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By now you probably have heard of the controversy over Thylane Loubry Blondeau, a 10 year old model who recently “graced” the pages of Vogue Paris. An absolutely beautiful girl, made up to look much older, to sell clothes to adult women.  Make sense? As a parent of a girl & a child dev specialist, [...]

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The post-pregnancy body is a controversial topic these days.  Isn’t that…strange? It used to be that we embraced the maternal figure– the robust, zaftig, rounded physique of a Mom was celebrated and revered. What happened? I sat down with Lara Spencer on GMA to talk about body image, mothers, and what the trend towards plastic [...]

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We ended last week in a media storm. We were dealing with the backlash, well, mostly, stemming from watching several extremely talented 7-8 year old girls in a youtube video dancing to Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” in skimpy belly-bearing costumes gyrating on stage. We discussed it on my Facebook Fan Page and differing opinions came out.  [...]

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