The Dove Legacy…how we influence our girls

Went over and watched it just now. Loved this! Well to be honest I love all inspirational videos promoting confidence and acceptance so awesome campaign!

Love this message! We as parents are definitely the biggest influence - at least initially - in our kids lives. We have the ability to instil practices and create a 'norm'. My husband and I are bodybuilders and noticed very quickly our eldest son (4) replicating our constant mirror checks and looking at his tummy etc. We've made sure we focus on strength and health and fitness, and are really positive in our comments about body image etc. I think we as a society need to spend less time worrying about what size mannequins are (or whether their ribs are visible), and just accept them as plastic clothes hanging devices - not something to aspire to be!!!

I still have to watch this video, but I do think too much emphasis on how we should look these days totally has an effect on our children. I hope every parent supports their children to be healthy, and remain positive in our attitudes towards our bodies and how we look. There are no flaws in our youngsters, no matter how old they may be.

I don't have any children but my I compliment my younger sisters on what I like about the way they look. I like that Dove focuses on promoting a healthy self image instead of the need to conform to societies and other cosmetic companies idea of beauty.

I watched this clip. Interesting to see what the women and childrens body image. I'd love to try this with my daughter. We need to give our children positive ideas about themselves. Definately like using dove products too. This clip hasnt influenced whether or not Id buy it.

In my job as an early childhood educator i have seen little girls turn away food because they dont want to be fat and ridiculed others because they look 'different' , these instances absolutely blow my mind! How do such young innocent girls even have any knowledge of body image. I know in my self I try not to compliment the girls I care for on their beauty/clothes I would rather compliment them on things such as...'how happy they look today' or 'I bet those shoes make you run super fast!'.

I dont have girls of my own but I still make an effort as to not criticize my own or others body images around my boys, my eldest son is 11 and super impressionable now that he is starting to notice not only his own body image but that of girls and others around him, i most definitely do not want him to grow up to view women as objects so i feel it is just as important to instill these views into all of our children not just our girls!! :)

Oh my goodness - that brought tears to my eyes. What a powerful message. I don't have a daughter so I wouldn't have thought of it, but I realise now thinking about it how my mother's body image perception and eating disorders are reflected in my poor body image. How sad this is, and how very much more the young take in than we think. And very sad that those beautiful women and children in the clip think they are flawed when they so clearly are not.

I must watch that video. I agree to much emphisis on what we are suppose to look like. Not enough about being our natural beautiful selves.

I try to never be negative about my body in front of/around my kids. I have two girls (6,8) and a boy(7). My two younger kids have no issues with their bodies. But my eldest, I have noticed that she has been pointing out (what she considers) her imperfections more and more lately. She says that she can't stand the light freckles across her cheeks and nose. (I LOVE THEM!) I always try to reassure her and tell all my kids how beautiful they are. It's really hard as a parent to instil in your kids just how much beauty they have when they themselves don't always see it. I remember when I was young my own mother was (still is) so beautiful and I idolised her. But she did point out her flaws alot when I was around. I found that I do it too; but I don't air them, I say them to myself in my head, usually when the kids aren't around. My kids are so awesome though, they always tell me I'm beautiful, even when I look like complete crap lol <3

How you reflect yourself in front of your children is what they think is the right way especially when they are young and taking everything in like a sponge. I find myself always telling my daughter it's ok to get dirty it's ok to mess up an it's ok to be you be what you want to. I try not be negative around my baby girl but to make her feel special and loved the way she is :) my favorite thing " baby listen nobody likes naughty no manners little girls try be kind " this is on repeat !

Yes, my Mum always had an issue about her weight, she was never happy with her body, & that was passed on to me always seeing myself in a negative light.

I've decided to watch the clip after work in case it makes me cry...yes I cry at all sorts! But I'd like to say that I accepted my body along time ago, I accepted that it wouldn't go back to how it was before having three kiddies and I don't actually want it too. In order for me to give my all, I have to love all of me and I do :-) no matter what anyone else says...we are all beautiful, inside and out xx

I love Dove products regardless of campaigns and if they are wanting to send out positive messages as well, good on them. X

Young girls are very impressionable and of course they look to the women in their lives be it their mums or aunties etc for clues to how the world sees them. I think it is important to empower our children and embrace the things they may not like about themselves because not one of us is perfect... we are all made up of imperfections that make us unique to everyone else.

Such an important campaign... to focus on the things we like rather than the things we don't <3

My mother was very different she never said anything negative on her body but I could tell she wasn't happy with how she looked. I was also teased by her when I was younger well till I was 13 which was 7 years ago as I use to be anoxeric and I couldn't gain any weight. But I can say now I am confident in myself and don't really care what other people think of memenu attitude now has really helped to influence my partners younger sister as she sees that I am comfortable with myself