https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:50:07 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/even-candy-land-isnt-safe#post-743410 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:37:03 +0000 rattles 743410@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsBucky: I remember that article! It was such a good one, and it struck me too at the time. I didn't have a little one then either, and it feels even more important now. Thanks for reminding me of it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/even-candy-land-isnt-safe#post-743361 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:26:45 +0000 MrsBucky 743361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is a great, and very disturbing, article. I'm not a mom myself yet, but I still worry about these things, especially since you want to instill the right message without making kids overly sheltered from the real world- I imagine it's tough to find the right balance. It makes me think a lot of this article, which i think about when interacting with the two little girls of a good friend of mine: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-bloom/how-to-talk-to-little-gir_b_882510.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-bloom/how-to-talk-to-little-gir_b_882510.html</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/even-candy-land-isnt-safe#post-743279 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:05:09 +0000 SAHM0811 743279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rattles: it's tough that these things are subliminal! But glad for parents who are aware and involved with such issues. and I'm with you... who their friends are - what their values are - are big influences too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/even-candy-land-isnt-safe#post-743261 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:57:20 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 743261@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@zippylef: I have my 80s version still. I'm very glad I do now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/even-candy-land-isnt-safe#post-743258 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:56:37 +0000 rattles 743258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LuLu Mom: so true! That's one thing we can control as mothers.<br /> @SAHM0811: I do the same. I just need to figure out how to have that reinforced by the rest of society! And I hope LO chooses little friends from families like yours! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/even-candy-land-isnt-safe#post-743223 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:51:14 +0000 SAHM0811 743223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is why I always tell my daughters that they are beautiful on the outside, but more importantly, in the inside too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/even-candy-land-isnt-safe#post-743200 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:47:54 +0000 LuLu Mom 743200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This makes me so sad that I will have to talk to my daughter about these things at such a young age. I wish they would switch back to the "average" looking Disney dolls, not these big bug eyed skinny things. Or make a plus sized princess and not address her weight, just that she is beautiful, give girls someone to actually relate too. In my dreams...</p> <p>I do remember my niece who was 4 at the time announce to everyone "I'm so fat, I need to lose weight." My sister was mortified because she knew she was just mimicking her and didn't realize she was listening, but it was an eye opener on how a small age child views body image and really listens. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/even-candy-land-isnt-safe#post-743187 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:44:18 +0000 rattles 743187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@zippylef: Ha, me too. Who'd have thought? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/even-candy-land-isnt-safe#post-743179 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:42:47 +0000 rattles 743179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Teaching them to love and respect themselves is so important for down the road, but it seems like even the things designed for their ages are sending a message counter to the one we'd like to be sending! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/even-candy-land-isnt-safe#post-743177 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:42:19 +0000 loveisstrange 743177@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, yet another thing I will be trying to track down a vintage version of. We owned the 70s version when we were kids, although the 80s version was already out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/even-candy-land-isnt-safe#post-743173 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:40:31 +0000 .twist. 743173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Seriously, at three they should be worrying about which toy to play with, not about thinness... so sad. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/even-candy-land-isnt-safe#post-743169 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:39:34 +0000 pui 743169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow. I agree, I am terrified to raise a girl. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/even-candy-land-isnt-safe#post-743162 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:37:28 +0000 rattles 743162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did anyone see this piece in the Atlantic today?<br /> <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/04/even-candy-land-isnt-safe-from-sexy/275283/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/04/even-candy-land-isnt-safe-from-sexy/275283/</a></p> <p>Sometimes the thought of raising a little girl today terrifies me. The article she links to about fat being a preschool issue is so sad too! "But now, it appears, by age three girls equate thinness with beauty, sweetness, niceness and popularity; they associate “fat” meanwhile with laziness, stupidity and friendlessness." By three!? Simply ridiculous. </p>