Mothers, don't criticize your body in front of your daughter!

Moms need to be mindful about the messages they give their young daughters about body image. Girls learn their lessons about body image from us. When we are self critical and chronically unhappy with ourselves, we send a poor signal to our daughters. Mothers need to resist the urge to focus on their own weight. Comments like, "I can't eat that, it will land on my hips!" are not lost on our daughters. They hear everything and see it all as well as absorb non verbal cues of our personal frustrations with ourselves. If you want to give your daughter a healthy attitude about her body, it has to start with you. In a Washington Post article by Jennifer Huget, she offers some advice for mothers.