One of our key messages to support Kids to Embrace their bodies is to celebrate diversity.
This means celebrating the unique things about us, and our contribution to the world around us.
It means pointing out the wide variety of flowers that come together to make a beautiful garden and the range of skilled players it takes for a sports team to win. It means constantly appreciating the fact that we are all different, and that is what makes our family, our school, our community, and our world an awesome place to be. Taking this approach can improve body image as it makes young people less likely to think that they have to strive for, or conform with one unrealistic beauty standard or one social ‘ideal’.
In this episode, we also talk about inclusion and representation of people of all expressions of gender, all shapes and sizes, people from different cultural backgrounds, and people with disabilities. It’s not perfect, but it starts a conversation about starting a conversation.
We unpack some of what we see in the Embrace Kids film so that parents can talk this through with their kids.
See where you can watch the Embrace Kids film here
Buy your copy of the Embrace Kids Book here
And visit The Embrace Hub for free body image resources here
Popular Podcasts
NFL Daily with Gregg Rosenthal
Gregg Rosenthal and a rotating crew of elite NFL Media co-hosts, including Patrick Claybon, Colleen Wolfe, Steve Wyche, Nick Shook and Jourdan Rodrigue of The Athletic get you caught up daily on all the NFL news and analysis you need to be smarter and funnier than your friends.
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
I’m Jay Shetty host of On Purpose the worlds #1 Mental Health podcast and I’m so grateful you found us. I started this podcast 5 years ago to invite you into conversations and workshops that are designed to help make you happier, healthier and more healed. I believe that when you (yes you) feel seen, heard and understood you’re able to deal with relationship struggles, work challenges and life’s ups and downs with more ease and grace. I interview experts, celebrities, thought leaders and athletes so that we can grow our mindset, build better habits and uncover a side of them we’ve never seen before. New episodes every Monday and Friday. Your support means the world to me and I don’t take it for granted — click the follow button and leave a review to help us spread the love with On Purpose. I can’t wait for you to listen to your first or 500th episode!
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com