such matters is frowned on.

[anneasquith]

Nomercy knows an Achilles heel when she sees it, and will stop at nothing to demonstrate it, she's succeeded once again.

[ummmm]

Weight is a delicate subject. My maternal side of the family are slim. My paternal side are a bit chubby but they are also tiny. 4 of my dads sisters are under 5ft.

I'm slim but my sister is obese. Her words, not mine, it's because she's a greedy pig. I don't think her weight would influence any child not living in her household.

[NoMercy]

Apologies, just got back from Aldi.

Sqad, I had the same conversation just this morning. OH and I passed a "bus shelter" as he called it next door to the staff multi-storey. It was rammed with Nurses smoking.

The woman in the article did strike me as being a bit odd and these days parents can be very precious about who has any influence over their precious angels but you cannot escape the fact that she does cite some harsh truths which are clearly unpalatable to some.

[mikey4444]

Whats with all these removed posts ? I take my eye off the screen for an hour or two, and suddenly its like WW3!

[bednobs]

Sqad tell me about it - when i had my first jon n oxford, the pub at the back of the JR was rammed every night with smokey drinking heart surgeons!

[bednobs]

JOB clearly

[NoMercy]

Don't know, Mikey, and someone's been suspended by the look of it.

Additionally, I only posted this thread out of spite - apparently.

In actual fact I saw the news article yesterday and my husband, who doesn't mince his words, thought the woman was well within her rights to refuse to let obese people teach her child, whereas I thought it was a tad harsh.

On the verge of being a parent myself, I have been giving this some thought.

[woofgang]

So would she object to her child being taught by someone who was anorexic? If the teacher was teaching poor eating habits then I think the mother would have a point.....but because of what she looks like? That's crazy.

[hereIam]

Why on earth would you have posted out of spite NoM, doesn't make sense ...

[Barmaid]

Shall we just continue with the thread? Else this is going to go the same way that other threads have gone........

[NoMercy]

I think it's being suggested that I was trying to get at another Aber, hereIam, whereas the Aber in question has apparently lost loads of weight so it's just a load of old tosh. As BM says, let's not derail the thread.

Very valid point, Zacs. Anorexia is a very dangerous influence on children and I see that some modelling agencies are banning models who are under a certain size.

[NoMercy]

Sorry, Woofgang, not Zacs.

[hereIam]

I agree, but to be fair it wasn't me who started to derail it ...

[NoMercy]

I know that x

[EcclesCake]

You are deluded if you deny this thread was not aimed at a particular ABer who amongst others you have chosen to take issue with.

Childish and pretentious doesn't even begin to describe you posts of late.