You'd Be So Pretty If . . . Teaching Our Daughters to Love Their Bodies--Even When We Don't Love Our Own

by Chadwick, Dara

• ISBN13: 9780738212586
• ISBN10: 073821258X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-14
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books

Summary

FromYou'd Be So Pretty If... 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'sYou'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 disorderWith 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 poundsor guaranteed by keeping them off.

Author Biography

Dara Chadwick is a former magazine staff editor. She wrote the 2007 Weight Loss Diary column for Shape. Chadwick lives in Jamestown, Rhode Island, with her family.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Birth of a Body Image
Carry My Bags	p. 13
It's a Girl!	p. 29
Should You Be Eating That?	p. 45
Mom's Got Game	p. 63
Measuring Up
Am I More if I'm Less?	p. 81
If I Looked Like Her, I'd Be Happy	p. 97
Mean Girls and Frenemies	p. 113
Mixed Messages
The Words We Use	p. 133
The X (Y) Factor: Boys, Brothers, Dads, and Husbands	p. 149
Success Is for Skinny Girls	p. 167
Full Circle
When Body Image Goes All Wrong	p. 187
If I'd Only Known Then . . .	p. 209
Notes	p. 225
Resources	p. 229
Acknowledgments	p. 235
Index	p. 239
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