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Comment on Peggy Orenstein Ate My Self-Esteem Part II by Brandi Powell, MS, RD

Brandi Powell, MS, RD — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 05:43:25 +0000

Thanks, I needed this! My 2-yr old is in love with princess paraphernalia. I guess there is more to these characters then just their super-skinny, hour glass figures, perfect hair, and flawless skin

Comment on Peggy Orenstein Ate My Self-Esteem Part II by Stephanie Brooks, MS, RD

Stephanie Brooks, MS, RD — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 22:02:09 +0000

Princess Jessica, well said. Thank you for your indepth response. I appreciate it as an eating disorder practioner and as a mother of a fabulous princess and prince. Be well—Queen Stephanie : )

Comment on Peggy Orenstein Ate My Self-Esteem Part I by Sumner Brooks, MPH, RD, CSSD

Sumner Brooks, MPH, RD, CSSD — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 06:13:52 +0000

This is very interesting. Thank you for writing it and for bringing to light something I did not recognize. I heard P.Orenstein on NPR and was actually interested and pleasantly surprised by what I thought her book was about. Without reading any excerpts, I guess I imagined it was a book about how we, as females, need to instill greater self esteem into our daughters. Thank you for this post, and also for reminding me that I need to do my research before forming conclusions from a brief radio interview. Always learning…

Thanks again!

Comment on Peggy Orenstein Ate My Self-Esteem Part I by Shannon Lattimore

Shannon Lattimore — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 02:47:37 +0000

Jess, Thank you so much for the blog post. Self-esteem is not connected to size. When 78% of all girls are unhappy with their body size by the time they reach 17, it is obvious that it is not only size that contributes, it is so much more than that. Peggy’s assumption that an average or “normal” body size is all that is required for self-esteem and happiness lacks depth, focus and an understanding of what our children really need. Thanks for putting it in perspective!

Comment on Peggy Orenstein Ate My Self-Esteem Part I by Kathryn Fink

Kathryn Fink — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:27:05 +0000

You are so right on Jessica, as usual. Love your comments and I am just stumped and can’t believe that stuff was even published to start with.

Comment on Peggy Orenstein Ate My Self-Esteem Part I by Linda

Linda — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 01:31:07 +0000

Soooo true.

Comment on Peggy Orenstein Ate My Self-Esteem Part I by Eve Lahijani

Eve Lahijani — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:22:54 +0000

awesome! keep it up

Comment on Peggy Orenstein Ate My Self-Esteem Part I by Deb Katz

Deb Katz — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:57:11 +0000

Jessica, You are simply the best.
Peggy Orenstein may be sucking self-esteems into her bilious, ignorant and judgemental craw, but you are there to salvage them. Unfortunately, damage repair is so difficult!!

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Comment on Am I Really Helping? by Eve Lahijani

Eve Lahijani — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 20:00:48 +0000

Jessica,
this was awesome! Thank you so much for this insight – as this is exactly what I have been struggling with.

Amen!
Eve Lahijani
MS RD