Raising Strong Girls Together
By: Anna M. Aquino. Children do not know the meanings of words until they are taught their meanings. I realize this sounds pretty basic.But I think often as parents we forget this small fact. I once sat in situation where I watched a little girl become a torment to her family. They kept telling her [...]
By: Lisa Bloom. I went to a dinner party at a friend’s home last weekend, and met her five-year-old daughter for the first time. Little Maya was all curly brown hair, doe-like dark eyes, and adorable in her shiny pink nightgown. I wanted to squeal, “Maya, you’re so cute! Look at you! Turn around and [...]
By: Victoria Winterhalter. When most people hear the eighties tune, “Eye of the Tiger,” they think Rocky Balboa. Not me. I think sixth grade math. I’ve always been more into words than numbers so I tried a less traditional route that year when it came to studying for my final. I replaced the lyrics with [...]
By: Elizabeth Donovan, M.A. The conversation is never an easy one to have with a small child, but death is part of the natural cycle of life and one that must be broached with our children at some point during their lives. When it comes to explaining the concept of dying to our children, we [...]
By: Petra Wise I want to write about something a little more serious, a little more poignant and a lot closer to my heart. My daughter. I am just flabbergasted at how infatuated with her I still am today, two and a half years after her birth. When she was first born, I would sit [...]
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