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excerpt from The Joy of Parenting
Take a moment to think about the relationships in your life that are most important to you – those in which you feel closest to someone else. What is it about those relationships that you most value? Take a few moments and jot down your thoughts about this in your parenting journal.
If you’re like many parents, one of the valued characteristics you listed may have been “feeling heard.” When we’re very lucky, we find ourselves in relationships in which people “get” us – they have a solid understanding of our wants, desires, and dreams. They communicate that understanding in how they behave around us – by calling our attention to things we care about or being thoughtful without being asked and without expecting anything in return. Because these things are important to you, you won’t be surprised that these same attributes are probably what your child most values and trusts about her relationship with you.
Taking time to nurture a relationship like this with your child is important. After all, you’re the “base” from which your child ventures out into the world. You ensure his safety and offer a lens through which he will views other important relationships throughout his life. You show your young child how to be in the world by the way you relate to and behave with him. And that is an enormous responsibility – as well as an exquisite gift.
Excerpt from Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for Body Image Dissatisfaction
Body image dissatisfaction, a complex construct, is the negative evaluation of one’s weight and shape. In their developmental contextual theory, Lerner, Skinner, and Sorell (1980) proposed that experience with one’s body is influenced by a variety of factors, including cultural, developmental, biological, and historical. Specifying the relative impact of these contexts on body image satisfaction versus dissatisfaction is complex, and it likely varies by individual (McKinley, 2006). However, body image dissatisfaction impacts a wide range of individuals, both women and men, including those with subclinical levels of disordered eating and those without eating disorders.
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