Empowering Young Women/Raising Daughters in New
York
I began my project by
starting up a Facebook page titled Raising Daughters in New York, https://www.facebook.com/raisingdaughtersinnyc
. My page aims to mothers, sisters, and
aunts, essentially all women who can encourage empowering teen girls.
I started this page mainly
for mothers’ of teens who reside in NYC.
The goal is to work with other mothers who grew up in NYC before social
media existed. As a mother of a 18
and 13 year old, I believe that the constant interaction our teens have with
Social Media has had somewhat of a negative impact on their self esteem and has caused them to constantly evaluate themselves emotionally. I feel
that young women today, are growing up thinking and believing they must look,
think, and feel a different way. They are influenced by advertising, social
media and society in itself. Because life in NYC can be a bit more faced-paced
and interaction with society can be tumultuous, as mothers raised here, I felt
we needed a place to teach our daughters to be "street wise", to
embrace themselves and to love who they are and maybe we can also empower each
other in the interim.
To promote my page, I posted a small documentary I put together of my daughters each expressing and voicing what empowers them as well giving advice.
I truly believe that we learn
from each other’s obstacles, trials and tribulations. The page is a judge free
zone and nobody is obligated to disclose everything if they do not want to. I also encouraged mothers whose daughters are all grown up, to give us some of
their guidance and experience. I have learned over the years that we all have
battles we are fighting and it is time we stop trying to fight them on our own.
Research
Bibliography
http://www.empoweredgirl.org
Bibliography
Fine, Carla
and Jane Fonda. Strong, Smart, And Bold: Empowering Girls for
Life. New York: HarperCollines Publishers Inc., , n.d.
Marone, Nicky. How To Mother A Successful
Daughter: A Practical Guide to Empowering Girls from Birth to Eighteen. Lincoln:
iUniverserse, Inc. , 1998, 2005.
Rathbone, Britt H., Julie B. Baron and Rosalind Wiseman. What Works with Teens: A Professional's Guide to Engaging
Authentically with Adolescents to Achieve Lasting Change. Oakland: Canada
by Raincoast Books, 2015.
Rutter, Virginia Beane. Celebrating Girls:
Nurturing and Empowering Our Daughters. Berkeley: Conari Press Books,
1996.
Wiseman, Rosalind. Queens Beens and Wannabes:
Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Realities of
Girl World. 2nd. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2002, 2009.
http://amysmartgirls.com
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