Heather Has a New Mommy

Everyone on the world wide interweb, from the usual suspects (Bella and Jezebel), to the not so-oft thought beauty sources like Perez and Newsweek is talking about this brand new picture book , My Beautiful Mommy. Written by a cosmetic derm from Fla, the pink bound tome is meant to helps kids cope with parents getting plastic surgery. Now, I know I'm going to hear about this from the decency police on this, but I think it makes sense to have such a little story. How else can small children cope/learn about such drastic physical changes in their parents? (Granted this one only talks about a tummy tuck, not the nose and boob job the mom depicted also gets.) Children's books have a long history of explaining important stuff in simple allegorical terms. So if this is necessary (which I'm pretty sure it is in some homes) then I support it. Now, if someone could just figure out how to teach adults about self-love and acceptance, we'd certainly be living in a better place. - Jenna Mahoney