Every day I would watch my sweet mom pull at her clothing, complaining of how great her life would be if she "just lost 10 pounds". She was my superhero role model but she didn't know it. She was too busy counting calories and watching fat grams and passing down the legacy of body bashing language to me.

I am not the only one with this story.

Today, 61% of girls and young women report that their mother has engaged in unhealthy body centered behavior, while 58% report their mother criticizes her own body.* The way mothers treat their body is a huge indicator of how daughters will treat theirs.

And in a world where girls and young women are 3x more likely to hear their mothers criticizing their bodies than complimenting them,* you can begin to stop this cycle and do something about it you can vow to make BODY PEACE this Mother's Day, for our daughters and ourselves.

That's why Seventeen Magazine started The Seventeen Body Peace Project, an ongoing campaign to help girls come to terms with their body image and start to make peace.

To date more than 26,000 girls have signed the Seventeen Body Peace Treaty at Seventeen.com, and so we turn to you to add your own signature.

Making BODY PEACE means you begin to accept your body for the wonderfully (imperfect) instrument it is. You begin to value your body for all it does and choose to give up on striving toward the unrealistic and unattainable ideas of perfection. It also means passing down a healthy relationship with food and exercise to your daughter. Most of all, it means you are willing to stop the fighting/dieting/body bashing and begin loving your body so your daughter can learn to love hers.

Here are 3 tips to help you bond with your daughter this Mother¹s Day and make BODY PEACE together:

Get Real: If you haven't had a conversation about body image or self-esteem with your daughter yet, now's a great time to begin. It doesn't have to be a 'Hallmark' moment but rather an honest and open conversation about your own struggles, views of your body image, and a vow to change your attitude about your own beauty. Begin replacing 'fat talk' with talk about career goals, personal dreams, or silly family stories. Start talking about the content of your character not only the calories you eat!

Get Active: Do something you and your daughter have always dreamed of doing ­ start a book club, train for a 5K, go away on a girl's weekend, or go and get that long overdue mani/pedi. It's Ok to create new rituals together instead of treating exercise as a punishment try taking a belly dancing class (just because it's so much fun!), finally go out Salsa dancing together, or invite your daughter to your yoga class. Just do something active together and bond over celebrating your bodies.

Get Involved in Body Peace: Go to Seventeen.com and pledge to spread the body love together. Join our goal of getting a million girls and women to sign our Body Peace Treaty. Tell everyone you know. Be a role model to your own daughter and girls everywhere by choosing to stop your own negative body talk and instead choose to use empowering words and send positive messages. Girls who report positive body image are more likely to have heard a compliment about their bodies from their mothers.*

I am proud to be the Body Peace Expert for Seventeen Magazine. I know firsthand how powerful making BODY PEACE can be in forever changing the way we see ourselves and our body image.

Mothers are the most powerful tool we have in lifting up the self-esteem of our daughters and creating happy, healthy young women.

Happy Mother's Day and here's to creating a world together one where women and girls of all ages, sizes, races, and backgrounds can look in the mirror and proudly declare their Body Peace!