If You Don’t Have Anything Nice To Say… Zip It

I watched a grown adult tell a ten-year-old girl to “eat a sandwich or a few,” and I froze. Not because I didn’t know it was wrong, but because I didn’t know what to say in the moment. This isn’t just about kids. It’s about our culture of commenting on bodies without understanding what someone may be going through. Medical, mental health, hormones, or body image. Unless you’re speaking to what makes someone a good human, it might be time to say less.