Girls Actively Participating!
We are celebrating 27 years of empowering girls in the Tetons.
GAP! Mission:
Based in the Tetons, Girls Actively Participating! (GAP!) promotes the success of girls through education, self discovery, and community building.
Thank you to the professional panel, Mary Ryan, Nicole Rue and Eden Morris who led the Candid Conversation about "Body Image Disorder in Adolescents" in November 2024.
Here are some tips speak to your teen about food:
Avoid classifying food as good or bad
Reflect upon your own relationship with food and eating and an indicator of how your teen may be building their relationship with it.
Before bringing up a concern, be sure to choose wisely on the timing. Don't choose a time that's already emotionally escalated, pick a neutral space and time and not when you or they are tired or reactive.
It's okay to set rules and boundaries around "family meal" time as a place to connect with one another, not necessarily a time to eat.
Listen to your teen rather than trying to fill in the space
Use open-ending statements or questions like: "I've noticed this lately" or "Tell me more about that"
Meet your teen where they are, if they are sedentary, encourage take a walk around the neighborhood together rather than a large hike, so not to overwhelm.
Be mindful that
living in a town like Jackson there is this pressure to have a high-level of athletic achievement
Social and cultural fuel this narrative that "skinny is good"
FALL/SPRING 24/25 REGISTRATION
sign-up your girl for after-school empowering programming
Scholarships available!
Contact Elly Garrett, Executive Director for more information on the programs. Email: gapgirljh@gmail.com / Phone #: 307-413-1181
