A MAGAZINE FOR YOUNG GIRLS
IS ACCUSED OF INTRODUCING BODY
IMAGE ISSUES AFTER RUNNING AN
ARTICLE ABOUT HOW TO CHOOSE A
BATHING SUIT.
THE ARTICLE HAS PEOPLE
ONLINE AND IN THE STREETS
TALKING.
ELISE FINCH HAS THE STORY.
Reporter: DISCOVERY GIRLS
MAGAZINE DESCRIBES ITSELF AS A
PUBLICATION CREATED BY GIRLS
FOR GIRLS.
A LAYOUT IN THE LATEST  IS
HEAVILY READ AND CRITICIZEED BY
PARENTS.
IT'S TITLED WHAT SWIMSUIT BEST
FITS YOU FOR GIRLS CURVY ON
TOP, STRAIGHT UP  DOWN AND
ROUNDER IN THE MIDDLE.
WE EVERYWHERE ENOUGH
PROBLEMS.
Reporter: THE PICTURES HAVE
BEEN POSTED AND REPOSTED.
THE COMMENTS?
WE WONDER WHY GIRLS HAVE BODY
ISSUES.
THESE GIRLS WILL CHANGE
SEVERAL TIMES OVER THEIR LIVES
AND SHOULD BE EMPOWERED TO KNOW
THEY SHOULD CHANGE.
Reporter: THIS LICENSED
CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER SAID
THAT THE INFORMATION NEGATIVELY
FRAMED.
TELLING GIRLS YOU SHOULD
FEEL UPTIGHT OR UNCOMFORTABLE
ABOUT THESE BODY PARTS AND THIS
BATHING SUIT WILL HELP DISGUISE
IT.
Reporter: THE FEED BACK IS
SO NEGATIVE THAT THE PUBLISHER
ADMITTED THEIR MISTAKE IN AN
OPEN LOART FACEBOOK READ MANAGE
PART, THE ARTICLE WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE ABOUT FINDING CUTE, FUN
SWIMSUITS THAT MAKE GIRLS FEEL
CONFIDENT BUT INSTEAD T HAD A
NEGATIVE IMPACT.
PARENTSSAY THIS MAKES A REAL
TEACHABLE MOMENT MAKING THIS A
GOOD TIME TO HAVE AN HONEST
CONVERSATION WITH YOUR CHILD.
THE WORST THING YOU CAN DO
IS CRITICIZE YOUR OWN BODY IN
FRONT OF YOUR CHILD.
IF YOU ARE POSITIVE ABOUT
YOURSELF, YOU ARE MORE LIKELY
TO HAVE A CHILD POSITIVE ABOUT
THEMSELVES.
Reporter: A NUMBER OF
PARENTS SAY THEY WON'T LET
THEIR CHILDREN READ THE ISSUE.
