This stay-at-home mother wanted to depart from the traditional, strict upbringing she had. But her daughter’s eating disorder dealt a blow to her confidence as a parent. She tells her story in the podcast series Imperfect by CNA Insider.
. The limited series delves into the questions every parent will face, with heartfelt stories about dealing with parental dilemmas.THE CALL FROM SCHOOL THAT SHOCKED HERShe describes her upbringing as “traditional and strict”. And as the eldest of three girls, she had to push the boundaries a little, like when she had to make a case for perming her hair or piercing her ears.
“The world was changing, so we wanted our kids to be more confident socially,” she says. “Over the years, I tried to give them more freedom … in an age-appropriate way.” Instead of putting on weight as teens her age should be doing, Sophie, who weighed about 48 kilogrammes in the middle of Secondary Three, had started losing weight — about 7 to 8 kg by that time.“This can’t be,” Ivy remembers thinking. “Her current weight isn’t terribly bad: It’s underweight and the low end of the healthy range.”
She had also shrugged off some red flags. For example, about a year before her daughter’s diagnosis, Sophie started becoming more conscious of eating healthily and very interested in exercising.“We made some sacrifices so one parent could stay at home, to have a better family life, yet there are issues like this,” she says. “So there was some feeling of angst and self-doubt.”She felt she’d ruined her daughter’s future by not getting her tuition earlier.
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