You'd Be So Pretty If...

How to teach your daughter to love her body—even when you don't love your own.

by Dara Chadwick

Help: My Little Sister Hates Her Body!

By Dara Chadwick on March 20, 2011 in You'd Be So Pretty If...

I recently received a comment from a reader, asking for my advice on how to deal with her younger sister's struggles with body image. "We tell her how pretty she is and how she isn't fat and we even work out with her when she wants to work out," the reader wrote. "But when we work out, all she says is how she's ‘too fat to do this' and makes a joke out of it."

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One of the most powerful ways

Submitted by KCLAnderson (Karen) on March 21, 2011 - 6:12pm.

One of the most powerful ways to help a little sister, friend, daughter over come hating her body is to model loving yours...reveling in how wonderful and strong your own body is...how much you enjoy your body...will help her see what it actually looks like. Women tend to bond over hating their bodies so it's not a surprise that younger women and girls have no idea what self-love looks like...