They're perfect in your eyes, but you may still have to support them with their body image issues ❤️
... readSadly, there is no guarantee, even if you do all of the above, that your child will never develop body image issues. Body image is an incredibly complicated and nuanced thing, and it changes all the time, just as our bodies do.
With all that in mind, there are some basics that I think are important to consider and may feel counter-intuitive as they may go against everything you've previously thought about bodies. This includes neutralising the word "fat". Fat is not a bad word, it's a simple descriptor, like tall or short. When we ban the word fat we uphold it as a "bad" word and give it power to be used as an insult.
Three-year-old children aren't using TikTok, but they are getting lessons at nursery and pre-school about "good" and "bad" food and absorbing the message that if they eat too much chocolate they might get a "fat tummy" or "be unhealthy". These are messages steeped in diet culture, and they are being delivered by some of the most trusted adults in a child's life, so they are arguably more damaging or harmful than what a child might see on TV.
I think it's also really important we bring dads into the conversation too. There is a lot of pressure on mums to "wear the bikini" or "get in the photo" and these are lovely sentiments on the surface, but the risk is we make raising body-confident kids all the work of the women - women who have likely been conditioned to think of their body in a negative way right from childhood.
Secondly, don't underestimate the power you have as a parent to help support your school in supporting your child to have a positive body image. There are lots of things schools can do to create environments that allow the body image of the kids in their care to thrive, and as a parent signposting to organisations like mine is an incredible act of advocacy for all the children at your child's school.
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