Real Girls, Real Pressure

Self-esteem has become a national crisis. Many little girls have a negative image about their body. They are disturbed and depressed by the way they feel about their body, looks, performance in school and relationships. Many self-hate themselves. These negativity pull down their self-esteem very much. So they start engaging in harmful and destructive behavior that can leave a lasting imprint on their lives.


Most common dangerous behaviors of girls with low self esteem:

• Eating disorder – starving, refusing to eat or over-eating and throwing up when feeling badly about themselves
• Bullying
• Smoking or drinking
• Talking badly about themselves
• Injuring themselves

Young girls need proper guidance and support.

The good news is that if parents and other role models are willing to create a steady conversation of encouragement, honesty and openness it can definitely help girls gain confidence and reach their full potential.

If we spend time giving girls new ways to think about beauty, body image and self-esteem it can make a real difference.

Dove is helping us parent to take our first step towards it. Dove has developed a program to provide the resources necessary to create positive change and ensure the next generation of young women grows up feeling good about themselves and appreciating their own unique beauty.

To ensure everyone has access to self-esteem resources, Dove has developed a range of powerful online tools, workbooks and facilitator training guides.

You can visit www.campaignforrealbeauty.com to download free self-esteem building tools for girls, moms and mentors including:

• True You and Mirror, Mirror booklets
• Interactive exercises
• Workshop Facilitator Guide DVD

I appreciate Dove’s every effort to pump up the self-esteem of our little girls.


For supporting this cause, Dove presented me 2 wonderful books

1.Life Doesn't Begin 5 Pounds From Now by Jessica Weiner


2.Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters by Courtney E.Martin

I am very honored as ever when I wear Dove’s gift T-shirt which says

“ you’re beautiful
pass it on”

It makes me keep my head held high to know I am doing my duty perfectly to bring up future little ladies brimming with self-confidence and courage…..


I have done mine, do visit www.campaignforrealbeauty.com and do your part too, as a fellow Mummy of Gals…

The Women

Today's post is about yet another wonderful venture of Dove. Regular readers of my blog must be knowing well about the Dove's Campaign for Real Beauty.

THE WOMEN

The Women is a fast-paced, witty and emotional look at all things female, including loyalties, betrayals, careers, families and most of all, friendships. A remake of the 1939 classic film, The Women features an all-female cast of distinguished actresses.

THE WOMEN BEHIND “THE WOMEN”

Dove worked with film director Diane English to create a short film called The Women Behind “The Women.” This short film follows 16-year-old teen journalist Cammy Nelson behind-the-scenes of The Women to learn, first-hand, how Hollywood creates the images we see on screen, highlighting the work and people involved in making a major motion picture come to life.

Visit Dove.com to :

1. View exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of “The Women” & The Women Behind “The Women”

2. Watch the exclusive mini documentary The Women Behind “The Women”

3. Read the Director’s Diary by Diane English

4. Go behind-the-scenes with teen journalist Cammy Nelson

5. Download self-esteem building tools for girls, moms and mentors

6. Enter for a chance to win one of 100 pairs of movie tickets per day between 9/3 and 9/19

For taking part in the beauty campaign and writing about it my blog, I was gifted with wonderful Dove Gift bag with beauty products and movie tickets to "The Women". Eager to have a look at the bag and review of the film.......Keep waiting...More photos of it in the next post.....