Like mother like daughter.
One British mom is being accused of taking the idiom a bit too far.
Twenty-six-year-old Rebecca Jones is making headlines for sharing her 7-year-old’s love of clothes.
Actually, the mom doesn’t just love clothes as much her young daughter, the two share the same wardrobe.
The exact same wardrobe.
In a tragic way.
Rebecca is able to wear her second grader’s outfits because she is anorexic.
The mom weighs a mere 70 pounds, or roughly 20 pounds less than her only child. Rebecca is also eight inches taller than her daughter Maisy, though her stature doesn’t correlate to the amount of common sense she has.
According to the Daily Mail, Rebecca was doing laundry one day, saw her daughter’s skirt, and decided to try it on. It fit perfectly and they’ve been sharing clothes ever since.
“Wearing the same clothes as Maisy gives me a sense of pride,” Rebecca tells the Daily Mail. “It’s wrong, but it makes me feel good. I don’t think I’m thin – I always see myself as bigger.”
The mom goes on to say that she has been battling anorexia since her parents divorced at age 13. Initially, she thought her eating disorder had left her infertile, but tests revealed she was pregnant with Maisy at 26 weeks along. According to Rebecca, she barely gained weight during her pregnancy and eventually delivered her daughter who weighed 5 pounds 7 ounces at birth.
Seven years later, Maisy weighs more than the average 7-year-old. Her mom blames herself for her daughter’s unhealthy eating habits. The Daily Mail reveals that Maisy’s diet consists of “cakes, chips and pizza” and that Rebecca is fine feeding her child junk because she doesn’t want to “deny her food.”
Clearly, there is a lot going wrong in this family. However, beyond the larger psychological and physical issues, there is a concern by many who have read about Rebecca and Maisy that authorities have been slacking. Scores of Daily Mail readers are rallying professionals to step in and place mother and daughter in safer environments, so that neither self-destructs.
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