“Maggie Goes on A Diet”

[The Straight Story]

“Maggie Goes on A Diet” to be released in October has already ignited a nationwide debate on sensitivity and enraged parenting bloggers.

The children’s book, aimed at the four to six year old crowd, is about a 14-year-old girl named Maggie. She goes on a diet and joins a soccer team after being called “fatty” at school. According to Amazon.com, the teen is “transformed from being extremely overweight and insecure to a normal sized girl who becomes the school soccer star. Through time, exercise and hard work, Maggie becomes more and more confident and develops a positive self image.”

The picture on the cover of the 44-page storybook rhyme is of a heavyset, redheaded girl holding up a tiny pink dress, smiling at her skinny reflection in the mirror, hinting that the pig-tailed youngster longs to slim down to fit into the article of clothing. Though the tale ends with Maggie feeling “so much happier and … also very proud of herself,” many do not view the message in the story as a healthy one.

Mommy blogger Catherine Connors reacted in disgust to the book.

http://dailycaller.com/2011/08/25/mom-bloggers-outraged-over-horrid-childrens-book-on-dieting/

[ThatsMyBarack]

1. I thought you meant....

Maggie Gallagher of NOM--or MuhGAGie GHOULiger as I like to call her.

[JI7]

2. and what if a kid did lose weight and eat more healthy but were still not popular

?