Writer's Workshop Wednesday ~ Heather from My Husband Ate All My Ice Cream

Welcome to Writer's Workshop Wednesday!  This is my way of paying it forward to all the people out there who want to start writing, but don't have their own blogs yet, or who are established writers that are looking to appeal to a different audience.  I have also opened this up to those who would like to post anonymously about topics that are too difficult to write about publicly. Each week, I will host one or two posts by different writers.

I hope that you enjoy this series, I hope you find some new writers to follow, I hope this helps them out and I hope we can all learn something from them!

Up today is Heather from My Husband Ate All My Ice Cream. She's an internet superstar when it comes to the blogging world, so I'm thrilled she was willing to participate in this project!  She's funny, she's real, and she's always sharing awesome recipes and tips on her blog.  Her Facebook page is a constant source of laughter for me, and I look forward to what she posts every day.  

Without further adieu, I give you Heather. 




Last week at dinner, we were having mini egg sandwiches. My daughter, Piper, who is 7 years old, ate one. I asked her if she wanted another one and she said no. My husband asked her why she wasn't hungry, and mentioned that she had said that she chose not to eat snack at school that day too. Her answer made my jaw drop.

 She said "I'm trying to lose weight."

 This is Piper:

She is NOT fat. She has a round face, just like me, and she is a string bean. What provoked this, you might ask? A comment made, about how she weighed 2 lbs. more than her brother Dylan, who is a year older than her. And that was all it took for a 1st grade girl to decide that she was fat, and needed to lose weight.

We all know that today, society pushes women to be skinny. If you aren't skinny, you'll never get a job. If you aren't skinny, you'll never find someone to love you. If you aren't skinny, you're a slob. If you aren't skinny, you eat too much. If you aren't skinny, you're a fat loser. So, the skinnier you are, the more people will love you, and the more successful you'll be. Our daughters need to know that isn't true. Our daughters need to know that the people that are worth your time will love you no matter what, and all that matters is that you are healthy. And healthy does NOT equal being super skinny, or not eating.

As important as it is to talk about sex with our kids, it's equally, if not more important to talk about body image. I say it's more important for this reason: Confident kids turn into confident teens. Confident teens are less likely to succumb to peer pressure, and the need to do things, like have sex, just to fit in or be like their friends. Teens who end up doing things just because their friends did, often regret it later, and sometimes those choices haunt them for the rest of their lives.