HAVING A PARENT WHO IS OVERLY FOCUSED ON APPEARANCE In childhood, many of us received direct and indirect messages about our appearance. A parent-figure(s) may have even commented directly on certain aspects of your appearance with statements such as “You should wear your hair down,” “Your thighs are getting bigger,” “Do you really think it’s a good idea to have seconds?” or “You’d look a lot better if you didn’t wear clothes like that.”
