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Welcome! The entire Girls Rock! team welcomes you to our brand new website! We hope the information provided here is useful. asdf asdf Introductions
asdf One unavoidable challenge comes from our culture's heavy focus on personal appearance. Just as mass media bombards women with advice on reaching a look that is unrealistic for most of us, it has become normal for our daughters to judge themselves and others harshly based on physical size, weight, and shape. asdf Tragically, this is reflected in national statistics reporting that 81% of 10-year-old girls are afraid of being fat, and 50% of girls between 12 and 14 say they are unhappy because they "feel fat."1 Many of us believe that we are desirable only if we abide by the "be skinny" standard. This belief hangs on the demoralizing notion that self-worth is dependent on external standards. asdf Our Girls Rock! curriculum, presentations, workshops, and book help to diffuse this obnoxious, narrow, and unrealistic standard around beauty. We teach girls and moms to realize that true health is based on nutritional, emotional, physical, and spiritual needs. Maintaining balance is what makes us beautiful. asdf It's awesome to be a girl today! No matter your age, we hope that you are excited about your place with us in this sisterhood, too. Never forget: Girls Rock! asdf 1 Statistic courtesy of the National Eating Disorders Association, online at NationalEatingDisorders.org. |
Buy the Book! Check out our new book! Girls Rock! Just the Way We Are: Wise Teens Offer Tweens & Moms Advice on Healthy Body Image, Self-Esteem & Personal Empowerment is available online from Lulu Publishing and inside Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lexington, KY. |
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Girls
Rock!
is a grassroots, non-profit organization made possible by the
generous volunteerism of girls and women in Lexington, Kentucky.
Alongside numerous professional health experts, teenage girls serve as mentors and
big sisters to their younger peers --- offering guidance on healthy body
image, self-esteem, and personal empowerment.