Parenting SA: girls and healthy relationships

Increasingly, girls are sexualised and objectified in the media, with images and messages focusing on the importance of how they look over who they are as a person. Find some strategies to assist girls to overcome or resist the pervasive messaging and to identify their strengths.

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respectful relationships , RRE , girls , sexualisation , objectification , personal strengths

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