Ep 136 - Preserving positive body esteem in kids w/ Dr. Martha Deiros Collado

Don't Salt My Game | With Laura Thomas, PhD

Laura Thomas

Wellness, Bodypositivity, Plantbased, Nutrition, Medicine, Health, Vegan, Health & Fitness, Wellbeing, Mindfulness, Nutritionist, Dontsaltmygame

4.8 • 807 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2022

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

I hope you’re buckled in because this one’s a doozy! Today I’m joined by Dr. Martha Deiros Collado, a clinical psychologist with expertise in parenting, child development and paediatric health. In this conversation, we explore how to support kids in building healthy body esteem and preserving a positive experience of embodiment. Some of the topics we cover in this episode include;

The necessity of bringing an intersectional lens to conversations about body esteem
Why promoting body esteem is about so much more than teaching kids they look good
We cover BIG ideas like agency, autonomy, consent and honouring differences in identity (but don’t sweat - Martha makes these ideas super accessible)
We touch on how letting kids have autonomy around food is so critical (and why you should let them blow their own nose!)
And lastly, we name some of the power structures and systems of oppression that make us feel as though our bodies are not good enough in the first place

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0:00.0	Things like the dresses and the flimsy shoes and the really thin leggings for the girls
0:08.5	and then the, you know, hard-wearing shoes and the sturdy trousers for the boys.
0:13.9	Those are passive messages that are leading our children to develop a sense of who they are. And to think, these are things that are
0:23.6	possible for me. These are things that are not. But, you know, it goes both ways. Yes, we are saying to
0:28.9	little girls, you know, look dainty and sweet. You know, maybe that tree's not for climbing because
0:33.5	oops, you've ripped your leggings or it all hurt your feet or whatever it is. But we're also saying to boys, being pretty is not for you.
0:40.7	You know, you can't be colorful and dainty and want to look, you know, have sparkly clothes or, you know, flowers on it.
0:49.5	That's not who you are.
0:50.6	You are brown and beige and green and blue.
0:56.1	Hey friends, welcome to Don't Stop My Game. I'm Laura Thomas. I'm a registered nutritionist,
1:01.6	an author of Just Eat It and How to Just Eat It. And we are here having conversations with game
1:06.5	changers who are flipping diet culture on its head. Today's episode is pretty special and we go deep into
1:14.0	some really important concepts. So I can't wait for you to hear that in just a minute. But first,
1:19.7	a quick ad break. So if you are a healthcare professional working with families or kids, then I invite you to check
1:30.7	out the Learn with LCIE course Raising Embodied Eaters, a new course that dives deep into
1:36.8	what is typical feeding behavior? Why things like pressure and restriction usually backfire
1:43.1	and how an attuned and responsive feeding
1:45.8	relationship helps kids hang on to that embodied trust that they have in themselves around food
1:51.8	and their bodies. This course is made up of over 11 hours of video content plus papers
1:58.0	and resources that you can use with families or schools. And you'll also have
2:02.7	the chance to ask me questions every month in our Learn with LCIE community group. It dives deep
2:09.6	into the science of responsive feeding and equips practitioners with lots of practical tools
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