I think I am a mindful Mom. I think that I work hard to build my daughter’s self-esteem on a daily basis. But school, homework and sport activities take up so much of our family time. I need to check in with my parenting priorities.
Am I doing enough to build my daughter’s self-esteem? Am I giving my daughter the extra attention she needs to counteract negative social messages?
I am inspired by Dove’s invitation to thousands of women across
Dove asks everyone to take 1 hour of our time to focus on a self-esteem activity with a young girl during the Dove Self-Esteem Weekend, October 22 to 24.
Free Online Resources and Registration
Women and local girls’ organizations can go to www.dovemovement.com to sign up, see a list of easy activities they can do at home, download materials and tools for group workshops or browse a list of free public workshops in their communities sponsored by the Dove Self-Esteem Fund.
Some activity ideas:
- Share Words of Encouragement – Send a self-esteem boosting e-mail to a young girl in your life
- Start a Conversation – choose an activity from the mother-daughter activity guide, such as Mom & Me where mothers and daughters can interview each other to learn more about each other
- A Boost Book – show a young girl how to create a scrapbook of encouraging sayings, images and clippings that they can refer to when having a tough self-esteem day
- What is Beauty Photography Project – taking pictures of what’s beautiful in the world around you and what’s beautiful about yourself
Upcoming
The National Eating Disorder Information Centre (NEDIC) will be hosting a self-esteem workshop led by NEDIC Director, Merryl Bear on Saturday, October 23, 2-4 p.m. at The Harbourfront Community Centre. Registration can be done online at http://tinyurl.com/dsefweekend
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