09/02/2026
Hey parents, this one is for you! Back-to-school means growth spurts, changing bodies, and a hundred casual comments from adults about how much a kid has “changed.”
Your kid is listening to how you talk about bodies — theirs, yours, and everyone else’s — all while internalizing the tone about how adults feel about their body changes. Weird, right?
You need a few phrases that don’t tie their worth (or yours) to size.
Swipe for some real-life swaps and what to say instead of the comments most of us grew up hearing.
And if you’ve said the old version before? That’s okay, give yourself a pass. You get to start now.