My daughter has just come into me and said "Mummy i want to lose weight" i asked why and she said "because i want to be beautiful, that magazine says be thing to be beautiful" i look at it and it did actually say "Be Beautiful..Be Thin" What is going on!?
By the way...my daughted is 8!
2006-09-01 22:02:08 · 17 answers · asked by Roxanne K 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I have told her that you dont have to be anorexic to be beautiful (she asked what Anorexic was bless) but she said after that everyone who is thin is beautiful and has lots of money while everyone else doesnt..
im kind of worried that all of this is starting to affect really young kids.
2006-09-01 22:07:29 · update #1
That magazine was around because my husband is doing a colege media course on printing. He had to have a load of different magazines for his coursework.
2006-09-01 22:08:17 · update #2
Fashion magazines put too much emphasis on being thin, it's up to Governments to ban this.
2006-09-01 22:05:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I find this hard to believe, but if you say so, then she is just getting a reaction from you. Are you sure she knows what this all means? Pretty young for an 8 yr old. My granddaughter would come up with stuff, and then laugh if I bought into it. I just think it is a passing fansy, and maybe she hears you talking about losing weight. I can't imagine an 8 yr old taking that serious. It has to be coming from some place else, like Mommy. Watch what she hears, and she is a very good reader, and knows about society at a very young age.
She has too much interest in beauty and thin, and she didn't come up with it all by herself,
2006-09-02 05:12:42 · answer #2 · answered by shardf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, thin IS beautiful. It's also really ugly sometimes, too. I know some incredibly gorgeous "fat" women. You are mistaken to interpret "Be Beautiful...Be Thin" as meaning the former equals the latter. It says, I think, "Look inside this magazine to learn how to be thin and beautiful." Sometimes those things really do go together, wouldn't you agree? Your alarm comes from your having completely bought into your fear. Let me tell you that the ugliest people I have ever met are thin. There is much more to beauty than being skinny, and skinny doesn't make you pretty. Get my point?
2006-09-02 05:11:12 · answer #3 · answered by Aught 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to teach your daughter that "beautiful" does not come from a magazine. Example: do you seriously think "Twiggy" was beautiful? Do you even know who "Twiggy" was? Anorexia is NOT beautiful. At 8 why is this little girl even looking at a magazine anyway? Shouldn't she be playing with dolls or something?
2006-09-02 05:08:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the best thing you can do for your daughter is be a good role model. Eat healthy, do fun activities together and point out beautiful women of all shapes and sizes.
2006-09-02 05:09:26 · answer #5 · answered by Lori 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is frightening, but it is very common. There is a lot of pressure on people (especially girls) to be thin. Thin is supposed to be attractive. But I'd try to steer her toward more positive images. Being healthy is more important than just being thin. Athletes that are fit through proper diet and exercise vs. models that are thin through smoking and drugs/eating disorders.
2006-09-02 05:08:19 · answer #6 · answered by Kami 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Poor girl. Make sure she knows she is beautiful. Why is she reading magazines like that if she's 8???
2006-09-02 05:07:39 · answer #7 · answered by jit bag 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can't protect her from the world. Just do the best you can throughout the years trying to boost her self confidence by telling her how smart she is, how beautiful she is, that she can do anything she puts her mind to. Then she might not fall prey to the attack on those in socity that are not fully developed in terms of their self confidence, education, etc. Good luck
2006-09-02 05:06:55 · answer #8 · answered by distalbicept 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why do you complain if you obviously bought that rubbish. If women started using their heads instead of endorsing this crap by buying it, there would be less of it about. They should'nt complain about the consequences. Where would young girls get these unhealthy ideas from? Just look at Paolo's answer. Enough to make you sick!
2006-09-02 05:15:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why you letting your ah (what age daughter) read smut ..I blame the parent..and the doc 90210 trying to perfect an already perfect body..its a little nauseating
2006-09-02 05:06:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋