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Self-Confidence<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy daughter Liv is 11 years old and has always been an athlete. She\u2019s powerful and can even do multiple pull-ups. She\u2019s definitely in better shape than her mom!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She\u2019s played sports since she was 5 years old. She was an incredible soccer player and then decided to be a cheerleader. Overall, she\u2019s very dedicated to her teams and her health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She\u2019s broken her ankle multiple times and is in an orthotic until she regains strength and stability, so she\u2019s on injury restriction right now which is KILLING her. She wants to play again so badly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liv is also a kind soul. She looks out for her autistic brother and takes care of everyone. We call her \u2018little mama\u2019 because of how protective she is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She loves herself and her family, and really is just incredible. She\u2019s an incredibly talented artist and photographer. It\u2019s amazing to see your child at such a young age accomplish such incredible things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Girl
Courtesy of Shayna Brumbalough<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Sister
Courtesy of Shayna Brumbalough<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Over the last year or so, she\u2019s discovered who she is, and I watched my beautiful girl grow. When I was her age, I did NOT have that level of confidence, but she does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She\u2019s so inspired by the singer PINK. We love her body positive messages<\/a> and her ability to own who she is. She came to me before her birthday in 2018 and asked if we could cut her long blonde hair short, shaved sides and all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was so excited to see her grow! She shaved her hair and got her PINK style and BAM! My girl truly found herself and was shining!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a mom, it\u2019s all I could ever want for my daughter. To see her love herself and be happy. And she did!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a lot of backlash from kids at school about her hair. She was TORMENTED to the point to where I had to pull her out of that school. We transferred schools and her new school is AMAZING.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her new school has kind staff and kids, and a positive environment that seems like a distant dream these days. So, once again, my girl has been THRIVING. She is happy, confident, and so sure of who she is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Blonde
Courtesy of Shayna Brumbalough<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Body Shaming Doctor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This week she developed a rash, so we couldn\u2019t send her to school. We were sure it was an allergy but made a doctor\u2019s appointment anyways just to be sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We couldn\u2019t get into her doctor appointment until the afternoon so we had fun playing dress up and taking photos during our day. I\u2019m a professional photographer and we always have fun with creative sessions together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She asked me during this to shape and color her eyebrows. She\u2019s very, very fair-skinned so they were fairly invisible. I told her I was only doing it because she asked. I told her in my eyes she was perfect just the way she was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was thrilled, proclaiming with joy, \u2018My eyebrows are visible!\u2019 We both got a chuckle out of it. We had fun with our snowy photo shoot and hurried back to the house to snuggle under the covers and watch some TV together until it was time to go to the doctor later that afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Girl
Courtesy of Snap Happy Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We get to the doctor and they told me she needed a physical, so they did a physical. They said she was 4\u201911\u201d but their height chart was messed up and she\u2019s actually 5-feet tall. She weighed in at 117 pounds. Smiling at me she said, \u2018I grew some more!\u2019 I smiled back and said, \u2018I know! You are taller than I am!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She\u2019s very developed for an 11, almost 12-year-old. She has full C cups and is blessed with her mama\u2019s fabulous booty. She has developed a woman\u2019s body and is proud of who she is and how she looks. She has never really given it much thought other than trying to work out to be better at the sports that she loves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The doctor gave us a prescription for her rash (allergic reaction to something) and kind of breezed through her physical and didn\u2019t even really finish it. Then he left the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He doesn\u2019t even get the door shut all the way before he walks back in, and then like an avalanche of words (in front of her and her brothers) says, \u2018We need to talk about her weight.\u2019 He proceeds to say, \u2018We live in America where 80% of us don\u2019t eat the best and don\u2019t exercise enough, and I believe she\u2019s part of that crowd. She needs to be in sports.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He looks at her and says, \u2018I think you are old enough to start using exercise equipment too.\u2019 We just sat there for a second, open-mouthed, shocked. SHOCKED! He\u2019s been our doctor since we moved here 7 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018You should probably not allow her to drink sugary drinks or eat junk food,\u2019 he added. WE DON\u2019T. We\u2019re human and so we\u2019re not perfect, but we really do pretty well. We don\u2019t even keep juice in the house. She\u2019s my little water lover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SHE\u2019S A VERY TALENTED ATHLETE. I\u2019M UTTERLY DISGUSTED. I look at him and say, \u2018She is in sports. She\u2019s on injury restriction right now due to multiple ankle breaks.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He replied, \u2018Oh that\u2019s right, you just said that.\u2019 I proceed to tell him that even in this snowy winter, they go outside and play. She is a very active kid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He left the room. She looked at me and said, \u2018I\u2019m fat?\u2019 Tears started running down her face. My jaw was on the floor. I then felt the rage start to boil up inside of me. I pulled out my phone and called my fianc\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His reaction was, \u2018Olivia? OUR OLIVIA?!\u2019 You could hear the rage in his voice. The nurse walked in to give her a flu shot and I immediately told her what the doctor had just said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was shocked herself and immediately started apologizing. I tried to tell Olivia that the BMI was crap. It was too late; the damage was done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I watched the happy drain from my daughter\u2019s eyes and turn to rage in mine. She was crying. I rushed her out of there. Still on the phone with my fianc\u00e9, we got in the car. It went into Bluetooth mode so she could hear him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He tried to tell her the doctor was WRONG. She was perfect and that measuring system is outdated and garbage. Again, it did nothing. She was blankly staring forward as we made our way home. Every time I glanced her way, I felt this sickening feeling in my stomach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What has this man done to my girl? Isn\u2019t he aware of how eating disorders start? What about teen depression and suicide? Isn\u2019t there enough pressure put on themselves by social media, unrealistic body expectations because of models and celebrities? Or even from classmates?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHY take a healthy child and tell her because she doesn\u2019t fit on this particular chart, that she needs to lose weight? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Girl
Courtesy of Snap Happy Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Just that morning, I took photos of a confident girl who truly loved who she was\u2026 and by that night, she refused to eat, and didn\u2019t speak most of the rest the day, randomly bursting into tears. As a parent, it\u2019s truly terrifying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I told her he is an idiot. I\u2019ve been telling her ever since how beautiful and perfect she is to me and should be to herself. I talked to her about it. I asked her how she felt and she said, \u2018I was okay until he said I was overweight.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She can\u2019t UN-hear it. She trusted our doctor and he betrayed her. He let her down is such an awful way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spreading Body Positivity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The next day, I kept her home to make sure her rash was clearing up and to also give her a mental health day. She would randomly cry. I sat down with her and told her, \u2018Are you going to let someone else, ANYONE else, decide how you feel about yourself?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She looked at me and quietly said, \u2018No.\u2019 I made her look me in the eyes and I said it again. All of a sudden, something in her clicked. You could see the light back, a flicker\u2026 but it was there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I asked her what she wanted to do about it. She said, \u2018I don\u2019t want others to feel this way.\u2019 So, together we thought of what we can do to spread the self-love she had before this doctor callously told her she was overweight and needed to exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She\u2019s an artist and we\u2019re both photographers, so I said, \u2018Come on! Let me remind you of how beautiful you are!\u2019 We went downstairs to the studio and she said, \u2019Let\u2019s do an anti-bullying photo shoot!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018There\u2019s my girl,\u2019 I thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Selfie
Courtesy of Shayna Brumbalough<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We brainstormed some ideas and created some amazing, inspiring photos. She took that BMI and erased it off herself. And I couldn\u2019t be more proud of this child. This young woman she\u2019s becoming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Girl
Courtesy of Snap Happy Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

She\u2019s so incredibly strong. I cannot wait to see where her life takes her, because let me tell you, it\u2019s going to be far. And if ever she falls, I\u2019ll be right there to pick her up and remind her of just how strong, beautiful and amazing she truly is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Words
Courtesy of Snap Happy Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Girl
Courtesy of Snap Happy Photography<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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