teaching your children you are unhappy with yourself. I'm not sure that's a lesson I want to teach my kids.
Some absurdly high percentage of American girls has tried to diet by 4th grade. We hardly need to encourage dissatisfaction with looks to our children; they get fed plenty of that by the media. For my family, I'd rather send them into the world with as much love and confidence as they can get, because the media messages are hard even for the strongest women to resist.
I also agree with previous posters that women ought to be free to get whatever surgical procedures they want. I am not talking about outlawing plastic surgery! But there are some things that simply aren't child-appropriate. I wouldn't give my children details about a number of necessary medical procedures, either, though of course I would tell them I was going into the hospital and that the dr.s were going to help and that I would be fine.
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teaching your children you are unhappy with yourself. I'm not sure that's a lesson I want to teach my kids.
Some absurdly high percentage of American girls has tried to diet by 4th grade. We hardly need to encourage dissatisfaction with looks to our children; they get fed plenty of that by the media. For my family, I'd rather send them into the world with as much love and confidence as they can get, because the media messages are hard even for the strongest women to resist.
I also agree with previous posters that women ought to be free to get whatever surgical procedures they want. I am not talking about outlawing plastic surgery! But there are some things that simply aren't child-appropriate. I wouldn't give my children details about a number of necessary medical procedures, either, though of course I would tell them I was going into the hospital and that the dr.s were going to help and that I would be fine.
April 23, 2008 - 8:56amThis Comment
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