Does your daughter love her body? Or does she suffer from that nagging sense that she is not quite good enough?
In a culture of stick-thin models, our daughters are embarking on a dangerous path of body dissatisfaction, with dieting, bingeing, and purging. Fortunately, there are things you can do to show her she is beautiful just the way she is.

The Statistics:
The statistics speak for themselves: 80-90% of adult women dislike their bodies. 15% of women say they would sacrifice more than five years of their lives to be thinner, while 24% say they would sacrifice up to three years of their life.
We have passed this pathological dissatisfaction on to our daughters:
- 81% of 10-year-olds are afraid of being fat.
- 78% of 18-year-old girls are unhappy with their bodies, and the number one wish of girls 11 to 17 years old is to lose weight.
- 51% of 9 and 10 year-old girls feel better about themselves when dieting, and 9% of 9-year-olds have vomited to lose weight.
The chances are good that your daughter is struggling with her body image. Here are some things to watch for:
- Going on a diet
- Obsessing about food choices
- Restricting her food intake […]

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