Parents have to worry about so much. On a daily basis, parents have to worry about the safety, well-being, education, and many other factors when it comes to their children. One would have to ask, “What other factors do parents have to worry about? Well, before you create that long list, in enters self-image, another factor for parents to add to their plate of … [Read more...]
Children As Young As Kindergarten Diagnosed With Eating Disorders
This week marks National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, an effort to increase outreach and awareness of eating disorders and body image issues. A recent article tells the story of a young girl who was diagnosed with an eating disorder at age 6. Giving up sweets at first, Sophie began starving herself in kindergarten eating smaller and smaller portions of food. Because her … [Read more...]
Is Being Your Child’s Parent the Best Thing You’ve Ever Done?
Imagine that being your daddy was the best thing your father ever did. To hear that would be music to the ears of so many of our nation’s daughters. The little ones and those of us who have grown up to become women, women often still searching for whatever we feel we didn’t get from the first man we ever truly loved or placed upon a pedestal, whether or not he was actually … [Read more...]