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Girls Body Image

Tell Your Daughters They're Beautiful

Darlena Cunha | Posted 05.20.2013 | Canada Living
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Darlena Cunha

I don't think that complimenting a little girl on her looks chips away at her self-esteem. I cannot see how simply telling a girl she's pretty somehow translates into telling her she's not pretty enough.

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No Need For The Six Pack: Boys Want Average-Sized Bodies

The Huffington Post Canada | Martha Edwards | Posted 11.29.2011 | Canada Living
Read More: Youth, Body Image, Body Issues, Muscle, Boys, Self-Esteem, Parenting, Weight, Girls Body Image, Canada Living News

Worried the prominence of gym-obsessed meatheads like Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino and his Jersey Shore castmates will lead to a general degradatio...

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'Mommy, I'm Not As Pretty As Madison': What Do You Do?

The Huffington Post Canada | Shelley White | Posted 11.27.2011 | Canada Living
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Kids enter the world oblivious to our harsh standards of beauty. When baby girls take their first steps, they know nothing about supermodels, airbrush...

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