Key Findings:
Real Girls, Real Pressure: A National Report on the State of Self-Esteem, commissioned by the Dove® Self-Esteem Fund, reveals that there is a self-esteem crisis in this country that pervades every aspect of a girl’s life including her looks, performance in school and relationships with friends and family members
* Seven in ten girls believe they are not good enough or do not measure up in some way, including their looks, performance in school and relationships with friends and family members
o 62% of all girls feel insecure or not sure of themselves
o 57% of all girls have a mother who criticizes her own looks
o More than half (57%) of all girls say they don’t always tell their parents certain things about them because they don’t want them to think badly of them
o The top wish among all girls is for their parents to communicate better with them, which includes more frequent and open conversations about what is happening in their own lives
* Reality vs. Perception: Low self-esteem significantly impacts girls’ overall feelings about their own beauty
o 71% of girls with low self-esteem feel their appearance does not measure up, including not feeling pretty enough, thin enough or stylish or trendy enough (compared to 29% of girls with high self-esteem)
o 78% of girls with low self-esteem admit that it is hard to feel good in school when you do not feel good about how you look (compared to 54% of girls with high self-esteem)
o A girl’s self-esteem is more strongly related to how she views her own body shape and body weight, than how much she actually weighs
* Girls with low self-esteem are significantly more likely to engage in negative behaviors
o 75% of girls with low self-esteem reported engaging in negative activities such as disordered eating, cutting, bullying, smoking, or drinking when feeling badly about themselves (Compared to 25% of girls with high self-esteem)
+ 61% of teen girls with low self-esteem admit to talking badly about themselves (Compared to 15% of girls with high self-esteem)
+ 25% of teen girls with low self-esteem resort to injuring themselves on purpose or cutting when feeling badly about themselves (Compared to 4% of girls with high self-esteem)
+ 25% of teen girls with low self-esteem practice disordered eating, such as starving themselves, refusing to eat, or over-eating and throwing up when feeling badly about themselves (Compared to 7% of girls with high self-esteem)
* The self-esteem tipping point: Transition to teenage years results in loss of trust and communication with adults
o 67% of girls ages 13 – 17 turn to their mother as a resource when feeling badly about themselves compared to 91% of girls ages 8 – 12
o Only 27% of girls ages 13 – 17 will turn to their father for help when feeling badly about themselves compared to the 54% of girls ages 8-12. (At 16, girls become more likely to seek support from male peers than from their own dads)
o 65% of girls ages 13 – 17 refrain from telling their parents certain things about themselves to prevent parents from thinking badly about them, compared to the 49% of girls ages 8 – 12
* Parents’ words and actions play a pivotal role fostering positive self-esteem in girls
o Girls with low self-esteem are less likely to receive praise from either parent and more likely to receive criticism than girls with high self-esteem
o More than one-third (34%) of girls with low self-esteem believe that they are not a good enough daughter (Compared to 9% of girls with high self-esteem)
o 93% of girls with low self-esteem want their parents to change their behavior towards them in at least one way (Compared to 73% for girls with high self-esteem)
+ This includes: Wishing to be understood better (Low: 60%, High: 14%)
+ Being listened to more (Low: 52%, High: 18%)
+ Spending more time with them (Low: 43%, High: 15%)
Music
Rhianna, Katy Perry, Keyshia Cole, Beyonce, Lil Wayne, Jeezy, Maroon 5, Daughtry, NickelBack, Pink, Christina A, Mariah Canon (formerly known as Mariah Carey...lol), Anita Baker and more. Music is so uplifting!
Movies
Television
Books
The Secret, Fabulosity, Sister Sister, Cheaters, Building Smart, Confident, Successful girls....
Heroes
My Daddy...for bein the best dad a girl could ask for...for never leaving me or running from his responsibility...30 years later...he is still here supporting me and loving me to the fullest~ I LOVE YOU DADDY!!! CHARLES R. COMEAUX...#1 DAD!!!!! THE WORLDS GREATEST!
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For those of you who know me prior this page I am on a-whole-nuvva-level. Lol. I recently started a workshop for girls ages 8-12 and the female figures in their lives, to help build their self-esteem. The workshop is called Beautiful Treasure. I believe every girl deserves to feel beautiful and they should have the necessary tool to do so. I partnered with Dove's Self-Esteem Fund and began to contact schools, community centers and other facilities that would support the program. I am so excited and anxious to make a change in these girls lives. The reason I started this workshop was because one day my daughter, 7 yrs old (at the time), came home from school and said someone was teasing her calling her fat and ugly. I was upset. I was not going to allow anyone to make my children feel less than what they really are...no one likes to be made fun of and I remember the hurt teasing brought me and I was not going to let my children feel that way. I assured my daughter she was beautiful and all that mattered was her opinion of herself and no one else's. I went to the school to speak with the teacher, counselor and principal to see if there was a mandatory course on self-esteem. There was no such course. The school feels its the parents job and the parents feel that's the reason they send kids to school for them to learn there so why would they teach them anything....So I decided if the blame just kept getting pushed around no one would ever do anything. I got off my butt and took the initiative. Currently working with a Community Center in Houston, TX. I you feel like you have low self esteem or you know someone with low self esteem and or you just have a question or need advice hit me up I would love to answer your questions and hear your experiences...we all have been there...sharing experiences helps us heal and become stronger.
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Who I'd like to meet: Passionate people who are trying to make a difference in other people's lives.
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