Feb. 9, 2009 In the ‘takes one to know one’ category, I have to throw my own overachiever support behind young SuperGirl Liz Funk who has spent the last couple years detailing the ‘pressure to be perfect’ among teenage girls. Shaping Youth is one of the ‘book tour stops’ for SuperGirls Speak Out, and I’d slated Liz closer to her debut March 3rd, but in typical ‘overachiever’ … [Read more...]
Supergirls Speak Out: Liz Funk on NBC Today, Tomorrow!
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Girls’ Prescription for Self-Worth: Respect Rx
As we wind down All Things Girl Week on Shaping Youth (which has turned into more of a month) let’s connect the dots on the one theme that keeps resurfacing time and again from sports and school to body image and brains…Respect. Respect Rx is the universal inoculation against media and marketing cues that can damage girls’ psyches and erode their souls … [Read more...]
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