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\"It makes me proud that I’m trying to make a difference and I feel like I have made a difference,\" Wilson told \"Good Morning America\" about the response to her post. \"It makes me feel good to know that I’m helping people be more confident and be aware of what they say.\"

Wilson recalls that she first heard negative comments about her own body from family members at age 7. She made a shift in how she talks to her own kids about their bodies after an experience with her then-4-year-old son.

\"He put on one of those big puffy jackets and he said, 'Momma I look fat,' and he didn’t want to wear it,\" Wilson said. \"I knew that he heard that from me.\"

Wilson said the moment immediately changed her parenting approach, from what she does, like not wearing a bathing suit cover-up, to what she says, especially to Eden, her only daughter.

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\"I always want her to know that beauty comes from the inside and not the outside,\" Wilson said. \"I do tell her she’s beautiful but I always tell her that her heart is beautiful and that she's brave and smart.\"

Eden, according to her mom, is a confident, sweet and outgoing young girl who is happy to put on her bathing suit, whether to swim or just play outside.

\"She’s not worried about what she looks like,\" Wilson said. \"She lives in the moment and that’s what I want.\"

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