Girl Culture, Being Thin, and Our Daughters

By: Family Matters Radio (View Profile)

Our daughters need a healthy attitude and guidance to navigate a culture that is not always positive for girls. Listen to interviews and conversations with top experts and newsmakers about raising girls.

Caroline and Jacquie talk with filmmaker Lauren Greenfield about her documentary Thin and how the “girl culture” around being stick-skinny can have devastating effects on girl's growing up in society today.




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posted: 12.28.2007
Charolette Deme
What a relief! Thank you for sharing this conversation. I worry so much about the youth today, but I trust that ours girls are smarter than we think. We all should do our part to keep them confident and strong.
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