A couple of weeks ago I watched the premeir of the show How to Look Good Naked. It was a Friday, so I was allowing my dd to stay up a little later than normal, I watched the show and she colored.
We did end of watching some of the show together, and it was a really great experience for us. We talked about our bodies, and how they work. What we like or don't like about our bodies. (way more talk about what we like).
Anyhow I can't remember if Carson said it first to the lady on the show, or the lady said it to Carson, but there was this exchange between the two. Where one said "I feel beautiful" and the second said "I feel beautiful too".
Since we watched the show dd will say this to me from time to time. Like last night in the car she said it, and then I repeated it back. It just makes my heart shine. (I really don't want to brag, this isn't about my parenting, but more about how different dd and I are at age 7). My dd really gets it. She does love herself, I hated myself at her age. I didn't like the way I looked from a very young age.
Her teacher said one little girl at school was being teased. Another little girl was saying the other was fat. Dd stepped in and she said "That's normal, we're all little girls, we won't have flat bellies till we're 12 and we stretch, don't let them make you feel bad". I was so proud of dd when her teacher told me about this. She actually listens to what I say. Now I don't know where age 12 came from, but dd and I once had a talk about flat bellies and how little girls don't really have them, and that Mama didn't have a flat belly until she was a teenager when I went threw a growth spurt.
Anyhow this post is a lot longer than I had intended. I just wanted to say that when I say "I feel beautiful" to my dd sometimes I don't see it in the mirror that day. I might need a shower, I know I could stand to loose a couple of pounds, but I do feel beautiful. Having dd repeat it to me, and knowing she feels it too, it's like the largest blessing.
We did end of watching some of the show together, and it was a really great experience for us. We talked about our bodies, and how they work. What we like or don't like about our bodies. (way more talk about what we like).
Anyhow I can't remember if Carson said it first to the lady on the show, or the lady said it to Carson, but there was this exchange between the two. Where one said "I feel beautiful" and the second said "I feel beautiful too".
Since we watched the show dd will say this to me from time to time. Like last night in the car she said it, and then I repeated it back. It just makes my heart shine. (I really don't want to brag, this isn't about my parenting, but more about how different dd and I are at age 7). My dd really gets it. She does love herself, I hated myself at her age. I didn't like the way I looked from a very young age.
Her teacher said one little girl at school was being teased. Another little girl was saying the other was fat. Dd stepped in and she said "That's normal, we're all little girls, we won't have flat bellies till we're 12 and we stretch, don't let them make you feel bad". I was so proud of dd when her teacher told me about this. She actually listens to what I say. Now I don't know where age 12 came from, but dd and I once had a talk about flat bellies and how little girls don't really have them, and that Mama didn't have a flat belly until she was a teenager when I went threw a growth spurt.
Anyhow this post is a lot longer than I had intended. I just wanted to say that when I say "I feel beautiful" to my dd sometimes I don't see it in the mirror that day. I might need a shower, I know I could stand to loose a couple of pounds, but I do feel beautiful. Having dd repeat it to me, and knowing she feels it too, it's like the largest blessing.
for BOTH of you!
