Girls look up to role models with stories, struggles

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Role models inspire by showing others what is possible. ...These trailblazers not only help others imagine where they might go, but they also help others map out the path to get there.

the gleaming snapshots of achievement they see can lead to self-doubt. In addition to role models, our work on girls and confidence has found what girls could really use are "work-in-progress" models.

"Even the idea of a role model can be immediately intimidating...They seem designed to display outcomes like trophies."....What you don't want to do is layer another set of unrealistic expectations on girls. Ideally, the portrayal is realistic and attainable.

What really works to make someone a role model? Think story and struggle - multidimensional women, with revealing flaws and failure, along with bumpy narratives.

"Girls need to look under the hood, to see the process they went through," ..."That's what really hooks someone - it's not who you are now, but how you got there, what you weathered."

Help girls to see the extraordinary in the seemingly mundane... "Everyday heroes who don't get noticed have special impact. 

Qn: In your opinion, what makes one an ideal role model? Describe your ideal traits and explain why.