Last week, I shared with you in a blog post a new initiative from Multi-Grain Cheerios that has parents signing a petition to stop harmful messaging to kids about their bodies. While most people equate body image struggles to girls, I wanted to share and explore the topic from a boy's perspective. It's true that girls are bombarded with images and messages portrayed in the media to be thinner and prettier, but boys are also blasted with similar messages as well. And … [Read more...]
Dietainment – Digging Deeper
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What is “Dietainment” and how you can help stop it
November 4, 2015 By 70 Comments We earn commission from purchases made via product links in our posts
My boys are suckers for stereotypes. Go ahead, ask them what police officers do? Fight bad guys? Nope, they'll answer 'eat donuts and coffee'. Terrible right? Don't look at me with your pointed fingers either, nothing of the sort has ever come out of my mouth or my husbands, but every time we drive past a police car the boys start chatting about this donut thing. Where on earth did they get this from?, we ask each other, but the answer is obvious - media. So if the boys are quick to … [Read more...]
