Raising Strong Girls Together
By: Leslie Collins. A girl’s teenage years can be tough, especially when it comes to questions about the future. Though adults may know all about the necessity of being prepared for life’s challenges, a teenager might not always know how best to move toward their bigger life goals, even if they know what they want [...]
By: Matt. It’s prom season and kids and parents are on edge about everything that needs to be done in preparation. On the kid’s side of the spectrum, there’s finding a date, figuring out what to wear, making restaurant reservations and somehow balancing all of this with studying for final exams. For parents, concerns are [...]
By: Mary Jo Rapini, MEd, LPC. If you tweet on Twitter, you will see many #Thighgap. There is always something new, and it appears thigh gap is the new way girls are comparing themselves with one another to feel thin and pretty. Thigh Gap is the space between your legs, and our tweens and teens [...]
By: Mary Jo Rapini. Recently, a loyal reader of my blog and viewer of my segments on Fox 26 sent me a note of concern about the new Samsung Galaxy commercials. The commercial portrays a husband leaving for a business trip. His wife says to him, “Now here is a video especially for you, but [...]
By: Harry H Harrison Jr. Spring is the time of year when high school juniors are learning about different colleges and high school seniors are receiving their acceptance letters. Yes, and a great many high school seniors will receive those other kinds of letters as well: You’ve been waitlisted, or even worse, the rejection letter. [...]
By: Adrienne. You can’t keep your children under your wing forever, but it’s natural for a parent to be worried about their teen’s safety when they start going out alone. You can mitigate your worries and help your teen stay safer by discussing potential dangers and ways to avoid them. Be Aware of Surroundings Teach [...]
By: Sam Luther. As the US and UK population’s obesity numbers continue to grow, attention is being drawn to how schools encourage children to participate in sport. A recent report showed that schools are really letting girls down when it comes to encouraging a healthy lifestyle. Perhaps if we can combat this and increase sport [...]
By: Sara Kosmyna. Teaching your daughter to care for her skin can be a wonderful opportunity to bond. Not only will she know more about how to take care of her complexion, but sharing your beauty philosophy is a great way to open the door for conversations about health and what it means to grow [...]
By: Matthew Olson. As you gear up for your daughter’s senior year of high school, you’re likely to become overwhelmed by all of the school chatter about test prepping, college choices, and other senior-year tasks. More likely than not, your daughter will be focused on having a good time during their last year of high [...]
By: Karen Boyarsky. If you have a daughter, niece, granddaughter or even family friend, you know how difficult it can be to explain to them that the models that they see in fashion magazines and the celebrities they see in movies and on TV aren’t a true representation of the female body. If you hope [...]
