Jenna Dewan Teaches Her Daughter to Embrace a Positive Body Image

Being active at an early age can play a vital role in embracing a healthy lifestyle. That’s why most parents go an extra mile to encourage their kids to be more active, and famous actress and dancer Jenna Dewan is no different.

The Step Up star talked about balancing motherhood and workouts in a recent interview with Parade and jokingly said she mostly exercises by chasing her 6-year-old daughter Everly around and helping her “save the mermaids.”

Dewan also said that the main focus of her workouts is to feel strong and confident, and she’s trying to teach her mini-me to have the same outlook on fitness and exercise.

“When you make it a part of your life and something you do to feel good and not make it about a body – I don’t talk about it being ’I want to lose weight’ or ’I want to feel anything.’ It’s more about feeling strong in the body. Hopefully she’s picking that up!” explained Dewan.