The importance of family relationships and friendships for young people
How do friendship problems and sibling relationships affect young people’s self-esteem? How will your own mother child or father child relationship help your child's confidence? Use our articles and activities to address their concerns and bring you closer together.
As your child grows up, their relationships with friends and family will influence their sense of self-worth enormously. As their parent, you'll be a huge influence on their ideas, values and beliefs, and play a crucial role in helping them develop healthy, positive behaviours.
Our articles and activities are perfect for any family with teenagers and pre-teens, helping you open up communication around body image and self-confidence. Use them to break a cycle of poor self-esteem or a preoccupation with appearance.
Peer pressure and media influence – keeping up with young people today
Use our tips to help your child cope with modern pressures, from peer influence via social media to the sexualised representation of women in the media.
Healthy friendships: how friends can help encourage a girl’s inner beauty
What do you love about your body? What does your friend love about your body? Our video and tips explore the importance of friendship in raising self-esteem.
Use our tips to help your child cope with modern pressures, from peer influence via social media to the sexualised representation of women in the media.
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Your child is growing up fast, and no doubt, has different role models and influences to the ones you had growing up. Use our action checklist to talk to them about the differences, and bridge the generation gap.
When does family banter become harmful? Joking and teasing from family members can affect your child's confidence & self-image – learn how to nip it in the bud.
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Jokes and teasing are common in most close family relationships, but when they hit a nerve they can cause low self-esteem. We’ve put together a common-sense checklist to help you keep the family comedians under control and stop young people feeling picked on.
The Dove Self-Esteem Project & Be Real Campaign support parents & teachers to increase self worth in teens & young women, helping them feel more body confident
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At Dove, we're committed to making beauty a source of confidence, not anxiety. That’s why we're a founding partner of the Be Real Campaign – a national movement formed in response to the Reflections on Body Image report from the All Party Parliamentary Group for Body Image. Together, we are campaigning to change attitudes to body image, put health above appearance, and help all of us be confident in our bodies.
What do you love about your body? What does your friend love about your body? Our video and tips explore the importance of friendship in raising self-esteem.
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We're sure you could list three things you find beautiful about your best friend – but could you do the same for yourself? Watch our video and use our action checklist to explore why we’re so hard on ourselves when it comes to compliments.
When does family banter become harmful? Joking and teasing from family members can affect your child's confidence & self-image – learn how to nip it in the bud.
Average read time: 3mins read
Jokes and teasing are common in most close family relationships, but when they hit a nerve they can cause low self-esteem. We’ve put together a common-sense checklist to help you keep the family comedians under control and stop young people feeling picked on.
