13 Ways To Boost Your Daughter ’ s Self-Esteem How to help girls build confidence based on what they can do , not what they look like
By Juliann Garey
In a culture saturated with digitally altered images of impossibly thin women , raising girls with high self-esteem can be daunting indeed . But as parents , you have great influence — both by what you say and what you do . Here ’ s some advice from experts Catherine Steiner-Adair , EdD , a clinical psychologist , school consultant and creator of “ Full of Ourselves ,” a social-emotional program for girls , Anea Bogue , MA , author ( 9 Ways We Are Screwing Up Our Girls and How We Can Stop ) and the creator of REALgirl , an empowerment program for girls , and Mary Rooney , PhD , a clinical psychologist who specializes in adolescents .
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