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06-22-2017, 01:48 AM
Author mom shares her inspiring method for talking to her children about body image
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In response to a culture where messages of shame permeate the discussions we have about our bodies, a self-help author (https://allisonkimmey.com/) focused on body positivity turned to Instagram to share how she teaches her children to think and speak about body image.
SEE ALSO: Teen recreates her mom's very special graduation photo (http://mashable.com/2017/06/05/teen-recreates-her-mom-graduation-photos/)
"My daughter called me fat today," Allison Kimmey wrote in the caption of a photo shared to Instagram on June 11. "She was upset I made them get out of the pool and she told her brother that mama is fat."
Kimmey saw this moment as starting point for a larger conversation about the word "fat", both in definition and in the ideas it's associated with. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/21/instagram-mom-body-positivity/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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In response to a culture where messages of shame permeate the discussions we have about our bodies, a self-help author (https://allisonkimmey.com/) focused on body positivity turned to Instagram to share how she teaches her children to think and speak about body image.
SEE ALSO: Teen recreates her mom's very special graduation photo (http://mashable.com/2017/06/05/teen-recreates-her-mom-graduation-photos/)
"My daughter called me fat today," Allison Kimmey wrote in the caption of a photo shared to Instagram on June 11. "She was upset I made them get out of the pool and she told her brother that mama is fat."
Kimmey saw this moment as starting point for a larger conversation about the word "fat", both in definition and in the ideas it's associated with. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/21/instagram-mom-body-positivity/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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