📚11+ Books on Body Image That Girl Moms Will Feel Great About Buying!
Here's some #realtalk for y'all! This post took me months to write!
(And not in a good way... more like a this.feels.so.hard.I'm.gonna.keep.procrastinating.about.it kinda way!)
What made it so tough?
Well, at one point in my book research, I handed my daughter a graphic novel to read without realizing that it just happened to be all about eating disorders. (Oops!)
If that sounds intriguing, scary, or both, you can read more about it and other issues I encountered in writing this up about halfway through the post)
Persistent Mommas, this post exists because of you!
Giant THANK YOU to multiple clients, social media followers, (and one children's librarian!) who continued to ask me for recommendations on this topic. I'm pretty sure I would've let this one sit on the to-do list a few several months longer without you.
See what a good question can do!
Send me more questions, comments, and requests for help. They make me--and other dietitians--do better work.
Double Love,
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