.AbbyWambach: 'Girls are told not to be ambitious, to just fit in, don’t rock the boat, be happy and grateful for what you already have. And it’s like—no, the only way things change is if we start demanding what we deserve.'
Why do you think right now is such an important time to reach young readers?: Well, it feels like the world is on fire in certain ways. And then, of course, with this pandemic, it’s going to bring about a different level of stress and anxiety leading into the election.
I think that’s a very common feeling throughout childhood. Children feel powerless, at times, being told what to do by their parents. For me, as a parent, it’s my job to help my children figure out their own internalized power. What are they interested in? What are the things that they want to learn while they’re down here on planet Earth?
And I don’t think that we teach our kids enough about how to connect with each other and how to play well with others. I think that because of what our children are seeing on television and the news and on their social feeds, they’re seeing a lot of contention and divisions. We have to somehow give a playbook or a plan to our children on how to connect. Regardless of whether we agree, we still have to connect because we’re all people down here.
Too often women are told not to be ambitious. Girls are told not to be ambitious, to just fit in, don’t rock the boat, be happy and grateful for what you already have. And it’s like—no, the only way things change is if we start demanding what we deserve. I think that little girls have to learn that. And all of us older women have to unlearn some of those bad lessons that we were taught as children.
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