In 2nd grade I hated my
skin
In 3rd grade I thought I was too fat
In 4th grade I didn't identify with being a girl. And
I cut.
In 5th grade I hated how I wasn't getting
curves
In 6th grade I hated how I was
'ginger'
In 7th grade I hated how I was naturally very
skinny
The point of posting this isn't to get pitty. It's to
show that issues like this aren't just things experienced by
teenagers. They can happen at any age. And that people need to
stop saying that someone is "too young" to understand
something; because chances are they're not. Instead of just
dismissing these things as issues we need to adress with
teenagers we should start younger. Perhaps if we accepted the
fact that even young children have body and self esteem issues
then we could stop them there instead of letting the issues
worsen as they grow. We don't want to think of little kids
knowing about and having problems like these but lots of them do;
and when we realize and accept that young children are at least
partially aware of these things then we can more efficently fix
them.