Teach your daughter to hold her head up high and not care about what other people are saying about her behind her back.
Dear Lisi: My daughter has hit puberty HARD! She woke up one morning with hair under her arms and her small buds had blossomed into very large breasts. Thankfully it was the weekend, so we were able to run out and buy her some bras. Only that week, she was supported in a crop top.
My daughter understands that her body is growing and she can’t do anything about it. But she doesn’t understand why the girls are being mean to her as a result.You can teach your daughter to hold her head up high and not care about what other people are saying about her behind her back. Those girls are jealous and, because one girl thought being mean was the way forward, they’ve all followed her lead.
“Why does the onus still fall on children and not on the adults who are sexualizing them? The teaching moment here would be to allow the letter writer to personally reflect on this way of thinking. Are we raising yet another generation of girls to be ashamed and confused of their bodies, with the misguided delusion that what they wear will protect them from predatory behaviour?
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