Body Drama?

[redrhodie]

Has anyone read this book? I just requested it from my library. Curious what you think.

http://www.amazon.com/Body-Drama-Bod...pr_product_top

[Biciclista]

sounds like a cool book. I always read the negative comments on amazon and they were choice. "OMIGOD THEY ARE SHOWING NAKED BODY PARTS! I WAS SO EMBARRASSED FOR MY CHILD!"
sigh... that's why the woman wrote the book. Please let me know what you thought of it.

[maillotpois]

That looks like a great book. I'm going to get it for my daughter.

[Crankin]

This sounds great.
That woman's comments are exactly why we need this book.

[lauraelmore1033]

What a great Idea! I could have used a book like that when I was being bullied about my body as a teenager (by my parents!)

[Melalvai]

My daughter is definitely one who could benefit from this book...if she can bring herself to read it. She is SO squeamish!

[shootingstar]

Limewave, I was stunned when my 9 yr. old niece said that she didn't want eat something because she'll get fat. For sure, she is more girly, girly at this age, than her mother ever was. Her mother is (my sister) is 5 yrs. younger than I.

I doubt it's her mother saying anything but she is in good shape and health. My sister does jog several times a wk. But that's all and she's not much of a makeup woman because she's so busy. Her sense of fashion is like mine....kind of absent-minded at times, but stylish and practical.

I mean really, niece is very slim. All that soccer, hockey and gymnastics contributes to this. I am aware that my sister encourages each of her children to eat certain foods. (There are also 2 boys.)

Let's see when I was 10, I was more conscious on whether or not if I was going to get boobs. Ah, the fate of small women which is now a blessing in disguise as one gets older. When I figured out that I was skinny because of the softball and bicycling I was doing, I stopped worrying about my weight at her age and onward. (I was abit chubby ages 5-8 yrs.)

How parents communicate verbally and non-verbally with their kids is important. Also to constantly talk about weight negative or positive is not a good thing with kids.
Food was never a reward nor punishment as part of growing up in my family. It was just a neutral, nutrient/fuel for us that had to be portion controlled for us, with some pleasurable aspects of taste, smell and colour...which might explain all of us as children could eat all sorts of "unusual" foods.