Tonight, I'm giving a talk on how mothers can set a positive body image example for their daughters and I'd love to have some ideas for questions I can use to kick off a question-and-answer period...you know, just in case people are shy!
If you've got a question about how you can model a positive body image for your daughter or how you can help her deal with the media's influence, boys, mean girls, etc., please post it here. You'll be helping me out, and I promise to answer the questions you post over the coming weeks.
So...what's your positive body image dilemma?
how can i eat healthy food and how to gain a little weight because some people said that i am so very thin..?
Posted by: online doctor | 02/08/2010 at 08:18 AM
I see it happen a lot between mothers and daughters where the mother wants to have a bonding experience with her daughter and to be friends with her, which is great, but sometimes she does this by telling her daughter about her body insecurities. I don't think that that's necessarily a bad thing, but I think that sometimes if it isn't framed quite right, it could have negative effects. So that could be something to address.
Good luck!
Posted by: Sagan | 02/08/2010 at 10:36 AM
I realize I may be late. I have to share anyway and maybe you can use it in the future.
I do not have daughters but I am one. I have mimicked my mothers insecurities for years. If there is something I could say as far topics to discuss is to not over share your insecurities with your children. When we do it to ourselves our children pick up on it and then start thinking the exact same.
So we need to deal with our own insecurities in a way that it does not drag them into it. Eventually they will see themselves in us and what kind of message is that?
Just a thought :)
Posted by: Shannon Fab Fattie | 02/09/2010 at 02:16 PM