Bridging Make Believe With The Real World

Mattel’s new “We Believe In Girls” campaign is brilliant. Leave it to Barbie, our most beloved childhood friend, to be a pioneer for empowering this generation of young girls. It shouldn’t surprise me. Besides our parents, Barbie was one of the first to tell us we could be anything we wanted to be when we grew up. Oh, how I remember Barbie as a doctor and as an airline pilot. She was helping to break down the glass ceiling well before she         was even unwrapped from her cellophane box. 

Now, Mattel delivers an inspiring message about every girl’s potential to change the world at www.WeBelieveInGirls.com. In a time when young girls are faced with so much peer pressur surrounding drugs, drinking and sex, it’s nice to know there are some positive influences to help combat the struggles our young girls have to deal with on a daily basis. This message is essential for our kids to hear. As parents, our daughters need to hear it from us, but it  certainly helps to have other members of our community reinforcing the belief!

Image: We Believe in Girls

Comments

[Rebekah]

I love it! I loved Barbie, but when I realize how perfect she was (as a middle school girl) she annoyed me a bit. But I loved when she was a teacher- she could be a pilot, a teacher, or a mommy! I am so glad they are working with girls to realize you can be and do what you want to be and do! :)

Love the blog, Rachel!