I was dismayed when i read this article. Despite the fact that skinniness has been glamourised many a time by the media, i truely did not expect it to impact young children barely out of their childhood.
However, i do wonder if the fault lies with their parents. At this young, impressionable age, it is easy for tweens to be affected by various influences. Had their parents taught them to love themselves for who they were, and to be proud of themselves, i doubt that this would have happened. One with healthy self esteem and confidence would doubtless embrace herself for who she was, instead of falling prey to such influences. In order to nurture a sense of confidence within children, adults should be careful of their words and actions. In the second account, the innocous remark made by the ballet teacher severely wounded the blossoming tween's sense of self esteem. Although it was not deliberate, she should have kept a rein on her tongue.
Despite their busy scedhule(spl), parents should make it a point to make time to interact with their children. This way, it will be easy for parents to discover their children's issues. This way, problems could be averted. In addition, parents would have better relationships with their children.
I do hope parents would take this article to heart. This foolish idolatry of the thin could prove fatal to children, whose organs, immune systems and most of all, their esteem, are undeveloped. As such,i strongly maintain that parents should spend more time with their children. It would benefit both parties, and more importantly, prevent their children from encountering possible mishaps.
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