I know that I matter. I speak my mind. I make choices that are good for me. Girls examine the ideal of thinness and the treatment of those who don't meet it. We're saying you can take what is useful and leave the rest.
Girls know how cruel it can be to judge someone by the color of their body.
In fourth grade, girls are already putting themselves on diets and equating feelings of insecurity with being too fat, Steiner-Adair said. Researchers have also found that younger girls are more apt to listen to young teens, whom they admire, than adult authority figures, she said. The addition of an Oklahoma city city also allows program developers to obtain feedback from a more politically conservative area. And we welcome that kind of critical feedback. We need to know what adjustments need to be made to make this work in every community.