Imagine that some day you will have a child. Write a letter for that child to open when he/she reaches the age you are right now. Tell the child how you feel about yourself and how those feelings have changed throughout elementry and midlle school. Tell the child the kinds of things you experienced that make you feel that way. Finally offer some advice that would help your child have good self esteem at this age and throughout life.
If I was doing this assignment I would say something like this:
dear child,
right here and now, my body image could be better but it's not terrible. It depends of the day and time whether I am super confident or just nutral. I've never had great body image. I was a chubby child so I got made fun of because of that. In middle school I was hospitalized 3 times for anorexia and bulimia. Through all of this I have found out a lot about myself. I found my faith and became a child of God. I got baptized on may 8th 2011. My advice to you is to live your life because it can be taken away so quickly. Trust God, He knows what Hes doing ;)
Amen, and God doesn't make any mistakes! :o)
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