You'd Be So Pretty If . . . by Dara Chadwick - ISBN: 9780738212586
Paperback
A Shape magazine columnist’s guide to breaking the mother–daughter cycle of bad body image and low self-esteem

You'd Be So Pretty If . . .

Teaching Our Daughters to Love Their Bodies--Even When We Don't Love Our Own

  • Paperback

    256 pages

  • Release Date

    14 April 2009

Summary

From You’d Be So Pretty If… I grew up listening to my mom bemoan everything from the size of her thighs to the shape of her eyes. So you can imagine my dismay the first time someone exclaimed, You look just like your mother!” Every mom wants her daughter to feel confident in her own skin, but may often unconsciously impose her own body image blueprint.” Dara Chadwick’s You’d Be So Pretty If… reveals: What girls learn when Mom diets How to talk to your daughter about healthy eating and e…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780738212586
ISBN-10:073821258X
Author:Dara Chadwick
Publisher:Hachette Books
Imprint:Da Capo Lifelong
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:256
Release Date:14 April 2009
Weight:304g
Dimensions:141mm x 216mm x 15mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

IVillage’s NeverSayDiet.com, 1/22/09 “[Chadwick’s] insightful mother-daughter body image angle is fantastic and refreshing.” Washington Post, 3/3/09 “So how do we break the cycle? Chadwick offers excellent suggestions.” Seattle Eastside Parenting Examiner.com “I feel like this is a must-read for all parents-not just moms, but dads as well.”

About The Author

Dara Chadwick

Dara Chadwick is a former magazine staff editor. She wrote the 2007 Weight Loss Diary column for Shape. Chadwick lives in Jamestown, Rhode Island, with her family.

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