Dear Ten-Year-Old Daughter of Mine,
You do not know it is a gift – but I am telling you – it IS.
My daughter, I’m giving you free thought.
I’m removing a tiny bit of peer pressure.
And I’m not granting you access to Instagram or Facebook or whatever new social snap chat IM kik app that exists.
You aren’t even going to speak that language.
Not yet.
I don’t need your thanks now.
I’m not asking for it.
But it’s a gift nonetheless.
The days of comparing body types and body images and self-loathing or self-loving are not in your immediate future.