Dads play an important role in helping daughters develop a positive body image

If you are a Dad of an adolescent girl, unfortunately, you may have heard your daughter say something like, “I am so ugly” or “I hate my thighs, they are so fat”. You may have stared at her like a deer in headlights. Or perhaps offered her well-intended advice such as “just cut down on carbs if you are worried about becoming fat” or offered re-assurance to her such as “You are not fat, you are beautiful just how you are”.  Unfortunately, societal pressure to look a certain way for boys and men is becoming more common.  For girls and women, it is a

Unfortunately, societal pressure to look a certain way for boys and men is becoming more common.  For girls and women, it is a societal norm to experience & talk about body dissatisfaction. Girls and women are inundated with media images about how they “should” look.Continue reading→