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Parents, This Book Is For All 9-12-year-old Kids Who Need To Be Taught To Love Their Bodies. It's A Parent's Job To Keep Our Children Safe And Healthy. When They're Little, We Teach Them How To Tie Their Shoes, Ride A Bike, And Cross The Street. As They Grow Older, We're Responsible For Making Sure They Learn How To Manage Money, Avoid Illness, And Function Successfully At School. Every Day We Teach Them How To Build Their Social, Academic, And Emotional Regulation Skills. We're Constantly Investing In Their Future Selves. Teaching Our Children To Love Their Bodies Is Just As Important As All Of The Other Ways We Promote Their Health Throughout Their Lives. It Can Be Tricky, Though, To Know Exactly How To Do That In The World We Live In Today. Even As A Pediatrician Dedicated To Instilling Positive Body Image In My Own Two Young Daughters, Navigating The Constant Messages They Receive About Their Physical Appearances, Teaching Them To Give Their Bodies All The Fuel And Movement They Need, And Managing My Own Internal Body Image Programming Is A Challenge. And If It's A Challenge For Me As A Maternal Child Health Expert, I Know It's A Challenge For Every Other Parent, Too. That's Why We'll Focus On Showing Kids How To Feel Positive About Whatever Body They're In While, At The Same Time, Teaching Them To Take Care Of The Only Body They've Got. Your Child Will Meet Some Characters In This Book That Remind Them Of Themselves, And A Bunch Of Other Kids Who Will Challenge Them To Understand Others' Life Experiences. We'll Help Kids Realize That Building Consistent Healthy Habits Around Physical And Mental Health Is The Most Successful Way To Love Their Bodies-- Provided By Publisher.