Please don't rely on weight changes to verify abuse or not. At Casa by the Sea, the boys typically lose A LOT of weight. On the girls' side, they typically gain. Put it down to high carb diets (do the boys eat differently?), but the girls were gaining so much this spring that they brought in an old jock (BYU, no doubt) to run off those extra calories. He made them get up an hour earlier and run circles around the courtyard, then do scrunches and pushups. While it is a lame replacement for sports or PE, my grandaughter did enjoy the jump start to her morning (it was the only thing different in any given millenium). BTW she was also quite excited when they instituted a "nap period"...not for the nap, but for any change in the boring routine.
