S7 EP3: Talking To Kids About Body Image
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
Constantly Varied Gear
4.9 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 21 June 2022
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
If you’re a parent, you’ve either had concerns about your children’s relationship with their body image, or you will eventually have those concerns. Today’s guest, Dr. Charlotte Markey, understands these concerns because she’s had them herself for a very long time. She’s a professor of psychology at Rutgers and the author of four books, including The Body Image Book for Girls and The Body Image Book for Boys. She’s currently working on a fifth book.
In today’s episode, Charlotte talks about body image issues, how they affect everyone, and how her work addresses that. Listen in to hear what she has to say about what body image means to her, providing a counter-message to harmful marketing, and how to talk to kids about things like body image and nutrition.
Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:
- How body image issues affect everyone
- Providing a counter-message to marketing
- The best way to talk to kids who are experiencing negative thoughts about their bodies
- Working on body image problems pre-emptively
- Girls’ body issues vs boys’ body issues
- How parental body image issues affect kids and whether parents can help their kids when they’re struggling
- Talking about food and nutrition without creating disordered behavior
- Admitting you don’t always know an answer or backtracking when necessary
- Talking about physical activity with kids without overdoing it
- How important it is to monitor social media
- How to prevent social media from having a negative effect on kids
- Where fatphobia fits into building a positive body image
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| 0:00.0 | Some of my graduate training was done at the Penn State Children's Eating Lab, which had some |
| 0:04.8 | world famous nutritionist and psychologists affiliated with it. |
| 0:08.8 | And I remember after spending time there, kind of thinking like, oh, well, when I have kids, |
| 0:12.7 | I'm going to do this totally right. |
| 0:14.0 | This is going to be easy. |
| 0:15.1 | Like, I know all the things you're not supposed to do. |
| 0:18.1 | And then, of course, you have kids, and they have their own personalities and health |
| 0:23.6 | challenges and issues. |
| 0:25.5 | And it's feeding kids is one of the hardest things. |
| 0:30.3 | Say that again for the people in the back. |
| 0:33.7 | It's so hard to feed our kids. |
| 0:39.6 | The big question is this. |
| 0:43.6 | In a world of fake Instagram models and bad diets, |
| 0:47.9 | how do real people achieve their fitness goals? |
| 0:52.2 | We are an army of hardworking women, changing their lives through fitness and health. |
| 0:59.2 | Wherever you are at on your journey, we have the answers to how to make working out |
| 1:04.9 | and eating well a part of your life. |
| 1:08.5 | Join us in changing the dialogue for women everywhere. |
| 1:12.7 | Welcome to the Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast. |
| 1:17.5 | Hi guys and welcome back to the Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast. |
| 1:21.8 | I'm Rachel and moms. |
| 1:24.6 | And, well, basically, if you have a child that is in any way influenced in your life we have an |
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