Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture N. K. Jemisin School Library Journal

School Library Journal

And partly it's because his mother disappeared when he was very young

★ “[Ahmed] employs high stakes

travels to Lighthouse One

illustrated story about a girl who sets out to bring color back to a city where everything is gray

Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture N. K. Jemisin School Library JournalNow with new material, including a new foreword by Kate Manne, a reading guide, and an afterword from the author. By the time they reach kindergarten, most kids believe that fat is bad. By middle school, more than a quarter of them have gone on a diet. What are parents supposed to do? Kids learn, as weve all learned, that thinness is a survival strategy in a world that equates body size and value. Parents worry if their kids care too much about being