101 Ways to Help Your Daughter Love Her Body

Sit up straight so your tummy doesn't hang out. Thin is always in. You look so much prettier when you smile. Guys like girls with big boobs. Now that you've got your period, you's better be careful. I'd kill to have legs like yours.

With negative messages bombarding our girls on a daily basis -- from misguided adults, from peers, from the media -- how can our daughters possibly feel good about their bodies? While you may not single-handedly be able to change society there are ways to make sure that your daughter's sense of self is strong and sustaining. In fact, this hands-on guide offers 101 ways

In 101 Ways to Help Your Daughter Love Her Body, two mothers -- one a clinical psychologist, the other an award-winning journalist -- have teamed up to provide parents with practical ideas tailored to girls from birth through the teenage years. These initiatives inform parents and encourage them to take active roles in helping their daughters develop confidence, treat their bodies with love and respect, and make peace with their unique builds so that they can revel in a sense of femaleness and physical competence.

Psychologically astute and fun to read, this proactive guide will help define a new generation of healthy girls. There's no better time than now to help our daughters, young and growing, learn to love their bodies.

Author: Brenda Lane Richardson, Elane Rehr
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 07/31/2001
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.31w x 0.67d
ISBN: 9780060956677

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/04/2001 pg. 75
Library Journal 07/01/2001 pg. 116
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2001 pg. 391

About the Author
Richardson, Brenda Lane: -

Trained as a minister, Brenda Lane Richardson is a journalist, active public speaker, and the author of Story Power, The Language of Fertility, and Chesapeake Song. She has written a column for the Oakland Tribune, and her work has appeared in Essence, Glamour, Ms., and the New York Times Magazine.

Rehr, Elane: -

Elane Rehr, has been a professor of psychology at Diablo Valley College since 1973, specializing in women's psychology and adolescent psychology.