Play Like A Girl

July 3, 2012 by 6 Comments

I saw this video just now and had to share it with you.  It embodies the messages I am determined to teach my small girl.  I can not claim to be an athlete.  I was the uncoordinated one on the soccer field, on the volleyball court.

But Delaney, given the option, will pick up a ball and a bat instead of a doll.

She would rather wear soccer shorts and mismatched socks than a dress any day.

Her birthday wish is to banish all things pink from her room.

She is tough.  She is passionate. She is fabulous.

She plays like a girl.

She just wants to play ball.

So much has changed.  And I love it. Share this with your girls.

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  • AmazingGreis

    LOVE that video!!!

  • Danielle Smith

    Greis!  Me too!  I’ve probably watched it 10 times today – and my small girl adores it too :)  

  • http://www.facebook.com/AngEngland Angela England

    That commercial gives me chill bumps. 

  • Danielle Smith

    Me too, my friend – me too.  Same thing each time I watch.

  • http://amandamagee.com amandamagee

    I love this. I sometimes wonder if the intensity by which society and the media foists pink, purple and dolls on little girls has anything to do with the emphatic preference some girls have to navy and “boy” things. I like to think that in addition to their taste it is an early assertion of their right to decide for themselves.

  • Danielle Smith

    Amanda – I wonder the same thing – and this is coming from someone who actually likes the color pink :)  My small girl’s request for her birthday was to remove ALL pink from her room – including almost every article of clothing that has any pink on it.  She is clearly bucking the system :)