This is my cousin (not my daughter), but a very cute picture of little Jessica.
While genetics determine whether you have your mother's thighs, new research from Harvard Medical School in Cambridge, Mass., shows you might even inherit the way she feels about them. According to the study, teenage girls whose mothers put a high premium on thinness were more likely to be preoccumpied with their weight. "When you're a mom, you're a living role model," says body-image specialist Adrienne Ressler of the Renfrew Center in Philadelphia. "If you say you're too fat, or if you go on a crash diet becase a party's comin up, you send a message to your daughter that those are normal behaviors." To remind yourself and your daughter that being thin isn't everthing, give her daily positive feedback that has nothing to do with her looks. And point out the admirable traits in women of all shapes and sizes, such as "She has a great smile!" or "Her legs could run a marathon!!" You get the idea.
Shape, March, 2006 by Sarah Robbins
2 comments:
Hm, it took researchers from Harvard to figure THAT out??? I could've told them that. And how as a mom your daughters mirror every single little thing you do (even the things you don't know you do), including what you say, how you act, and even, I'm starting to believe, what you think! It's a whole lot of (different kind of) pressure!
Kate "Are you freaking kidding me!"
Krista "Ummm...he, he"
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