Ep 136 - Preserving positive body esteem in kids w/ Dr. Martha Deiros Collado

Don't Salt My Game | With Laura Thomas, PhD

I hope you’re buckled in because this one’s a doozy! Today I’m joined by Dr. Martha Deiros Collado, a clinical psychologist with expertise in parenting, child development and paediatric health. In this conversation, we explore how to support kids in building healthy body esteem and preserving a positive experience of embodiment. Some of the topics we cover in this episode include;

• The necessity of bringing an intersectional lens to conversations about body esteem
• Why promoting body esteem is about so much more than teaching kids they look good
• We cover BIG ideas like agency, autonomy, consent and honouring differences in identity (but don’t sweat - Martha makes these ideas super accessible)
• We touch on how letting kids have autonomy around food is so critical (and why you should let them blow their own nose!)
• And lastly, we name some of the power structures and systems of oppression that make us feel as though our bodies are not good enough in the first place

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