Since I published my children's book about a young student who developed an eating disorder, called Thin Club, many young women approached me with tears in their eyes that they, too, have suffered with an eating disorder. A parent recently asked me to speak to a fifth-grade class about my book as one of the students asked her if it was OK to "throw-up" to lose weight. The desire to have the perfect body has permeated our children, and I hope discussions by wonderful, courageous women about what they have gone through and how they have triumphed will help us all to heal and help others.
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Since I published my children's book about a young student who developed an eating disorder, called Thin Club, many young women approached me with tears in their eyes that they, too, have suffered with an eating disorder. A parent recently asked me to speak to a fifth-grade class about my book as one of the students asked her if it was OK to "throw-up" to lose weight. The desire to have the perfect body has permeated our children, and I hope discussions by wonderful, courageous women about what they have gone through and how they have triumphed will help us all to heal and help others.
February 25, 2009 - 10:34amThis Comment
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