body image

the way a person sees his/her own body, most often referred to in a negative connotation involving young women of normal weight who become obsessed with western society's ideal woman and either go to drastic lengths to become thin, or chatter incessantly about how imperfect they are, regardless of how beautiful others may see them as being

What will we say to our daughters when they ask us what it means to be beautiful? Will we tell them that it's all about the right clothes and the right waist size? We know that beauty is more than that. Let's look them in their wondering eyes and tell them that beauty is the glow of our hearts; show them that it means standing tall.