Advice for mums and dads on how to build self-esteem
Do you want to help prepare your child to overcome low self-esteem and increase body confidence during adolescence? Use our articles and activities to help them feel self-assured inside and out
The foundation of positive body confidence is taking good care of your body and respecting yourself. It's important to notice the impact that the physical and emotional changes of puberty may be having on your child's self-esteem and self-image.
Our articles explore the research linking body confidence with positive health behaviours. And our activities will help you and your child take care of body, mind and spirit during what can be a confusing time.
Start reading and sharing with your child today – and help their body confidence blossom.
Dove and Nike have launched Body Confident Sport, a body confidence campaign to make sport a place of belonging for girls. Find out what makes it so special.
Building body image and self-esteem is a journey for young people, shaped by their experiences. To support this, we've teamed up with Discovery Education and Psychologists and body image experts from Arizona State University to create Amazing Me, a free collection of classroom resources designed to boost confidence and teach self-esteem.
The True to Me program helps kids and teens build their self-esteem by incorporating body image, or the way we think and feel about how we look and what our bodies can do, into their overall sense of self-worth. It focuses on creating a balanced and diverse self-concept that doesn’t give disproportionate significance to physical appearance.
Dove and Nike have launched Body Confident Sport, a body confidence campaign to make sport a place of belonging for girls. Find out what makes it so special.
Free Being Me (FBM) is an educational programme that promotes a world free from appearance[1]related anxiety. FBM first began in 2013, developed in partnership with the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), the Dove Self Esteem Project (DSEP) and the Centre of Appearance Research (CAR).
