Boosting Young Girls’ Self Esteem Through a Series of Fun Girl Games

Young girls, particularly those in their pre-teen years, need help with their self confidence, a recent study from the University of Harlem suggests. Taking that information to heart, a new software developer has decided to create a series of fun girl games that are designed with the idea to help boost confidence levels of young, pre-teen girls.

“Confidence levels of young girls, particularly between the ages of 10 and 14, have been plummeting for years”, said Janice Young, a designer of the fun girl games series. “We wanted to help young girls know that they are great just as they are. We want them to enter their teen years with as much confidence and self-esteem as they can get. That is why we created this series of fun girl games.”

The series of fun girl games essentially pairs pre-teen girls up with what could basically be described as a ‘spirit guide’. The spirit guide is an animal that will get to know the girls, offer encouragement, and even help them throughout life. Girls are paired up with ‘spirit guides’ after taking a brief survey that helps the program pair them up with the right guide.

“These are like real spirit guides”, explained Young. “They can talk to the girls, offer advice, and give them words of encouragement. It is everything that pre-teen girls need to help boost their confidence.”

One of the unique features of the game is that each spirit guide is run by a team of software developers. This team of software developers will help interact with the girls throughout the day, so it appears as if the spirit guides are real and able to talk to the girls.

“We wanted it to be as real as possible”, explained Young. “The only way to make it real and not scripted is to have live people chatting. We screened all applicants and monitor the chats so nothing inappropriate goes on, but it seems to really work.”

The spirit guide animals still communicate on a script during off hours, or while the girls are playing games. There are several games that are designed to offer entertainment and help with various skills that are also designed into the game.

“We had to provide some entertainment in the games”, explained Young. “I think the combination of a real-time chat and games really helps the girls with what we want to help them with. I am really proud of the game.”

The game is currently in beta testing stages. If all goes well, it could hit shelves by the end of 2014. So far, the reception for the game has been positive.