Why Write About Raising Confident Girls?

When I spoke to a friend of mine about different ebooks that I wanted to write, one topic that kept coming to mind was that I wanted to write about Raising Confident Girls. This was a post that I had written on my blog, just out of the blue, writing about different things that I do with my girls, and how I plan to raise them in the upcoming years. This has been my most viewed post yet, went crazy on Pinterest, and I still get most of my page views from this post.

I knew I was onto something.

As a sister raised in a family of 3 girls, and having 2 little girls of my own, I take extreme pride in how my mother raised me and how I raise my children. The truth of the matter is that girls have it hard. Show me one boy who thinks that girls do not have it hard. I'll show you someone who will never be married...

We go through so many hurdles growing up as girls, and without the right guidance, interaction, connection, and motivation, all of it can turn back on us and we'll find a place that will just swallow us up.

You see it all the time on the news or on TV, our girls have the worst influences readily available to them with the click of the mouse, by pushing the on button on the TV, and even waiting for her in the girls restroom.

Most problems that we faced as girls, and still face as women, could all be solved with one word: Confidence. Confidence is what affects our self esteem, our actions, our worth, our family. Having the confidence instilled in our girls, readily equips them for the hurdles that will surely be placed in front of them.

The truth of the matter is that still today, women are not equal to men. I'm not saying that in a feminist-activist tone either, I'm the farthest thing from it, but if you have a little girl at home, then this is something that should matter to you.

It is our jobs as parents to give these girls the right tools to not only equal men, but surpass them if they can. Instilling in them that they can do anything is our goal.

And that all starts with one thing: Confidence.