Today, I'm blogging about Halloween costumes and whether sexy is empowering over at Psychology Today.
I'll see you back here on Monday with a brand-new post.
Have a safe and happy Halloween!
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I grew up listening to my mom bemoan everything from the size of her thighs to the shape of her eyes. So you can imagine my dismay the first time someone exclaimed, 'You look just like your mother!'
So begins You'd Be So Pretty If...: Teaching Our Daughters to Love Their Bodies -- Even When We Don't Love Our Own (Da Capo Lifelong Books, May 2009), former Shape magazine columnist Dara Chadwick's guide to breaking the mother-daughter cycle of bad body image. With humor and compassion, Chadwick uses her own story -- as well as those of the women and girls she interviewed -- to reveal everything from what girls learn when mom diets to the trigger words that can set off a body image crisis. You'd Be So Pretty If... offers fresh and useful strategies to help you build a strong body image foundation for your daughter -- even if your own body is far from what you'd consider "perfect."
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Read the piece over there and I totally agree! My son is in middle school now and I'm amazed by what I see some of the girls wearing. Where are the parents?
I did a post on this, too: ://is.gd/4IorY I found that some people found a previous post on sexy costumes by Googling some pretty creepy things. Thought parents should be aware. It was scary to see some of the search terms.
Posted by: Kathy @ Parent Talk Today | 10/30/2009 at 11:44 AM
Oops. I messed up the link in the previous comment. Here's the correct link: http://www.parenttalktoday.com/?p=487
Posted by: Kathy @ Parent Talk Today | 10/30/2009 at 11:46 AM