While Johnson was texting friends for their opinions on different bikinis, she noticed her daughter was trying on bathing suits too.
To Johnson’s delight, her daughter had a wholly positive reaction to seeing herself in a bikini in the mirror, exclaiming, “Wow, I just love cheetah print! I think I look beautiful! Do you think I look beautiful, too?!”
Her daughter’s comment led Johnson to an important realization about her power over how her daughter views about her own body.
This lead to a heartfelt Facebook post where she shared the whole incident with the other parents. She wrote on her page, “It hit me that she only says what she hears. What she sees. I tell her that she is beautiful every single day.” She further added, “When we are in a dressing room, with swimsuits of all God-forsaken things, there is a split moment when I have the power to say, ‘Wow, I have really gotten fat this year’ OR ‘Wow, I love this coral color on me!’ And those are the words burned into my daughter’s brain.”
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