Thank you, Virginia, for this wonderful book! So much to unpack and think through as we navigate raising confident and empathetic children in a world that tells them over and over to be smaller and meaner.
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4.25
informative medium-paced
emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

A book I wish my parents read. A book that will shape the way parent when that time comes. This book adds an another brick in the wall of the mausoleum for the almond mom. 

What an important book. Very compelling information, both statistical and anecdotal. The hardest thing for me about this book was confronting how deeply ingrained my own anti-fat bias is and how much I've been steeped in diet culture. I will certainly be rereading this to help my brain wrap itself around more body/food neutrality

Fantastic - adds to the very important ongoing conversation about anti-fat bias.

I am so glad that I listened to this book. Not only do I feel like I have a better perspective to help my daughter navigate diet culture one day, but I feel like I've been given the tools to be a better ally and reprogram my own relationship with food and my body.

This book is essential reading regardless of parental status (but it is incredibly helpful for parents).

Should be required reading for everyone!

A great balance of research and real stories. Useful for parents and all body-havers.

A really important parenting book, lots to rethink about.