Real Kids Come in All Sizes: Ten Essential Lessons to Build Your Child's Body Esteem - Softcover

Kater, Kathy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0767916085 ISBN 13: 9780767916080

Publisher: Harmony/Rodale/Convergent, 2004

Synopsis

Confronting two of this country's fastest growing health problems--body image and weight concerns among children and teens--this practical guide shows parents how to help their children maintain body esteem and make healthy choices a routine part of their lives.

At a time when they should feel secure in their body's growth, too many American children become anxious about size and weight and begin to eat in ways that contribute to the very problems they hope to avoid. Obesity, negative body image, and eating disorders are extremely difficult to reverse once established, and can be devastating to the self-esteem of developing bodies and egos.

Long overdue, Real Kids Come in All Sizes challenges the toxic myths that promote body-image and weight concerns in our culture. Building a foundation for lifelong health, parents can use these lessons to help their children:
--Eat well and be active
--Accept size diversity in themselves and others
--Value health and well-being over image
--Be comfortable in their developing bodies
--Resist damaging cultural messages
--Develop a strong identity and choose realistic role models

About this title

About the Author

KATHY KATER is a psychotherapist in St. Paul, Minnesota, who treats teens and adults with life-threatening eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia. Her "Healthy Body Image" curriculum is used in fourth- through sixth-grade classrooms around the country.

At a time when they should feel secure in their body's growth, too many American children become anxious about size and weight and begin to eat in ways that contribute to the very problems they hope to avoid. Obesity, negative body image, and eating disorders are extremely difficult to reverse once established, and can be devastating to the self-esteem of developing bodies and egos.
Long overdue, "Real Kids Come in All Sizes challenges the toxic myths that promote body-image and weight concerns in our culture. Building a foundation for lifelong health, parents can use these lessons to help their children:
--Eat well and be active
--Accept size diversity in themselves and others
--Value health and well-being over image
--Be comfortable in their developing bodies
--Resist damaging cultural messages
--Develop a strong identity and choose realistic role models

Edition details

• Publisher: Harmony/Rodale/Convergent
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0767916085
• ISBN 13: 9780767916080
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272