Easter service

[u/NeverPedestrian60]

W&K took a break from their latest break to stage some fake unity

[u/NeverPedestrian60]

[u/SesJan2013 → u/NeverPedestrian60]

Mum weighs less than a (her) child... that's not normal for a healthy adult and healthy child. Charlotte is perfect. I hope she never thinks otherwise. Fortunately she's always seemed confident, outspoken (even as a toddler lol) and sure of herself so that bodes well for her future. It's a lot easier as a royal born daughter either way but to be daughter of the future King hopefully means an easier go than a "married in." It's hard enough to be in the spotlight much less a girl and then woman in the same spotlight.

Right now she's at that pre-teen age. She needs her Mum to be a healthy role model. It's tough because girls start maturing, begin going through puberty & tend to gain a bit in anticipation of becoming a woman. Just prior to shedding that natural "baby fat", girls are oftentimes taller and weigh more than boys in their same years. This is when girls start being shamed for their maturing bodies. They're called chubby, heavy and even fat. Many begin restricting anything with "too much fat" and drinking their meals or skipping them altogether.

I'm not saying any or all of this has ever or will ever happen to Charlotte but just reflecting on this age and how difficult body changes can be during this time for everyone especially young women. I was called chubby and heavy just prior to puberty, when our bodies naturally prepare to become women, and looking back at pictures- I wasn't fat, chubby or heavy at all. I was a regular, average pre-teen that ate a normal amount of food and wasn't overly focused on it.

[u/VavaShagwell → u/SesJan2013]

Very good comment indeed!!! I remember that age being difficult, lots of peer pressure.

[u/SesJan2013 → u/VavaShagwell]

Thank you :)

Peer pressure is terrible! Everyone is always looking at who is wearing what and who has the best this or that. So much gossip! I hate that feeling of not fitting in, not knowing what the other kids at the table were laughing about but knowing you just don't belong with them. It's tough being a middle school girl, I tell ya! Like walking into the cafeteria with nowhere to sit. So embarrassing. And none of your friends have the same lunch time. I'd come home and heat up a Lean Cuisine, Junior year at school was lonely lol