Bluebird to publish 'essential guide' to body positivity aimed at parents

Bluebird has acquired an "essential guide" to body positivity, aimed at parents, by counselling psychologist Dr Charlotte Ord.

Associate publisher Jodie Lancet-Grant acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to Body Confident You, Body Confident Kid: Seven Steps to Feeling Good About Your Body So Your Kids Grow Up Loving Theirs from Julia Silk at Greyhound Literary.

"Too many of us have grown up feeling unhappy with our bodies, harmed by society’s rigid and often toxic and unrealistic ‘beauty’ standards," the synopsis says. "Increasingly, especially in the age of social media, parents and carers don’t want their kids to feel the same pain that they did – and often, still do. In Body Confident You, Body Confident Kid, Dr Charlotte Ord provides a practical plan for protecting children from harmful diet culture – and, crucially, helping parents finally make peace with their own body image, too."

Ord said: "I’ve spent most of my life at war with my body. I’ve watched those close to me battle endlessly with theirs. And I’ve sat with hundreds of people in my psychology practice desperately seeking a way to feel at peace with themselves and food. Disentangling from the web of food moralisation, weight discrimination and thin privilege has taken a lifetime, but I have healed the wounds of my own body image, and I know how to help others do the same."

Lancet-Grant added: "Dr Charlotte Ord’s book is warm, compassionate and incredibly practical. It will help so many people – both adults and children – accept their bodies, and themselves."