Body awareness
People are as different in appearance and in their bodies as they are in their thoughts. Sometimes we all feel "beautiful", sometimes we pay more attention to our problematic body parts and sometimes we don't get along with our own body at all. All these feelings are allowed to visit and be accepted.
How we deal with our own body image not only influences us adults, but also shapes our children. So it is sometimes easier to show children the diversity with the help of a book.
The American Tyler Feder has written and drawn the picture book "Bodies are great" (approx. 30 Swiss francs). It contains a large number of different body types to discover. There are bushy eyebrows, different skin tones and hairstyles, freckles, hairy legs and moles to admire. It shows many different people in their very own beauty. The rhyming lines match the colorful pictures.
The book invites children from the age of four to look at different bodies and talk about them. This strengthens self-confidence in their own bodies and allows them to accept others as they are.
"What do you look like? Warum es normal nicht gibt" (about 20 Swiss francs) by Julius Beltz Verlag uses various watercolor pictures to show bodies or body parts that do not correspond to the ideal images from the media. This book also encourages children to talk to adults about bodies.
We wish you exciting conversations about the different human bodies and the feeling towards your own body.
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