How to Avoid Passing on Your Body-Image Issues

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How to Avoid Passing on Your Body-Image Issues

February 22, 2020

A roundup of new guidance and stories from NYT Parenting.

Parents who struggle with food and self-image can inadvertently pass along unhealthy behaviors to their kids. “If you want your kids to not have such a fraught relationship with pizza, then you need to work on your own relationship with it,” a dietitian told writer Virginia Sole-Smith.

If you’re pregnant and experiencing intense itching, it may be a sign of cholestasis, a seemingly rare but serious pregnancy-related liver disorder. Christina Caron, our NYT Parenting reporter, spoke to women who have experienced the condition.

Also on the site this week, Mira Ptacin wrote a moving essay on how losing a pregnancy impacted her relationship with her husband.

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As part of our series, “The Price of Modern Parenting,” Dani Blum and Laura Vanderkam interviewed parents about the benefits and challenges of participating in the gig economy. And you shared your own stories about how to handle conflicts about finances with a partner.

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— Melonyce McAfee, Senior Staff Editor, NYT Parenting

Bethany Mollenkof for The New York Times

Itching During Pregnancy? It Might Signal a Bigger Problem.

Cholestasis is the most common pregnancy-related liver disorder. Left untreated, it can cause fetal distress, hemorrhage and even stillbirth.

Learn more about cholestasis

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via Mira Ptacin

How to Stay Married After Losing a Baby

My breasts were leaking milk, I was wearing a trampoline-sized maxi pad and still bleeding when I said the words “I do.”

Read Mira’s story

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Molly Matalon for The New York Times

Your Kid Doesn’t Have to Inherit Your Body-Image Issues

Precious few of us show up to parenthood with a glowing relationship with our bodies intact.

How to avoid passing along unhealthy behaviors

David Biskup

The Gig Economy Offers Parents Options and Obstacles

App-enabled part-time work gives parents flexibility, but long hours don’t guarantee a high paycheck.

Why some parents opt for gig work

“It always feels like there’s $20 in our bank account,” Christine Anastasia said.Anna Petras

How to Not Fight About Money After Kids

“The biggest worry wasn’t the sleepless nights, it wasn’t spit up, it wasn’t how to clean things. It was, how the heck are we going to get the money for all this?”

Readers share their solutions

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