Sunday, June 28, 2009

Celebrity Women Share Candid Advice In New Book: Essential Reading for Today's Girls

Exactly As I Am: Celebrated Women Share Candid Advice with Today's Girls on What It Takes to Believe in Yourself

While mentoring young girls in journalism, I hear time and time again that they wish they could look like this celebrity or that celebrity. They think they have to dress like them, mimic their hairstyles or talk like them to fit in at school or to be liked even outside of school.
Celebrity Women Give Candid Advice to Today's Girls
So many girls feel that celebrities are born perfect and have no flaws or insecurities. That’s far from the truth, as explained in Exactly As I Amby entertainment journalist Shaun Robinson. Robinson used her friendships with celebrities to help hammer it into girls’ heads that they are each beautiful exactly as they are.

Before I finished the first chapter, I decided the book would go in my arsenal as reinforcement when the girls and I have our sessions. Everyone, including your favorite actress, singer or athlete, at one time (in this book) felt inadequate or was talked about, but they realized how they felt about themselves was more important than what others thought. While many parents, including myself, can tell our young loved ones the same things their favorite celebrity says, the message seems to have more validity when it’s heard elsewhere.

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