What Tracey Gold Tells Her Kids About Body Image

Thursday, June 21, 2012 5:00AM

"Growing Pains" star Tracey Gold battled anorexia for years, going on extreme diets, eventually losing control and plummeting to a fragile 80 pounds.

Today, Tracey is healthy and knows it's important to raise her four boys with a healthy body image.

"When you're raising boys, the body image thing isn't as prevalent as it is with girls," says Tracey. "But the thing that I always teach them is kindness in their words."

She continues, "You treat other people as you would want to be treated. If you say something, even though it may not mean something to you, it could really impact somebody, and you need to know that."

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Tara Bergeron

491 days ago

When I was younger and skinny, I actually felt much lower satisfaction with my body than I do now at age 45, even though I weigh more now than I did then. At some point in time, I just began to like myself for who I am. I think it's important to teach our kids how to be beautiful PEOPLE not just pretty faces and bodies. It's amazing what that can do for a person's sense of self.

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