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We are not supposed to look the same

This powerful message about body diversity and self-love is a great one to share with the Mighty Girls in your life!

With 46% of 9-year-old girls 'sometimes' or 'very often' on diets, girls' self-esteem peaking at age 9 and 80% of girls reporting being afraid of becoming fat by age 10, fostering a healthy self image is a big priority for many parents of Mighty Girls. To help make it easier, we've compiled a collection of excellent books on body image for Mighty Girls from toddlers to teens and their parents.

To check out our reading recommendations, visit our blog post "25 Body Image Positive Books for Mighty Girls," visit https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=10912

In particular, we recommend "I Like Myself" for ages 3 to 8 (https://www.amightygirl.com/i-like-myself) and "A Smart Girl's Guide to Liking Herself, Even on the Bad Days" for ages 9 to 12 (https://www.amightygirl.com/a-smart-girl-s-guide-to-liking-herself)

For an excellent guide focused on body image issues for teens 13 and up, check out "The Body Image Workbook for Teens: Activities to Help Girls Develop a Healthy Body Image in an Image-Obsessed World" for ages 13 and up (https://www.amightygirl.com/body-image-workbook)

And, for an empowering guide for adult women who struggle with body image or self-confidence, we highly recommend the uplifting book, "Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self-Acceptance," at http://amzn.to/2qf53PZ

This wonderful graphic is by Kate Pittman from This is Not a Diet - it's your life.

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Le 21 mai est la Journée mondiale de la diversité culturelle pour le dialogue et le développement. via UNESCO

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4 Things Transformational Teachers Do (download pdf)

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12 Ways to Nurture a Love of Reading

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Candidature "philosopher et méditer avec les enfants" SEVE Canada.

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"Please stop telling me my active daughter might get hurt"

“Picture a cross between Spider-Man and the Flash, and you have my daughter,” writes Leslie Kendall Dye in the Washington Post. “I can handle my child; I’ve been doing it for years. It’s the admonitions of strangers that depletes me... I’ve developed a thick skin after years of strangers sending me the signal that my child’s exploits are dangerous and that I am irresponsible for allowing her to engage in them.” In her article, Dye speaks to all the strangers who tell her that her daughter is at risk of getting hurt, reminding them that all children can and should be physically adventurous -- and that it’s particularly important not to undermine girls as they test their limits.

Dye can’t help but wonder “how often I’d be criticized if my child were a boy... I’ve never seen a boy the same age who is as fearless or muscular as my daughter. Or maybe I don’t notice the boys who jump from great heights or shinny up poles -- I don’t notice them because I have been conditioned to expect this behavior from boys. Are we still a society that trains girls to ‘behave’ by undermining their confidence in their own bodies’ strength and ability?” Sometimes, strangers even seem to feel a need to remind Dye’s daughter -- or themselves -- that she is a girl. “When she leaps from scaffolding and lands at someone’s feet like a cheetah on the prowl, she is often greeted with: ‘Such a pretty face!’ Or, ‘What a pretty dress that is!’... She just sailed five feet through the air -- and it wasn’t the dress that did the jumping.”

“We should want for all our children the kind of sure-footedness that only repeated explorations of varied terrains can provide,” she writes. “Interfering with risk-taking mammalian play imperils our young by undermining their confidence. It also disrupts their development.... My daughter has rarely skinned a knee, much less broken a bone. Even if she had, I would not try to stop her quest for high adventure.” While the unsolicited advice, comments, or criticisms of strangers are often tiresome, sometimes, Dye observes, someone says just the right thing: on a recent trip to a park, an elderly woman walking with a cane stopped to watch Dye’s daughter, then turned to her. “Your daughter is willful and determined,” she said. “I wish all children — especially girls — were allowed to roam free. May she never change.”

To read Leslie Kendall Dye's entire article on The Washington Post, visit http://wapo.st/2ffFmck

For two excellent parenting books about the importance of physical play for kids’ development, check out “The Art of Roughhousing” (http://www.amightygirl.com/the-art-of-roughhousing) and “Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children” (http://www.amightygirl.com/balanced-and-barefoot)

For another insightful parenting book that explores the value of encouraging risk-taking in children, we highly recommend "Free-Range Kids: How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children (Without Going Nuts with Worry)" at http://www.amightygirl.com/free-range-kids

For a new book encouraging girls to bravely pursue their own adventures, check out “The Gutsy Girl: Escapades for Your Life of Epic Adventure”, for ages 10 and up http://www.amightygirl.com/the-gutsy-girl

For many books for children about the wonders of outdoor discovery, visit our blog post, "Explore Your World: 25 Mighty Girl Books About Outdoor Discovery," at http://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=11570

And, if you have a fierce Mighty Girl, you might appreciate the "Though She Be But Little She Is Fierce" t-shirt -- available in a variety of styles and colors for both children and adults at http://www.amightygirl.com/fierce-t-shirt

Elementary School Replaces Detention With Meditation
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