I have been very fond of the Dove products and their ad campaign for quite some time now....but this video, makes me love them even more.
This is from their website:"Half of girls in grades 3-5 worry about their appearance. Here are several hundred reasons why:"
This video moved me...moved me to want to take action, to raise my children in any way to not allow the eating disorder and appearance issues to set in. Society needs to let go of it's grasp on us. But how do you teach children this tough lesson when society is SCREAMING all these impossible body image ideas from every media outlet?
Anyone? Any ideas? Feedback?
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Maybe it's just me, but is there a video I'm supposed to click on? I didn't see any links...
Anyway, my initial thoughts are that society is always going to be telling our kids that they need to look and act a certain way to fit in or to be liked. I don't really see that completely changing.
That's why I hope and pray that my children will learn that their identity and self-worth is not in society, but comes from Christ. If my kids, or even me for that matter, base my self-worth on what society preaches, they'll never get to society's version of perfection, and therefore not be worth anything. However, if they see their worth through Christ, then suddenly they have much more value than society can ever give them.
Is this going to make it any easier for the 3rd-5th grade girls that you mention? Maybe not, but if they can learn FAITH and HOPE and LOVE, then that's a solid basis for who they are. Maybe that will also help them learn not to focus on what society preaches.
Just my two cents.
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