Real Kids Come in All Sizes: Ten Essential Lessons to Build Your Child's Body Esteem |  | Author: Kathy Kater
Publisher: Broadway
Category: Book
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 735408
Media: Paperback
Pages: 272
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Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 0767916085
Dewey Decimal Number: 649.1
EAN: 9780767916080
ASIN: 0767916085
Publication Date: July 27, 2004
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Product Description
Confronting two of this countrys fastest growing health problemsbody image and weight concerns among children and teensthis 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 bodys 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
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An Excellent Resource For Parents December 22, 2004
Steven J. Johnson
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Kathy Kater's book is full of clearly-written, practical advice for parents who are concerned about their child's body image. She writes not only from the perspective of a therapist and educator, but from her own experiences as a parent of a son and daughter. Each of the book's "ten lessons" contain suggestions that can be readily integrated into the situations and conversations parents typically encounter. The book is clear, concise and well-organized. It is easy to pick up later and locate information when you need to. I have two teenage daughters, and I wish the book would have been available ten years ago!
It's never too late! January 1, 2005
P. Killeen
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
It's never too late to be a positive influence on a child's body esteem! This wonderful, highly organized and simple book shows us how to practice and promote positive attitudes and behaviors that will help children, and adults, develop a healthy body esteem. Whether a child is 2 years old, or 20 or 40, her/his body esteem can be influenced by those people she/he cares most about. The 10 essential lessons layed out in this text show us ways to promote healthy, fun eating, regular exericise and a positive body image. I found that this book not only helped me be a good role model for the children I influence, but it also helped me develop my own healthy body esteem!
Revolutionary thinking! July 14, 2005
Adam K. Fetcher (Northfield, MN USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Kater's book finally gives parents and educators alike the long-overdue confidence they need to raise girls within a world that is always pressuring them to "shape up" or forget about being happy. This book can serve as a teaching tool for young parents, a welcome eye-opener for parents of adolescents, or, for any reader, a fascinating new look at girls' enormous struggles with maintaining body image perspective in the face of our too-often unhealthy mediacentric culture. Kater is a proven leader in her field and someone who we must listen to if the horrible trends of eating disorders and rock-bottom body esteem are to be reversed.
Excellent Resource January 3, 2007
Kim Rodriguez (Long Island, NY)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a school counselor, counselor educator and a parent, I found this book to contain a wealth of information. The lessons are clear, appropriate and meaningful to the topics being presented. I recommend this book as a valuable resource when consulting for school districts and working with parents.
must read November 20, 2008
J. Vettel (Saint Paul, MN)
I'm a doctor and a mom of a young girl. I want all moms to have this information and share it with their children. Low body esteem is a top factor in dieting, unhealthy dieting behaviors, eating disorders and yes, even weight gain. Spread the word, and make the world a safer, kinder place for our girls to grow up in.
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