Listen to an interview with author Judy Gordon on Metropolitan State College's Colorado Close Up , February 8, 2000. What we tell girls about themselves makes an impression. Inappropriate comparisons cause girls to feel lacking. High Self Esteem. When girls learn to deny vital information-giving parts of themselves, they begin to doubt their knowing.
Emotional expressions are valid and natural and deserve our respect and understanding.
When we view emotional expression as honest and valid, we allow ourselves to have more information with which to know our daughters. Developing emotional intelligence and fostering resiliency have much in common. Girls view the world in terms of relationships. Girls are challenged to reconcile femininity and achievement. Girls attribute academic success to luck, and academic difficulties to lack of ability.