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Kids and Body Image: what you think of you matters

Posted by: Sarah on: October 7, 2009

It is a given that parents have a huge influence on how their children feel about their bodies.  One of the biggest influences is how parents feel about themselves.  What we say about ourselves has a big impact.  You may feel like you look fat etc. but for the sake of your child try to find some positives to focus on.

Kids absorb everything!  One of my sons has the hearing of a bat.  I can whisper something in another room and hours later he is asking me about it.  Think carefully about what they are soaking up.

This is not to say that we can’t be human.  The more positive “stuff” we put out the more we can help to counter act  the negative that is inevitable.  Remember to light up the positives about yourself and your child so they can see them more easily.  You are amazing and worth loving, show your child that you see it and they will see it too.

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