Working Out

Ok, it's weird raising a girl. Girls have so many body image issues in our culture. Now that I'm a parent, I feel like I want to protect my daughter from the impact the culture will undoubtedly have on her one of these days. No, "protect" is the wrong word. I guess I want to educate her and provide her with better things to concentrate on than her body and men's attention.

For me, body image problems didn't happen til I was a teenager, but these days girls as young as 7 or 8 will go on a diet. (What am I talking about? I went on a diet when I was in fifth grade. I can still remember losing 3 pounds, from 73 to 70 lbs. And all my moms friends praised me...) Anyway, thought this was a great video from Pink that made me think about this issue today. Good thing we're planning to limit TV...


And if Ila wants to get in shape once she's bigger, she can do something like the fun exercise in this video by OK Go. YOu've got to see it, its amazing.