My daughter Serena, age 7 and in the 2nd grade, thinks she's fat. Not
only that, but she doesn't like her eye color (golden brown) and thinks
her hair is wrong too (it should be blonde). Hardly a day goes by when
she doesn't mention her appearance in some way, apparently not seeing
that she's a lithe and slender girl with huge dark eyes, and my heart
sinks every time I hear it. I don't know where it comes from, either,
as I don't reference myself or anyone that way, she doesn't watch TV
all that much, doesn't own Bratz or Barbies, and her subscription to
Cosmo hasn't kicked in yet.
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