I would not normally put things that my kids have said or done on here because I'm trying to get away from that being a main topic for me. However, my 2 year old has actually said a couple of things that are on point for another topic. Being the mother of 3, I wonder if my body will always look like this or if there is any hope for me - in other words, is there any hope of me getting to a gym again in this lifetime. Being a modern mother with the plethora of information on the many ways we can damage our children's psyche with a glance, I also take care to not say anything about my body in front of my kids. I have considered what medical procedures I would and wouldn't have done and why (just a side note, for the most part it's a "no") Back to the kids...
A few weeks ago, my 4 year old and I were discussing the necessity and benefits of eating a variety of foods, yes we really were. The main benefit being that it makes our bodies grow healthy. "What parts?" she asks. So I start answering, your arms, your legs, your nose, your ears, your heart... My 2 year old asks, "Is mine tushie growing, too?" "Yes," I reply. With glee she exclaims, "I gonna grow a GREAT BIG tushie!" Then when she has that great big tushie of hers and she poses the same questions to herself as I have, I can be fairly confident that her decision will be well thought out (that is if you can base her adult behavior patterns upon her toddler behaviors!) I know this because yesterday they were "helping" me hang pictures by holding my light weight hammer. When a little bit of a tug began I warned, "Be careful, don't drop it on your toes or they might break off and you'll have to go to the hospital." The oldest asked if the doctors can put it back on I told her that sometimes doctors can put bodies back together. My 2 year old states, "If I fall down the doctor might put mine tushie on backwards" So at 2 she already knows 2 things related to body image that a great deal of adults don't: don't just accept your body, be excited about it and plastic surgery isn't "surgery-lite" it may go seriously wrong!
