NEWS photo Julle Iverson

MICHAELA Davies, 13, and her mother Linda Davies flipped through a copy of Real
Gorgeous at the Nizy 2 mother and daughter brunch. The humourous book by Kaz
Cooke is a c.cilection of writings and cartoon drawings about distorted body image.

a daughter's ‘body

Layne Christensen

News Reporter
layne@nsnews.com

MOM can give her
daughter a present this
Mother’s Day: the sup-
port that will allow her
to appreciate herself for
who she is.

This was the message shared

_ by organizers of Family
Services of the North Shore's
mother and daughter brunch
May 2 at the Beachside Cafe.

“Issues around body image
are transferred from mother to
daughter,” _—said Diana
Cowden, who co-chaired the
event with Linda Davies.

Family Services has for years
organized seminars for mothers
and their teenage daughters.
This was the first year for a
brunch, which was attended by
80 mothers and daughters.
Many in attendance were
“eweens,” girls ages nine to 12.

Girls form impressions of
themselves at an early age, said
Saleema Noon, a sexual health
educator who works with
Family Services. Noon and
family life educator Teresa
Harris spoke at the brunch.

“Kids are watching every-
thing parents say and do,” said
Noon following the presenta-
tion. “When they see their
moms dieting, hear them coni-
ment about size, they really
pick up a lot of that,” said
Harris. “That’s their introduc-
tion to being concerned about

_ body image.”

The counsellors shared with
the group seven tps for “body
love”:

@ cxamine yourself (and your
views about yourself);

@ analyze messages;

@ fight the body police;

§@ be a whole person;

@ practise radical self-accep-
tance;

@ drench yourself in self-kind-
ness, and

@ turn your spotlight inward
— describe three fabulous
attributes about who you arc

- that have nothing to do with
your appearance.

Noon and Harris also
shared with the group the fol-
lowing survey results:

@ 80% of women visualize
themselves to be one-third
larger than they actually are;
@ 47% of normal weight
women want to be thinner;
& 29% of Grade 3 boys (age 8)

ids the key te
love’

women are in the height and
weight range of models.

Family Services plans to host
the luncheon again next year.

and 39% of Grade 3 girls diet.
The percentage rises to 60% for
girls in Grade 6 (age 11), and

@ only about 5% to 10% of

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municipalities and school
boards: :

North Vancouver
District Courcil: Monday,
May 10 at 7 pan. — Captain
Terry Abrams, District of NV
Fire and) Rescue Services is
presented with the Joseph H
Cohen Award in recognition
of outstanding public satery:
treaty and aboriginal issues
advisory. committee; request
for pedestrian) crossing at
Capilano /Eklon Ru.; Visions
of the North Shore
Millennium proposal; devel
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1998. strategy for further
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task force on property classiti-
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North Vancouver City
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215 Wo 18th St: proposed
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230 pam. — OCP and zoning
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to detine the duties of the fire
chiet, development variance
permit application, 320 Keith
Rd. and £7850 Fulton Ave.:
designation of the Binning
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Cres; presentation by B.C,
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North Vancouver School
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