Low Self Esteem and Low Self Confidence

Girls Low Self Esteem and Low Self Confidence:
Symptoms and Statistics

There’s so much information out there about self-esteem, some of it good, some of it not.

While surfing the Internet I came upon some very interesting information about low self esteem and adolescent self-esteem and have listed them below.

But first, if you’d like to know how YOU can build  self esteem and confidence in YOUR child and in yourself, know this:

It is easier than you think and is a matter of daily and consistent action focused on building and strengthening how your see and value yourself.

To get some awesome ideas of exactly how to build great self-confidence and self-esteem, please read the article about how journaling can build self-confidence in pre-teens (just remember that this advice is good for women and girls of any age!)

Self Esteem Statistics and Symptoms

• “Girls’ self-esteem peaks when they are 9 years old, then takes a nose dive,” clinical psychologist Robin F. Goodman writes on the New York University Child Study Center Web site.
• Seventy-five percent of 8- and 9-year-olds who said they liked their looks. That figure dropped to 56 percent among girls ages 12 and 13.
• Nine — Age at which at least half of all girls report having been on a diet. Eighty percent of eighth grade girls say they are on diets.
• Seven million girls and women who have eating disorders, compared with 1 million boys and men. Ten percent report onset at 10 years or younger; 33 percent ages 11 to 15.
• Twenty percent College-aged women in America are bulimic.
• Girls who watch TV commercials featuring underweight models lose self-confidence and become more dissatisfied with their own bodies (SOURCE: Dove Campaign, “Dove Campaign for Real Beauty to Help Foster Self-Esteem in Girls“.
• One-third of all girls in grades nine to 12 think they are overweight, and 60 percent are trying to lose weight. (Quoting the Girl Scout Research Institute, 2002-2004).

Love self-esteem and self-confidence is a serious issue.  Please take steps today to strengthen your self-esteem and the self-esteem of your loved ones.

Here’s to improved self-esteem in everyone!

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“A sweet, simple self-esteem building journal for kids!”

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