Gab With The Gurus With Connie Bennett

How many times have you heard prepubescent girls, teens or adult women say, "I think I look too fat" or "My belly is too big" or "I can't stand my legs." These phrases are all too common and are emblematic of the silent epidemic of low body self esteem among girls aged 9 to 14 -- and many grown women -- in America. On today's podcast, Dr. Robyn Silverman, author of Good Girls Don't Get Fat: how Weight Obsession is Messing up Our Girls and What We Can Do to Help Them Thrive Despite It, will teach you the secret impact that mothers have on their daughters' body images; the ways fathers unknowingly sabotage their daughters' confidence; how cruelty in the guise of family humor can destroy a girl's self-image; how teachers, who allegedly should know better, can cause harm; how friends can often be the enemy; and how girls need to "kiss their assets" and embrace who they are inside and out. Dr. Silverman is a leading child and adolescent specialist with a focus on character education and body/self-esteem developmen