As a mother of two gorgeous little girls, I often wonder how I will protect my kids from distorted body image issues and that worst case scenario: a full blown eating disorder. Every woman (and some men, even) remembers looking at themselves in a mirror as a teenager and thinking: “How do I compare to the glamorous girls in the magazines?” Growing up in the nineties when ‘supermodels’ ruled and Linda, Naomi, Kristy and the gang were household names even my grandmother knew, it must be a miracle I escaped childhood without one and was completely ignorant to the existence of such a thing as an eating disorder. But therein lies one of the most devastating and powerful weapons these disorders wield: they are silent, they sneak up on the sufferers and on their closest family and friends and then they suddenly explode! Read More
Lively discussion on the SMH website today regarding the misleading advertising of the 'whitening' toothpastes by the big brands. I thought it would be worth posting my brief comments on this. Read More
