1. My Little Girl is Growing Up

2. Challenges Multiple pressures Media saturated culture
Family, peers, school, health issues
Media saturated culture
Social networking, Internet, TV, phones
Gender roles/expectations
Unhelpful messages
Bullying and violence in schools
School achievement
Body image

3. Be sure to please others
How do we support young people in growing up whole and move beyond the cultural limitations of gender roles?
GIRL BOX
Be beautiful
Be skinny
Be sexy
Be sure to please others

4. Tasks for Girls Obstacles 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

5. 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

6. 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

8. 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