Aspley East Kindergarten
  • Home
  • About
    • About Our Kindy
    • Staff
    • Gallery
    • History
  • Enrol
    • Enrolment Procedure
    • FAQ
    • Testimonials
  • Parents
    • Information For Parents
    • News
    • Curriculum Information
  • Contact
  • Events
Aspley East Kindergarten

Body image and young children

17/3/2015

 
Have you ever thought about your child's body image? Do they think about themselves in a positive or negative light? How do you talk about body image?

"Is my bum too big in this?"

"I've been so bad today, tomorrow I'll be living on lettuce."

"That girl is so pretty - look how skinny she is."

"I can't eat that… I don't eat carbs."


Magazines, music videos, TV advertising, TV weight loss shows, mums, dads… Early Years Educators?… On and on it goes…

Does any of this sound familiar? 'Fat talk', 'fat shaming' and idealising the thin body for women and the muscular body for men is so common in Western culture we might not even be aware we are doing it. In fact, studies have shown that even children as young of three years of age are not immune - they prefer thin playmates over larger ones and believe they can't live up to the beauty ideals set by Disney Princesses. We used to think that body image concerns began around puberty, but increasingly, research with younger children has shown that body image worries are beginning much earlier than this (1).

Click here to read the rest of this thought provoking article about the development of body image in young children. 

Comments are closed.

    Categories

    All
    ACECQA
    C&K Announcements
    Events
    Healthy Eating
    Newsletter
    Working Bee

    Archives

    October 2018
    September 2018
    May 2018
    March 2018
    January 2018
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    May 2017
    February 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014

Home
About Our Kindy
Staff
Gallery
History
Enrolment
FAQ
Testimonials
Information For Parents
News
​
Curriculum Information
Contact
Events
Copyright © 2019 
Aspley East Kindergarten
Proudly created by
Chrysalis Web Design
Chrysalis Web Design
  • Home
  • About
    • About Our Kindy
    • Staff
    • Gallery
    • History
  • Enrol
    • Enrolment Procedure
    • FAQ
    • Testimonials
  • Parents
    • Information For Parents
    • News
    • Curriculum Information
  • Contact
  • Events