Girls can be Strong by Asking for Help

Girl Superheroes Ask for Help

What is it about life that makes it so difficult for girls? Yes, even today it’s only getting tougher to be a girl.

Is it not enough that we have to look good, mother those around us including men, work a professional job but now we are expected to handle it all with ease? We are made to feel weak and pathetic if we ask for help. Why? Because people honestly believe that women are the next superhero.

A superhero is someone with super powers and someone who rescues others. This all came to me when a family member of mine labeled herself as a failure; even though she was college educated, beautiful, a mother of a happy boy, and the sole earner for her house.

Why did she feel like a failure? Simple, she was not good enough in her mind and those that judged her. She was disorganized at work and she lacked an authoritative personality.

At home she let the house get messy and she didn’t know how to cook. As a mom she wasn’t spending enough time with her child and with her husband she was often too tired to greet him at the door with a happy smile.

She is my superhero but not because she has super powers and not because she in one who rescues others but because she was strong enough to recognize that she needed rescuing herself. She cried out for help and that is the bravest thing that a girl can do.

Isn’t it time that we as girls say “enough is enough! As professional community members we need to band together to encourage our girls to be happy and that “you” is enough.

We also need to get together to teach our young girls how to ask for help and that perfection is never the expectation.

Angela Cruz has been a teacher for 7 years. She holds a masters in curriculum and instruction. She is a mother of two children. Angela is the creator of GemFriendz. www.gemfriendz.com

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