When a young girl sees a music video or a television show with the women half dressed, they think oh, this is fine. The latest entertainers that young girls idolize don t realize what an impact they have on girls around the ages of seven and thirteen. Most of them push a look that is too grown up for the young girls. Those role models make the girls much too conscious of their weight, looks, and sexuality. Obviously, nothing can be done about how the actresses or entertainers act, but parents can talk to their daughters about it and monitor what they watch on television.
Society is another area that pressures young girls.
It is true that girls mature faster than boys do, but that doesn t mean that society should push girls harder to grow up faster. At the age of eight or especially twelve, girls are, in a way, looked down on for still playing with Barbie dolls. Children do what is expected of them. Society expects little girls to want to wear makeup, talk on the phone, and talk about boys all the time. Some girls may think they are weird because they don t want to do those things.