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BREAKING THE CYCLE OF BODY SHAME AND DIET CULTURE

You want your child to grow up healthy, confident, and at home in their own skin. But between toxic social media messages, schoolyard diet talk, and your own complicated history with body image, knowing how to raise a body-confident kid can feel overwhelming.

That’s where we come in.

At Raising Body-Confident Kids, we help parents break the generational cycle of body shame and diet culture — without swinging to extremes or losing sight of health. Created by Dr. Whitney Casares, a pediatrician, mom, and author, we offer real-world tools to nurture your child’s physical and emotional well-being in a  science-backed way.

FOR PARENTS:

FREE PDF GUIDE

Grab our Body Talk Toolkit — a free, pediatrician-approved guide with scripts and strategies to help you talk to your kids about food, weight, and body image without shame or fear.

PRACTICE TRAININGS

Discover how to make your medical practice health (not weight) focused for your pediatric patients. First do no harm counts when it comes to body confidence, too.

FOR EDUCATORS:

SChool CURRICULUM

Learn more about our school curriculum offerings, including teacher trainings, parent sessions, and student resources, all designed to strengthen school culture, reduce bullying, and prevent absenteeism.

We’re not here to promote empty body positivity.  We’re here to give families real tools to raise kids who respect their bodies and know how to care for them. That means teaching our children (and reminding ourselves) that how we treat our bodies matters. What we put into them, how we move them, how we rest, and how we handle stress. These choices impact not just how we feel today, but how our bodies function for a lifetime.  And, while calling foods "bad" or "good" only hurts our kids, we do believe that some foods are more nutrient-dense (and provide fuel more efficiently and effectively for growing bodies).

At the same time, we reject the idea that health is defined by size or that worth is something to be earned through weight loss or restriction. Instead, we focus on building a foundation of body literacy and emotional awareness — where kids grow up understanding what their bodies need, not just what the world says they should look like.

Building body confidence also means acknowledging that body image isn’t just a “kid issue," it’s a parent issue, a generational issue, and a cultural one. Here, we focus on breaking the cycle with real tools, honest conversations, and daily practices that foster long-term well-being — emotionally, physically, and mentally — for kids and the grown-ups raising them.