I just read this article about Swedish model agencies standing outside of eating disorder clinics to recruit girls. How disgusting.
It made me start thinking that I hope I can raise my daughter to be happy and confident with the way she looks, and what I will need to do/change to make that happen.
I know that even though I'm in pretty decent shape, I can be pretty critical of myself outloud, and I will need to keep that to myself so my daughter doesn't start thinking it's ok to be so critical of what she looks like.
What are other things we can all do/change to raise happy, healthy, confident daughters?
Re: Raising daughters w/o body image issues
I don't have a daughter, but this issue terrifies me. My co-worker's 8 year old daughter has recently started displaying body image issues and she is having the hardest time pin pointing the source of it - she's a beautiful, active, healthy little girl
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You named the number one influence, IMO. Girls AND boys will absolutely pick up on how you think of yourself and it will be directly correlated to their own security. When you're little, your parents are the biggest, smartest, best looking people that
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I think you lead by example. I read a blog post not too long ago about how you should think and say things about yourself that you would want your daughter to say to herself. Too often, we're too critical of ourselves. If your daughter sees you throwin
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