Author mom shares her inspiring method for talking to her children about body image
In response to a culture where messages of shame permeate the discussions we have about our bodies, a self-help author focused on body positivity turned to Instagram to share how she teaches her children to think and speak about body image.
"My daughter called me fat today," Allison Kimmey wrote in the caption of a photo shared to Instagram on June 11. "She was upset I made them get out of the pool and she told her brother that mama is fat."
Kimmey saw this moment as starting point for a larger conversation about the word "fat", both in definition and in the ideas it's associated with. Read more...
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