Whaddya reckon? Is Ms. Gilardoni a good mother or a deranged psycho?

There has been a lot of fuss recently following media reports of a mother who put her two year old daughter on a diet. Ms. Aly Gilardoni who confesses to a serious weight problem herself weighs in at 17 stone, and said that she had made her daughter follow a restricted calorie intake because she did not want to have "a fat daughter."

Corleigh who is now eight years old follows a diet of 700 calories daily which is considerably less than the usual recommended for a child of her age, nevertheless Ms Gilardoni explained that this was in the best interest of her daughter because she was determined to break the family pattern of over eating. Ms Gilardoni said that her mother was also seventeen stone and that she wanted to make sure that her daughter would be "pretty and popular". Ms Gilardoni did not deny that she herself does not follow a healthy diet and that when her daughter goes to bed she overeats on junk food.

To a certain extent you have to admire this mother for her determination to make sure that her daughter does not inherit her obesity and that healthy eating habits are instilled into her at a young age.  Research shows that children who eat healthily when they're young are likely to keep these habits with them for the rest of their lives.  Ms. Gilardoni said that she was glad that she had "trained her" and commented that when people were fat they were "fat for life".

There will however be some people who feel that in this case the mother is some sort of mean psychopath who is depriving her daughter of the same treats that she indulges in. It was also observed that the daughter was 5lb. underweight.

Overall, however we reckon that Corleigh is pretty lucky to have a mother who is taken so much interest in her weight and in the long term she is likely to benefit and thank her mother for it. Maybe Ms. Gilardoni has the answer for overweight people who don't want to pass on their unhealthy eating habits to their children? She said that she felt that she was a huge, monstrous woman and that she wanted her daughter "to grow up happy and do things I never did".

Whaddya reckon? Is Ms. Gilardoni a good mother or a deranged psycho?