Body Confidence

In today's Guardian (1.5.12), Dr Wright applauds the strides forward in tackling body confidence and body image issues with the recent inaugural Body Confidence Awards held at the Palace of Westminster.

In a letter to the paper, Dr Wright talks about her concerns about the premature sexualisation of children and says: 'As parents, we must be aware of the forces at work that are not only stereotyping our children into gender roles – which is becoming challenged by the excellent work of groups like Pinkstinks, which so rightly picked up an award last week – but also sexualising children at an earlier and earlier age: makeup aimed at tots, inappropriate sexual clothing, and the sexual images which surround our children.'  Click here to read the letter in full.