Your Body Is Not a Problem to Fix

Kids today face a near daily onslaught of body shame from their peers, school, diet culture, the media, and even the most well-meaning parents themselves. Virginia Sole-Smith, journalist and author, joins Dr. Becky to discuss why it’s critical that we change the way we talk to kids about fat, weight, health, and self-worth.
Join Good Inside Membership: bit.ly/3H2HDpr
Follow Dr. Becky on Instagram: / drbeckyatgoodinside
Sign up for our weekly email, Good Insider: www.goodinside...
Order Dr. Becky's book, Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be, at goodinside.com/book or wherever you order your books.
For a full transcript of the episode go to goodinside.com/podcast
Today’s episode is brought to you by Littlespoon:
Little Spoon gives parents the freedom to choose how they spend their time, without sacrificing quality food. It’s easy: just pop your kid’s Little Spoon in the fridge or freezer, and use the meals when you’re ready. Little Spoon will take care of fresh, nutritionally balanced recipes - from organic stages 1-6 purees, to transition-to-table food meals, + big kid Plates your little will love. Think: hidden-veggie mac + cheese, chicken nuggets, and even adventurous eats like potstickers and gnocchi. Get 50% OFF your first order at littlespoon.com when you use the code GOODINSIDEVIP at checkout.

[@sandrelacita]

I am absolutely STUCK on "maybe you're not your own type," and I will hang onto that and tuck it into the most precious corner of my mind henceforth. Thanks, Dr. Becky!

[@ichooseluna]

9:01 ❤❤❤

[@gur262]

It absolutely is a problem to fix. Losing weight, gaining strong abs and lower back muscles= improves backpain. High blood pressure? Goes down. Feet don't hurt because of fuckin course it matters if you put 140 or 200 lbs on those.

[@antmaster360]

This woman let her daughter eat a stick of butter

[@sabreenavintila3702]

I enjoyed this talk, loving yourself no matter what is definitely something I want to instill in my son and something I definitely want to instill in the people around me. I also don't want to make a society okay with obesity. For the first time in my life I finally feel healthy and I am in the weight I want to be, I hope everyone can check out wildfit with Eric something I can't remember his last name. It is changed my life to eat seasonally and I also feel more confident and more self-love because I am working happily with what I'm putting in my body. I do agree that doctors and Society have changed a lot though and I do not agree with the shame behind all of that and I agree with this conversation that there's better ways to go about it and to bring awareness to help. But your doctors don't even know the proper way to help you because they don't study nutrition and our country has depleted minerals in our soil and so even if you try to eat healthy the food you're eating does not have all the minerals and vitamins. I hope this comes across somebody who needs to hear it and we'll go look into this program wildfit it really has changed my life and my idea around this subject

[@aggressiveworshiper3155]

Heat attack has entered the chat

[@periostager]

This is just a start. Next we need to take on meth-shaming and addiction privilege. Let kids smoke whatever they want at whatever age they like! Way ta go Virginia!

[@AnRodz]

it's a shame this guest: seat size, etc is based on statistics of the human population, not a one-size-fits-all. could there be "special sits"? fat is generally bad: it's objectively unhealthy. it IS a bad body, prone to heart attack for example.

[@AnRodz]

dr. becky is the right kind of compassionate, this guest is not.