Research shows that girls approach their teen years with confidence and enthusiasm. At adolescence girls experience some disturbing and unhealthy changes. Adolescent girls tend to have lower expectations for their future than boys do. They suffer a greater loss of self-esteem than boys. During their teen years, girls begin to measure their self-worth by their physical appearance, while boys value themselves by their abilities.
Girls also tend to receive less attention than boys in school and extracurricular activities.
This has a direct impact on levels of academic achievement. Take Our Daughters to Work Day enables girls to see that women have a range of life options. They are given reasons to believe in their education and to stay in school. Girls receive the extra support they need to believe in themselves. They are encouraged for what they can do with their lives rather than how they look.