Comments on: Young Girls and Diets http://rainbowonyourplate.com/2009/09/young-girls-and-diets/ Munch your way through the spectrum! Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:48:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Sandy http://rainbowonyourplate.com/2009/09/young-girls-and-diets/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Sandy Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:28:13 +0000 http://rainbowonyourplate.com/?p=534#comment-179 It's quite clear that we all need to talk more about girls/young women/"young" women and the media. Laurel, that link is brilliant! And Laura, you might be right. We all want to be that "appropriate role model", but we see the same propaganda they do. In our house, we talk about being a critical consumer, discerning what it is the advertisers and various manufacturers want us to believe about ourselves. Do you think opening conversation (and lots of it - I'm certain the eye-rolling will be forthcoming from my 'tween in the near future) will be enough to help our girls grow strong peacefulness about themselves - in spite of the media messages surrounding them? It’s quite clear that we all need to talk more about girls/young women/”young” women and the media. Laurel, that link is brilliant!

And Laura, you might be right. We all want to be that “appropriate role model”, but we see the same propaganda they do. In our house, we talk about being a critical consumer, discerning what it is the advertisers and various manufacturers want us to believe about ourselves. Do you think opening conversation (and lots of it – I’m certain the eye-rolling will be forthcoming from my ‘tween in the near future) will be enough to help our girls grow strong peacefulness about themselves – in spite of the media messages surrounding them?

]]> By: Laurel C http://rainbowonyourplate.com/2009/09/young-girls-and-diets/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Laurel C Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:48:51 +0000 http://rainbowonyourplate.com/?p=534#comment-178 So funny - I almost sent that Dove film to you this weekend. Did you see the other one called "Onslaught"? http://www.dove.ca/en/#/features/videos/video_gallery.aspx[cp-documentid=9125381]/ So funny – I almost sent that Dove film to you this weekend. Did you see the other one called “Onslaught”? http://www.dove.ca/en/#/features/videos/video_gallery.aspxcp-documentid=9125381/

]]> By: Laura http://rainbowonyourplate.com/2009/09/young-girls-and-diets/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Laura Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:03:37 +0000 http://rainbowonyourplate.com/?p=534#comment-176 Its interesting that the author didn't mention mothers' influence on their daughters. I read somewhere recently that this is the first generation of girls growing up without an appropriate role model of what women should look like and how they should eat. Its interesting that the author didn’t mention mothers’ influence on their daughters. I read somewhere recently that this is the first generation of girls growing up without an appropriate role model of what women should look like and how they should eat.

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