Yes, learning about these awesome athletes gives your little girl a boost when it comes to being confident in a woman’s ability. This includes super-star sisters Venus and Serena Williams, Monica Abbott, Rhonda Rousey, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Maria Sharapova, Mia Hamm, Billie Jean King and many, many others. Do some biographical work and take a look at some of the most powerful, famous and influential women in sports history. Use this to teach your child (or your team) that gender stereotypes shouldn’t exist. Professional sports figures have an almost superhero-like status, especially when it comes to how kids view them. This type of traditional (in other words, stereotyped) role reversal helps girls to see that they can do anything a boy can do, while at the same time showing boys that females can be strong sports figures. Who says that only dads can coach baseball or that mom’s role is to hand out the after-game snacks? Acting as a role model is an easy way to show your child, or your team, what you mean when you say, “We don’t believe in gender stereotypes.”Īsking a few of the moms to coach or help coach (or volunteering yourself) shows the players that women can be just as knowledgeable and ‘into’ sports as men are. Discuss why it’s not okay to speak this way, why this type of talk is insulting and how both girls and boys can play sports – all sports. In some cases, the child might be repeating something they heard (and have no idea what it truly means). Stop the child and ask them what they mean and why they said it. If you overhear a child spouting off stereotypes, don’t immediately jump in and yell. But, what does it even mean anyway? Are girls so weak that they can barely throw a ball? Little League superstar Mo’ne Davis would probably have something to say about that.Īlong with watching what you say, stay on the lookout for other people’s gendered speech. It’s so common, that you might not even think twice about it. Suddenly someone (it could be another child, a parent, or even a coach) makes this gendered statement. “You throw like a girl!” How many times have you heard that one? It’s the middle of baseball practice and one of the boys gently tosses the ball. What can you do as a parent or a coach to break down these biases that ring false? Avoid Stereotyped Speech Even though we’ve come a long way since the days when girls stood on the sidelines cheering for the ‘big, strong boys’, gender stereotypes still persist. Right? Isn’t this how it goes when it comes to sports – there are boys’ sports and then the ones that girls participate in.
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