+ raising strong and confident daughters. + challenges multiple pressures family, peers, school,...
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+Challenges
Multiple pressures Family, peers, school, health issues
Media saturated culture Social networking, Internet, TV, phones
Gender roles/expectations
Unhelpful messages
Bullying and violence in schools
Body image
Dangerous risk taking
+How do we support young people in growing up whole and move beyond the cultural limitations of gender roles?
• Be beautiful• Be skinny• Be sexy
• Be sure to please others
GIRL BOX
+Tasks for Girls
Transition from childhood to adolescence
Join the larger culture and develop identity, independence and relationship skills
Path to a healthy development
Obstacles The message from popular culture is often debasing and
dangerous Pressure to conform can result in risky and dangerous
values and behavior
+Friendship
In-depth relationship with many important components
Be a friend to make a friend
Apply foundations of friendship to parent-daughter relationship Importance of trust Comfortable conversations
+Individuality
Girls don’t always strive to be unique
Popularity and trends
Tough job for parents It’s OK to deviate from “cookie-cutter” image Uniqueness is valuable
+Harassment
Verbal, physical, or sexuality
Two common forms: bullying and teasing
Lessons for daughters: How to ward off potential violators What is appropriate physical contact NO MEANS NO
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