I feel like we constantly follow the trope of starvation. What about a whumpee who was force-fed to the point of illness?
What about a whumpee who has been put on a diet to lose weight after getting home from being overfed every day and feels even worse around the people who should love and care but instead feel scrutinized. Caretaker is trying to follow a tough love model of caring but are they going too far? Are they becoming New Whumper instead?
I want to see a whumpee standing up for themselves and learning body positivity. Not JUST being supported, but learning to SUPPORT THEMSELVES.
When I was a teacher, I had a student who gained weight and her mother became obsessed with her losing the weight. It broke my heart because she was hungry but I was told point blank that I was not to offer her food, by the school. It hurt to see a child hungry. She wasn't even overweight. Maybe I'm just projecting...
