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Beyond body positive : a mother's science-based guide for helping girls build a healthy body image
Boseovski, Janet2024
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This book will help moms teach their 3- to 10-year-old daughters to value and respect their bodies from the start. Girls' body image begins to develop very early in life, and many girls show body image concerns by middle childhood. As the primary influence on how girls feel about their bodies, mothers are in an ideal position to support their daughters' healthy body image development. Research shows that when a mother has a healthy body image, her daughter is much more likely to value and respect her own body. In this book, psychologists Janet Boseovski and Ashleigh Gallagher begin by prompting readers to reflect on their relationships with their own bodies. Science-backed information and activities help facilitate reader insight into their own tendencies toward perfectionism and social comparison, as well as their reservoirs of self-compassion, self-esteem, and other factors related to healthy body image. Armed with this new self-awareness, moms can commit to modelling healthy thoughts, feelings, and behaviours for their growing daughters. The authors then explain how key developmental considerations in early, middle, and late childhood relate to body image and show how moms can guide their girls through each phase of childhood in the context of peer, media, and other cultural influences. With scientific knowledge and intentional, health-focused behaviours, moms can help their daughters develop a self-image that is not tied to physical appearance, learn to accept their bodies despite imperfections, and resist harmful cultural messages about their bodies.
Main title:
Beyond body positive : a mother's science-based guide for helping girls build a healthy body image / Janet Boseovski, PhD, Ashleigh Gallagher, PhD.
Author:
Imprint:
Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2024.©2024.
Collation:
x, 313 pages ; 22 cm.
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Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-304) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Helping Her Resist the Pressure for PerfectionHow Women Think and Feel About Their BodiesUnderstanding Yourself to Help Her Build a Better Body ImageBeyond Body Positive: Our Approach to a Better Body ImageYour Daughter's Body Image in Early Childhood: Ages 3-4Your Daughter's Body Image in Middle Childhood: Ages 5-7Your Daughter's Body Image in Late Childhood: Ages 8-10Epilogue: The Power of the Mother-Daughter Partnership.
ISBN:
9781433840999 (paperback)
Dewey class:
155.433
Language:
English
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BRN:
525872
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys | Nonfiction | 155.433 BEY | Available |