The Way We Talk About Weight To Our Children Matters
Last week, a six-year-old girl from Palm Beach Florida came home with a letter in her backpack regarding her…
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I Can’t Protect My Daughter From Future Body Image Issues
We’re at open gym for the first time, and we just finished the obligatory guided stretching. ”Mama, I want…
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New Dove Ad Makes Us Hate Ourselves For Hating Ourselves
In a new ad which appears to advertise no product in particular except the guilt of all mothers, Dove…
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New Scooby Doo Movie Teaches Girls Getting Fat Is The Worst Thing That Could Happen To You
In the new Scooby-Doo movie Scooby-Doo! Frankencreepy, Daphne gets cursed – and as a result of the curse, grows from…
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Jesus Freak: Don’t Ask God To Make Your Kid Pretty
Jesus Freak: I am a Christian mom who was raised in a fundamental Christian home. I have questioned my beliefs…
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Why I Tell My Daughter She Is Pretty Every Day
I have a beautiful little nine-year-old girl. She has gigantic, warm, melty-chocolate eyes and waist-length curly hair and a…
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11 Empowering #GirlsAreWatching Tweets From The Women In The World Summit
The 5th annual Women in the World Summit is happening now, and if you aren’t already aware of what…
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Documentary Proves Selfies Can Be Valuable Confidence Boosting Tools For Teens
I was watching the Today show this morning, when a segment about the Dove sponsored documentary,”Selfie” came on. It’s…
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American Eagle Bravely Launches Campaign Of Unretouched Beautiful People
American Eagle has launched a campaign for their sister store Aerie‘s lingerie line that uses unretouched photographs of models. I think…
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Not Sure A Show Called ‘Big Ballet’ Is Going To Make Larger Girls Feel More Accepted In The Dance World
Unless it’s a show about weight loss, I really don’t see the benefit in identifying a show based on…
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Moms, You Have The Biggest Impact On Your Daughter’s Body Image So Stop Talking About How ‘Fat’ You Think You Are
As mothers, we worry about external messages our children are getting about body image all the time. It’s why…
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It Won’t Be ‘Slut-Shaming’ When I Refuse To Take My Daughter Shopping At Victoria’s Secret
There has been a lot of commentary regarding Jenny Erickson‘s post about taking her “tween” daughter shopping at Victoria’s…
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Adele Debuted Her Post-Baby Body Everyone! Everyone! Adele Has A Post-Baby Body! Barf
Barf barf barf barf. My boss Koalani says that I can’t just write “barf” a thousand times for my…
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Watch Out, Teen Vogue The Protesters Are Descending!
You’ve got to love teen activists. Take Julia Bluhm, for instance, the 14-year-old from Maine who got Seventeen magazine…
