Honey, I love you, but you’re getting fat.

According to this article, that would be the ideal way mothers of “overweight” girls should address their daughter’s weight. The study found that, on average, mothers thought that their daughters who were “normal” or under-weight were unhealthily thin, while their overweight daughters were “normal”. In a world where young girls are increasingly concerned about body image and feeling ugly, this article seems to point to mother’s being accepting of their daughters as a bad thing. Scary.