Parents Play Important Role to School Girls' Self Esteem

For being our defender ever since we were born and that's always ready to protect us. For patiently teaching us ABC's and for being such a kill joy at times especially during our teenage years. We may not know how proud they are whenever we get the first place in any competition or get straight A's in our report card. But we should all be glad that we have them and most especially for being our number one fan to whatever we pursue in life. They are our parents.

I was checking over the related articles about school girls when I saw an article about parents and girls entitled Personal Health; Parents Can Bolster Girls' Fragile Self-Esteem. As what is mentioned in the article, "Girls are more likely than boys to experience a crisis in self-confidence as they enter puberty." And women are known for being fragile and need some attention and guidance. Most of the girls are centering their attention in improving themselves based on how they look at other girls especially at models and celebrities. Young girls are now aware of the things that should be for adults only like make-ups, high heels, weight, etc. but people are doing nothing in order to restrict those to young girls that is why school, society and mass media gets the blame because they are the reason for all those.

Everything begins at home, from a child's attitude to child's confidence. Self-esteem is said to be shaped by the parents or guardians because girls spent their first years with them. They should teach their child on how to handle and deal with pressure and how to develop their self-identity without depending on others. Parents must also fulfill their duties by giving them what they need from material things to emotional needs.

By doing little things for her, she feel loved and appreciated and that is where they build their self-esteem.  They feel contented for what they have and what they are because of how her parents treated her. Parents should not condemn their child to try new things and should not degrade and compare them to others because they will feel that they are not good enough. That is where they start to mimic models and celebrities and focus their attention in improving themselves to be like them, to be perfect like them.


The writer of the said article, Jane E. Brody, stated, "To develop a healthy ego, every child, boy or girl, must have a sense of autonomy. Children need the right to make decisions for themselves and the opportunity to learn from their mistakes. The parents' job is to make sure the child considers all the relevant facts before plunging ahead." The parents' role is just to guide their child in every aspect of his/her life and not to control over. Let them decide for themselves and give some chance to experience things on their own but it is also the parents' responsibility to ensure that their child is aware of the difference between the right and wrong.

Parents, in biological aspect, are two people from whom we inherit our genes. But if we are to discuss parents as part of the society, they serve as every child's guardian as they grow up. So before you become a parent, be sure to be physically and emotionally ready.