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HEALTHY WEIGHT &BODY IMAGE

5W A Y S

To Teach Your Daughter About

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“And though she be but little, she is fierce.”– William Shakespeare

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G i r l s a r e a l r e a d y h e a r i n g a l o t o fc o m m e n t s o n t h e i r p h y s i c a la p p e a r a n c e f r o m o u t s i d e s o u r c e s .I n s t e a d , t r y t o f o c u s o n h e rp e r s o n a l i t y , t a l e n t s , a n d s k i l l s .I n s t e a d o f s a y i n g " Y o u l o o kp r e t t y , " t r y t h e s e :

" Y o u ' r e s o k i n d . "" Y o u ' r e s o s m a r t . "" I ' m p r o u d o f h o w p a t i e n t y o uw e r e t o d a y . "" T h a n k y o u f o r b e i n g s o h e l p f u la n d c o n s i d e r a t e . "" Y o u a r e g r e a t a t m a t h . "

Compliment her onwho she is, notwhat she looks like

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Challenge negativebody messaging onTV and in media.

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T V a n d m e d i a a r e c o n s t a n t l yt e l l i n g g i r l s t h e y ' r e t o o s k i n n y o rt o o f a t , o r n e e d t h i s k i n d o fm a k e u p , o r t h e s e k i n d s o f c l o t h e s .W h e n y o u a r e w a t c h i n g t h e s e k i n d so f t h i n g s , c o m m e n t o n h o w b e i n gh e a l t h y i s m o r e i m p o r t a n t t h a nb e i n g a c e r t a i n s i z e , o r t h a tw o m e n a r e b e a u t i f u l r e g a r d l e s s o fw h a t b r a n d s t h e y w e a r . N e v e r t a l kn e g a t i v e l y a b o u t t h e a p p e a r a n c eo f o t h e r w o m e n i n m e d i a . E v e n i fy o u d o n ' t s a y i t d i r e c t l y t o h e r ,s h e ' s l i s t e n i n g .

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Give her options infood and mealchoices and makehealthy options funand appealing

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L e t t i n g c h i l d r e n m a k e c h o i c e s f o rt h e m s e l v e s m a k e s t h e m f e e le m p o w e r e d a n d i n v o l v e d , m a k i n gt h e m m o r e l i k e l y t o c r e a t e l o n g -l a s t i n g b e h a v i o r s . H a v e y o u rd a u g h t e r m a k e h e a l t h y s n a c k s a n dm e a l s w i t h y o u a s s o m e t h i n g f u ny o u c a n d o t o g e t h e r , a n di n c o r p o r a t e h e r f a v o r i t e f r u i t s .D o n ' t b e a f r a i d t o a s k h e r w h a ts h e w a n t s . . . " D o y o u w a n tr a s p b e r r i e s o r s t r a w b e r r i e s i n y o u ry o g u r t ? " T a k e c a r e n o t t o b ec o m p l e t e l y r e s t r i c t i v e o f f o o de i t h e r . . . a l i t t l e i c e c r e a m o rf r o z e n y o g u r t o n t h e w e e k e n dd o e s n ' t h u r t .

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Be active with her,and involve thewhole family.

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M a k e t i m e t o b e o u t s i d e a n d g e tp h y s i c a l a c t i v i t y a n d f r e s h a i rw i t h y o u r d a u g h t e r . G o o n b i k er i d e s , i n c l u d e h e r i n y o u rg a r d e n i n g , p l a y h e r f a v o r i t e s p o r t ,m a k e s a n d c a s t l e s o n t h e b e a c h .O v e r t i m e , s h e ' l l a s s o c i a t e b e i n gp h y s i c a l l y a c t i v e w i t h h a p p ym e m o r i e s w i t h y o u . T h e s e p o s i t i v ea s s o c i a t i o n s w i l l m a k e h e r m o r el i k e l y t o c o n t i n u e i n c o r p o r a t i n gp h y s i c a l a c t i v i t y i n t o h e r l i f e a sa n a d u l t .

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Watch your ownnegative self talk.Lead by example.

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B e m i n d f u l t h a t y o u m a y b e d e a l i n gw i t h y o u r o w n e x p e r i e n c e s a n dn e g a t i v e p e r s p e c t i v e s o n b o d yi m a g e . B e i n t r o s p e c t i v e a b o u t h o wy o u f e e l a b o u t y o u r o w n w e i g h ta n d b o d y i m a g e a n d w o r k t o t h i n kp o s i t i v e l y a b o u t y o u r s e l f . T r y n o tt o t a l k n e g a t i v e l y a b o u t y o u r s e l f ,a n d t o w o r k t o w a r d b e i n gh e a l t h i e r . A s h e r p a r e n t , y o u a r eo n e o f y o u r d a u g h t e r ' s g r e a t e s tr o l e m o d e l s . . . a n d s h e ' s w a t c h i n g .S h o w h e r w h a t e m p o w e r e d a n dh e a l t h y l o o k s l i k e t h r o u g h y o u re x a m p l e . N e e d s o m e m o t i v a t i o n ?C h e c k o u t o u r p a s t s l i d e s h o w o fp o s i t i v e b o d y a f f i r m a t i o n s t o g e ty o u s t a r t e d .

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Quotes to inspireyour little girl...“Happiness and confidence are the prettiest

things you can wear.” – Taylor Swift

“I think beauty come from knowing who youactually are. That’s real beauty to me.”

– Ellen DeGeneres

“You are more powerful than you know; youare beautiful just as you are.”

 –Melissa Etheridge

“I can’t think of any better representation ofbeauty than someone who is unafraid to be

herself.” –Emma Stone

“Be who you are and say how you feel,because those who mind don’t matter, andthose that matter don’t mind.” –Dr. Seusswww.blog.robard.com