Stop Starvation Imagery. Letters and checks poured in, Bruin decided to start a grassroots movement and About Face was born. With just 10 volunteers and a tentative future, About Face travels all over the nation to give presentations to schools, health professionals and eating disorder clinics. Sometimes the girls themselves. Then it was 12.
Little girls think their moms are the most beautiful women in the world.
Moms need to stop talking about their bodies in front of little girls. They don't understand their bodies are changing. If mom and dad are losing weight and grabbing their bodies, the child imitates. They don't know what it means. About Face's Web site agrees.