How to Raise Confident Teenage Girls (VIDEO)
Are we seeing a lack of confidence in teenage girls? Is there too much focus on reality-star type celebrities? What can we do to help our daughters have better self-esteem?
Dr. Janet Taylor, a clinical psychiatrist, contributing editor BeWell.com and mother of four daughters, recently appeared on “The Today Show,” with host Ann Curry and guest host Sarah Palin, to talk about the importance fathers play in helping their daughters feel confident in themselves.
“Self-esteem is a ratio of success to expectations,” Dr. Taylor said. “When we hear them talking and making comments about reality stars, we have to focus them back on their own strengths and their own values and we have to look at ourselves, as mothers, and what we teach them.”
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Watch Dr. Janet Taylor on “The Today Show” below:
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