You'd Be So Pretty If . . .

Teaching Our Daughters to Love Their Bodies Even When We Don't Love Our Own
by Dara Chadwick

Apr 13, 2009
Paperback
US $15.95
CAN $18.50
UK £9.99
ISBN: 9780738212586
ISBN-10: 073821258X
Published by Da Capo Press

 

Description

I grew up listening to my mom bemoan everything from the size of her thighs to the shape of her eyes. So you can imagine my dismay the first time someone exclaimed, “You look just like your mother!” Every mom wants her daughter to feel confident in her own skin, but may often unconsciously impose her own “body image blueprint.” Dara Chadwick’s You’d Be So Pretty If... reveals:

What girls learn when Mom diets

How to talk to your daughter about healthy eating and exercise habits

The trigger words that set off a body image crisis

How to recognize a budding eating disorder

With humor and compassion, You’d Be So Pretty If... offers parents fresh and useful strategies for conveying that success isn’t negated by carrying extra pounds—or guaranteed by keeping them off.

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