Aztecarcher wrote:I would suggest that you avoid showing them that trout lips. Im not comfortable with teens starting to think of her as an ideal and a celebrity and i judge very harshly that mother of the 14 year old boy who wants trasha to go to prom.ParisianDoll wrote:Guys, I have a question. Trash has me thinking really seriously about body positivity these days. I have four kids, 3 of which are pre-pubescent girls, and I want to teach them that their bodies are great the way they are no matter what. But then I think about Trash and then think, "but really, is her body great no matter what?" Like, do I show them a mild Trash video and be like, "this is what happens when you don't take care of yourself" or does that make me a bad person?
Or will that earn me a place in parenting hell for exposing my children to the queen fishie?
Also, if postmates could come to Portland, I'd be stoked. There was supposed to be Starbucks delivery sometime last year that never happened, I'd just have people deliver me iced coffees on demand. Again, four children, that shit's my life blood.
Maybe expose your kids to healthy role models of all sizes and shapes. People who actually love their bodies and have self confidence. I think it goes hand in hand, if you love your body you will want to take care of it....if not in the beginning at least when you get a health scare.
You could however show them a picture of her face and point out the left side where the crater is beginning to form thanks to all the lip fillers....that would be a good advert for staying away from such procedures.
Just don't use Trish as an example for anything. Go buy the American Girl The Care and Keeping of You book; it helped me a lot during puberty and show them inspiring people of all sizes (adele is plus sized and she's so sweet and talented.) Trisha is an example of someone with a larger body but secretly hates it and not to mention her abusive behaviors.