Blog Posts

“Do These Leggings Make My Butt Look Flat?”: How Parental Body Talk Effects a Child's Self-Image

Is it possible for parents to give their children a healthy or poor body image? How can we improve kids' body image? Here's a look.

Body-Positive Nanny Shares How She Feeds Kids

Children are more in touch with their body cues and emotions around food than adults are with all of our bias. I encourage kids to explore.

Is Positive Discipline Body Positive?

I appreciate that PD treats children with respect regardless of body size to the extent that body size is never mentioned.

Vaccinate Your Kids Against P.E.

A child asked me, "Why did my P.E. teacher send a workout video for the day we don't have class and say if we don't do it we have to walk?"

Loving Eye Gazes

What if I'm not the first person to look away when our eyes meet? How long will the gaze hold?

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