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Thumper - If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all

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We just want to make fun of someone, so we do it for whatever reason we can think of. 

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We just want to make fun of someone, so we do it for whatever reason we can think of. 

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People make fun of girls for bodies of all shapes and sizes. It is honestly really wrong. Everyone is beautiful. So if you want to say something to them make it nice, or don't say it at all!

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I don't have a daughter yet. However, I do have two beautiful nieces (pictured below), and the older one -- at the young age of 5 -- is already conscious of her body and size.

It pains me to think that, today, little girls have to deal with body shaming and pressure to conform to society's skewed standards.

As mothers and women, it's our responsibility to teach the next generation of girls to feel empowered by who they are. We've got to teach our daughters to show up in the world confident, regardless of the shape or size of their bodies.

Here are the three things to pass on to your daughter so she grows up feeling positive and at ease in her own skin:
1. She's more than her body.
In our appearance-obsessed culture, we need daily reminders that we're more than how we look. As women, we've become fixated on making ourselves look good, but what about all of the other things that make us, well, us? We've each got strengths, talents, quirks, flaws, idiosyncrasies, and character traits that are unique to us.

Teach your daughter that she is more than her body -- she is her heart and spirit, her hopes, dreams, and passions. Show her how to feel empowered by who she is and to truly understand that the way she looks is secondary. Tell her how to cultivate her authentic self and build a life that reflects who she is and what she most loves.
2. A good life is more important than a good body.
If we want our society to stop perpetuating an appearance-based culture, we women have to campaign for it. We've got to teach our daughters that leaving a legacy in this world is far more important than spending hours at the gym each week to sculpt ourselves into a size 2.

Yes, health is important. And we can focus on being healthy, exercising to move our bodies, and eating food that nourishes us. But beyond that, aiming to have a thin, skinny body needs to come second to creating a meaningful life.

What excites your daughter? Where does she feel most like herself? What are her dreams and goals? Planting these seeds at a young age can show your daughter that building a life she loves and is proud of is worth much more than achieving a "perfect" body.

Show her how to follow her passions and pursue dreams that make her happy. Because looks fade. A thin body changes. Muscles and fitness deteriorate as we get older. But creating a life that fills her up and leaves a mark on the world? That will last forever.
3. Society doesn't get to define how she should look.
We live in a culture that is constantly changing its ideal look. In the '80s, long and lean was the "it" body. The '90s came around and waif-thin models were all the rage. At the turn of the century, a muscled, fit, and toned body type was what everyone was after. Then J.Lo and Beyoncé brought the curves back. How can we live our lives desperately trying to achieve an ideal that changes every few years?

Society shouldn't get to define what's most beautiful to us. As we each confidently express our own unique sets of talents, interests, and strengths, we create a society where our differences are appreciated and celebrated.

Teach your daughter that her beauty is unique to her. She doesn't have to conform to that latest "it" body type just to fit in. Show her how to cultivate her own inner confidence in who she is, regardless of what society says.
Because being her own unique self never goes out of style. Tired of starting over every Monday? Grab your FREE "Must Have Guide To End The Diet Cycle Today". To learn how to stop obsessing over your body/food 24/7, c'mon over and visit www.jennhand.com If you're struggling with an eating disorder, call the National Eating Disorder Association hotline at 1-800-931-2237.

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The 3 Things We Need to Teach Our Daughters About Body Image

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I don't have a daughter yet. However, I do have two beautiful nieces (pictured below), and the older one -- at the young age of 5 -- is already conscious of her body and size. It pains me to think that, today, little girls have to deal with body shaming and pressure to conform to society's skewed standards.

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This was a film I made for my Media final project. Enjoy! Xxx

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"Body Image and Self-Esteem." KidsHealth - the Web's Most Visited Site about Children's Health. The Nemours Foundation, n.d. Web. 09 May 2016.

"Does Social Media Impact on Body Image? - BBC News." BBC News. BBC News, n.d. Web. 09 May 2016.

"Media, Body Image, and Eating Disorders | National Eating Disorders Association." Media, Body Image, and Eating Disorders | National Eating Disorders Association. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 May 2016.

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So many people complain about how this is so terrible. But yet, they still sit back and let it happen. This cannot continue. This is ruining teenager's lives, all they worry about is if they are good enough, and what boy likes them. They should be focused on school work, not that. Now here is what we need to do.. Instead of making fun of girls for their appearance, compliment them, Social media is so full of negativity, that's just about all you see. So stop making fun of people, be nice, it could change that persons day. Don't be some fake model who uses make up and air brushing art to look pretty. Feel pretty in your own skin.

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Girls in Fiji have become more weight-conscious sense they have been exposed to North American television. We are causing some of this craziness, we are tearing down children, and the only thing we are focused on is if it's entertaining.

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That's just not right, and this is why..

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That's just not right, and this is why..

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That thought is completely wrong, and you know why? It's wrong because if you asked an adult in their mid-30's if they went through pressure like this to be so perfect, they would answer no. The only reason females now have so much pressure on them to be perfect, is because the people that went into marketing, and all these teens these days. All these people want and care about is what everyone looks like. They don't even care about their personality's.

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Many people think that there is no problem in promoting such a thin body. They think it's just a normal thing every teenager goes through. When It really isn't.

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Sense the 1920's, people have been promoting this no where near healthy body image. As the past four decades, movies, magazines, and print ads have continuously supported this ideal body image. One of the popular super models of 1960's was Twiggy. When twiggy became popular, she was 5 feet, 8 inches tall. She was only 90 pounds. Twiggy's light weight set a trend, and that is how the ideal image for girls now came about. According to critics, the problem with this trend is, it has lead females to internalize unhealthy and unrealistic expectations of what their own body should look like. People around the world completely agree.

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Just from the pressure of society, girls become ill will so many diseases. This is all because they want to look "perfect". Some of theses diseases consist of..

Anorexia Nervosa: A body image disorder characterized by distorted perceptions of oneself as overweight and a pathological aversion to gaining weight. Distorted body images can produce intense shame, anxiety, and depression, which in turn generally drive sufferers to self-destructive behaviors including self-starvation and obsessive exercise routines.
Body Dysmorphia Disorder: A disorder in which an individual’s perception of his or her own body is radically disconnected from the objective reality of that individual’s appearance.
Bulimia Nervosa: A body image disorder characterized by affected individuals’ perceptions of themselves as overweight. Sufferers often feel shame and depression and undergo cycles of binging (quickly consuming large quantities of food) and purging (emptying the stomach through self-induced vomiting or the ingestion of laxatives).
Muscle Dysmorphia: A body image disorder characterized by affected individuals’ perceptions of themselves as lacking adequate muscularity. This body image can produce intense shame, anxiety, and depression, which in turn can drive sufferers to compulsive, often self-destructive eating, exercise, and steroid-abusing regimens. Because its symptoms mirror those of anorexia nervosa, muscle dysmorphia has sometimes been dubbed “reverse anorexia” or “bigorexia.”

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While much of society plays a role in peoples appearance now, social media has had a a very powerful effect on this also. Generally, for women the body image is super thin, just as super models. The most appreciated appearance is being youthful too. Sense the 1990's, social media has been promoting this totally unattainable body type. See, the problem with these models is that, none of their bodies look like this without airbrushing techniques and plastic surgery. But, all these girls don't understand that, so they starve themselves, and self harm, and sometimes even change their appearance, just to look perfect for society.