Body image issues in young children
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My 8-year old already has concerns about her body image. She is very hyper-aware of other girls and their weight and if they're overweight and how they look in clothes and things that I don't think I even thought of when I was 8-years old. So I really try and bring home the idea of being healthy, and it doesn't matter if you're a little bit overweight, and it doesn't matter even if you're a naturally thin person. It's about being healthy, being healthy, being healthy, and not making judgments on other people and other children.
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Dani Shear is a writer and the mother of two kids, who are five years apart – an age gap she highly recommends. When her daughter was seven months old, Dani and her husband decided to change her name – a process that leads her to believe that if you can possibly agree on a name before putting it on the birth certificate, it would be a really smart idea!
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