Do u have a daughter?

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From " O " the Oprah magazine, May 2003

" Poor body image is passed on like a computer virus from mother to daughter.

Its disadvantages are well-documented: low self-esteem sexual promiscuity,

smoking (to try and control weight gain), eating disorders.

" .....Our mothers, often unwittingly, have driven these messages home--if not

by hraping on our weight or looks, then by their own

grapefruit-and-cottage-cheese diets or anxieties about physical inadequacies.

Kids are like sponges: a daughter sees that her mother is beautiful and

doesn't like herself, and thinks 'What does that mean for me?'

" 'The eyes of others our prisons; thier thoughts our cages' Virginia Woolf

once wrote. It's up to us to escape with our self-esteem intact. If we don't,

weand our daughters will remain hostage to our culture's belittling

messages. "

(For the rest of the article and steps to change your attitude, see the

magazine itself)