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anniekg 's review for:
Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture
by Virginia Sole-Smith
challenging
informative
slow-paced
This book was challenging in a good way. As a parent of an 8 year old and someone who struggled with an eating disorder for all of adolescence and some of early 20s, it was very useful. I didn't agree with every piece of advice, but already I have shifted some of my parenting around food away from control and towards trust. I found it pretty engaging, some information I already knew, some I didn't, and some frameworks I hadn't thought about as much (especially the part around picky eating. As a former picky eater I was big on making my kid eat different kinds of foods in an effort to raise a non-picky eater).
I feel like this book has helped me become a better parent and better ally to fat people and I'm grateful for it.
As always I listened on audiobook and I do sort of wish I had the last little section that was all practical tips in writing. Maybe I'll buy it at some point. Also I didn't love the narrator's voice (I think ready by the author?) which was a bummer, but whatever, I got over it.
I feel like this book has helped me become a better parent and better ally to fat people and I'm grateful for it.
As always I listened on audiobook and I do sort of wish I had the last little section that was all practical tips in writing. Maybe I'll buy it at some point. Also I didn't love the narrator's voice (I think ready by the author?) which was a bummer, but whatever, I got over it.