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Real Girls vs. Media Girls
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Check out this GREAT video clip from New Moon Girls, showing Real Girls Molly, Brooke & Alex talking about their actual lives vs. the way girls are portrayed in the media.
In my upcoming book, Friendship & Other Weapons: Group Activities to Help Young Girls Cope with Bullying, I have a section dedicated to helping girls become critical thinkers when it comes to the media’s influences; I love the fact that these three awesome girls are already carefully evaluating–rather than eagerly absorbing–media content.
>Parents, Don’t Dress Your Girls Like Tramps by LZ Granderson
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>”Friends bow to peer pressure. Parents say, ‘No, and that’s the end of it.'”
Just came across this article on CNN.com by LZ Granderson. It is so brilliantly written and so completely true regarding the clothing options available for young girls…and a parent’s role in making decisions for their kids–cool points notwithstanding!
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/04/19/granderson.children.dress/index.html?hpt=T2
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