Mary Anne and Miss Priss! Part 1!
I'd never gotten this far in the series so, I had no idea what to expect from this book. You can imagine my horror to find out it's about child neglect. Again. Why does Ann always write such horrible parents?! I understand that the series focuses on the BSC so, the parents are really just stage dressing but she does this all the time. You could
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Right? I could see it if there were two other kids. Two other well behaved kids but a whole house of rowdy kids? I think it'd be more rest sitting for like Charlotte than the Pike brood.
She doesn't realize that's already happening in a lot of ways
It's ridiculous how the Pikes treat Mal. They expect her to be a mini parent to her siblings, while they have zero responsibilities but she has no say in her clothes or hair? They treat her as an adult as far as raising her siblings goes but otherwise they treat her like a little kid. I've mentioned it before, but when I was younger than Mal, I had a choice in my wardrobe. Whenever school year rolled around, my mom would take me out shopping and we had to both approve of what she bought. And she did this while still allowing me a childhood. Of course, I am an only child so that may make a difference.
I cringe thinking of the chapter 2 descriptions if Claudia did gain weight
I'm torn on this because I feel like body diversity is a very important topic and needs to be discussed and done. Because we know Ann hates fat people and wouldn't be able to do it right. That's why I headcanon Claudia gained weight and was okay with it because being fat doesn't make you ugly or a bad person.
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