An Open Letter To Nicole Richie - Page 2
"And I have to set the right examples. I have to really be someone that I would want my child to look up to."
I know that tackling poor body image can be rough. But you are on the right track, knowing that you now have a responsibility to your new baby girl, to be the kind of woman she would want to grow up to be. And yes...it's hard to look at a post-pregnancy body, seeing lumps and bumps and a wrinkly peach pit where a taught tummy used to be, remembering fitting into size zero clothes, looking around at looks-obsessed Hollywood at people who's sole purpose in life is to look good, and wondering just what is going to happen to you.
But being true to yourself and living the kind of life your daughter would want to emulate is better than all the magazine covers and press and money in the world. I'm sure your daughter will n ot want to grow up seeing her mother constantly struggle to "fit in" and be what everyone else wants her to be...she'd be much better off growing up seeing her mother be her own woman, a strong and confident person who doesn't need to fit into some unrealistic cookie-cutter mold of Hollywood's making.
And let's look at what Joel had to say in his blog just a few days ago:
Me and her mother feel like the luckiest two people alive right now. This time in our life has been amazing. We both look at our little girl every single moment everyday and know there is nothing we wouldn’t do to protect her and her perfect little innocence. It seems like you turn on the tv, or get online and its all bad news.We dont want her to know any of that yet. I actually never want her to know any of the pain and suffering we see out in the world everyday, or how harsh people can be as a result of it. Having this baby has really made me realize we all start out that way, then somewhere along the way something happens and people go one way or the other. But all started out sweet and innocent just like my little daughter.
Yes, Harlow right now is a sweet, innocent little baby. But bad things don't just exist in the big, bald world. She doesn't need to know the pain and agony that struggling to stay abnormally thin can bring, and you as her mother can be the greatest example she has. Continued on the next page
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