6 Ways to Raise a Child Who’s Prejudice Against Fat People
part of positive assimilation with a group. Therefore, when you surround your children with sizeist people who make statements laced with prejudice, your children have a great chance of adopting similar prejudices.
As adults, it’s crucial that we admit when there’s a problem and then work to take responsibility to deal with the pertinent issues. Watch your actions, your reactions, and your words. Otherwise, we are breeding hate—not just of others—but also of the children themselves. They become so scared to gain weight that we have a whole other problem on our hands. We must protect our children by teaching them tolerance rather than fostering hate and prejudice.
Dr. Robyn Silverman is a child development specialist, body image expert, and parenting coach. Known as “The Character Queen,” she’s the creator of the Powerful Words Character Toolkit for children’s activity centers and families. She’s also an award-winning writer who presents nationwide. For information or to contact Dr. Robyn, please visit http://www.DrRobynSilverman.com , http://www.DrRobynsBlog.com or http://www.BodyImageBlog.com
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