Comments on: Girls, Running and Body Confidence https://www.veggierunners.com/2013/03/12/girls-running-and-body-confidence/ Running, Fuelled Right Fri, 26 Feb 2016 18:01:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7 By: Jayne Rodgers https://www.veggierunners.com/2013/03/12/girls-running-and-body-confidence/#comment-15763 Sun, 13 Oct 2013 21:02:29 +0000 http://www.veggierunners.com/?p=2694#comment-15763 In reply to Francesca.

Hi Francesca, Thank you!I agree completely; I think girls’ real life role models are more important than those of mediated strangers. Good luck with your research. I look forward to reading more. Best, Janey ps we’re doing a mother-daughter marathon next weekend – Bibi definitely didn’t pick up on doing that from magazines! 😉

]]> By: Francesca https://www.veggierunners.com/2013/03/12/girls-running-and-body-confidence/#comment-15705 Fri, 11 Oct 2013 21:08:22 +0000 http://www.veggierunners.com/?p=2694#comment-15705 Janey I read your article with interest and I have to say this is my experience too: girls are bombarded by media and marketing messages these days, all about being sexy and beautiful, but I don’t like much the moral panic created around it as I am firmly convinced that the media influence is relatively powerless compared to the power of good parenting (with one element of it being parental mediation in the consumption of media – parents watching programs with their daughters and encourage critical thinking), good education and healthy, exciting endevours. This is also what my research with young girls seems to suggest: the girls more involved with extra-curricular activities or with a particular passion in their life were far less “sucked” into the beauty trap! As parents we have far more power that we actually think: ultimately we are the real role models our daughters grow up with. Through open dialogue, sharing experiences and a little sense of humour we can nurture that sense of belonging, confidence & purpose which make our girls and young women much more grounded and resilient in the face of marketing/media pressure. Thank you so much for your lovely constructive comment on my blog 🙂 Keep up the good work, I will keep reading you with interest! All the best, Francesca

]]> By: Janey https://www.veggierunners.com/2013/03/12/girls-running-and-body-confidence/#comment-7759 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:52:33 +0000 http://www.veggierunners.com/?p=2694#comment-7759 In reply to Kate.

Thank you so much – what a lovely thing to say!

]]> By: Kate https://www.veggierunners.com/2013/03/12/girls-running-and-body-confidence/#comment-7758 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:28:43 +0000 http://www.veggierunners.com/?p=2694#comment-7758 You sound like an amazing mum!

]]> By: Sally Rodgers https://www.veggierunners.com/2013/03/12/girls-running-and-body-confidence/#comment-7294 Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:55:14 +0000 http://www.veggierunners.com/?p=2694#comment-7294 Oooh. I love tiny Bibi’s groovy shorts!
x

]]> By: Janey https://www.veggierunners.com/2013/03/12/girls-running-and-body-confidence/#comment-6984 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:03:31 +0000 http://www.veggierunners.com/?p=2694#comment-6984 In reply to Zoe Greig.

Thanks, Zoe! The do was an accident but I kinda grew to love it… 😉

]]> By: Zoe Greig https://www.veggierunners.com/2013/03/12/girls-running-and-body-confidence/#comment-6920 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:41:52 +0000 http://www.veggierunners.com/?p=2694#comment-6920 I love this post! Is there anything cuter than baby bibi? I think not. Also SO into your 80s look Jayne, especially that amazing do’.
xx!

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