Heartbroken Over Girls Hating Their Bodies, Counselor Mom Pushes for State Law Change

Peggy McFarland’s conscience wouldn’t let her stay silent.
As a mother, teacher, and licensed professional clinical counselor, McFarland has repeatedly seen girls become conditioned to despise their own bodies, especially when they hit puberty.
“I just feel so brokenhearted,” she told The Epoch Times, “when I have seen how they start hating their bodies and being embarrassed and ashamed.
“And I just have this deep desire: ‘How can I help these girls to feel that growing up being a girl is something wonderful—and not something terrifying?’”
Peggy McFarland, Idaho mother and counselor, in an undated photo. (PeggyMcFarland.com)
After raising her “blended family” of five daughters and four sons, McFarland has dedicated her professional life to correcting and preventing body-image damage among girls. She even wrote a curriculum titled “Healthy Transitions for Girls.”…