A boost for girls

Actually this is great for anyone, but it is particularly helpful for adolescent girls and older. The barrage of damage to young girls' body image is well-known and documented. Here is an approach that I happened upon earlier this summer. I love it! Check out the website. Their tagline is: "transforming the way you see yourself one post-it note at a time." www.operationbeautiful.com

Do it yourself. Get your friends to participate. Get your kids to be sneaky post-it posters. Have your kids help you think up things to say on them. Have older kiddos help write them. Think of fun places to hide them...guerilla style. At the same time that you are boosting their self images you can also teach them the joy of doing something nice for someone in secret, without wanting or needing personal pats on the back for doing it. Let me know how your kids react.