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Girls with Low Self-Esteem: How to Raise Girls with Healthy Self-Esteem
Introduction Although women have made gains in education and employment in the equal rights war, they're still losing ...
Source: NYU Child Study Center
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Girl Power! Is Good Mental Health
GIRL POWER! is paving the way for girls to build confidence, competence, and pride in themselves, in other words, ...
Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Body Image and Self-esteem
What Are Body Image and Self-esteem?Body image is the picture that you have of your physical appearance in your mind. ...
Source: Families Are Talking
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The Sexualization of Girlhood
The popular culture gives girls contradictory messages about womanhood and sexuality and masks the violence that is ...
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Help Girls Improve Their Self Esteem
Developing a healthy sense of self-esteem is important for girls, especially when they reach adolescence. Girls need ...
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Gender Bias in College Admissions Tests
The SAT I is designed solely to predict students' first year college grades. Yet, despite the fact that females earn ...
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Families and Parent Educators Help Girls Go Beyond Stereotypes
VaJezatha Payne-Hines has given her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter ‘boy’ toys as well as dolls and other ...
Source: Action Alliance for Children
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The Sexualization of Girls and Mental Health Problems: Is There a Connection?
Think about the following: a 5-year-old girl wearing a T-shirt that says "Flirt." the advice given in ...
Source: NYU Child Study Center
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Introduce Your Girl to Engineering
Women make up 46% of the American workforce, but they account for only 24% of jobs in science, technology, and ...
Source: Education.com
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Working Together to Spread the Word: Education.com's Special Edition on Bullying
Bullying is an ever-present problem in the lives of school kids. Our hope at Education.com is that this Special Edition ...
Source: Education.com
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Girls and Science: The Wave of the Future?
As our economy goes global, math, science, and technology are bigger than ever - and these fields are precisely those ...
Source: Education.com
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Girls on the Run: Mentoring Helps American Girls Succeed in Careers, Life
Girls who are coached in sports, leadership and academics from as young as 8 years old are better equipped to combat ...
Source: International Information Programs (U.S. Department of State)
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What to Do About the Mean Girls
If you have a daughter, take the time to read this. It could save her a lot of heartache. Not to mention stomach aches,...
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When Girls Bully
When a parent thinks about bullying they may think of bloody noses, knuckle sandwiches and loud name-calling. But...
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Indirect Aggression Amongst Teenage Girls and How Parents Can Help
When people think of aggression and bullying in schools, they often conjure up images of overt or direct physical...
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Why the Girl Scouts Matter
Everyone has heard of the Girl Scouts. But the organization that started in 1912 with just 18 girls in Savannah,...
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Single Sex Education: The New Segregation?
A cure for low test scores. A panacea for teen pregnancy. A way to cut down on bullying. Or, a return to the dark ages?...
Source: Education.com
