tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251496688402849929.post2568167560220321564..comments2012-01-27T12:45:27.765-05:00Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930036267291828685noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251496688402849929.post-34112423526950407422012-01-27T12:45:27.765-05:002012-01-27T12:45:27.765-05:00Amazingly well said! Yet another reason you continue to rock! Muah!Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17930036267291828685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7251496688402849929.post-9659539748934687942012-01-25T12:19:44.232-05:002012-01-25T12:19:44.232-05:00As one of your friends who opted to improve something about my body that I hated, you already know my opinion on plastic surgery:) I do agree however about the importance of raising children with healthy self-esteem. My choice to alter my body was the desire to recapture what I once had before the unfortunate side- effects of pregnancy and breast-feeding made me hate looking at myself in the mirror. I have reclaimed my self-esteem and that's a good thing in my opinion. My children will never hear me complain about my body or say that I hate a part of it. How we feel about our own bodies has a direct impact on how our children will learn to see their own. If we want to do our daughters a favor we should model healthy self-esteem and sit down with them when they are absorbed in Disney princess fairy tales and explain that those are not necessarily good portrayals of women and relationships. I hate seeing helpless women needing to be "rescued" by the handsome prince which automatically leads to falling in love with this stranger and living happily ever after. Now that's an unhealthy message to send to our daughters!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com