Raising Strong Girls Together
By: Maggie Ruggieri. Parents go to exhaustive lengths every day to protect their children from potential harm. We buckle their seat belts, we look both ways and hold their hand, we protect them from germs with soap and water. While we shield our kids the best we can, they still get colds, and they still [...]
By: Harry H. Harrison Jr. Right now, many parents are in a seeming race to see who can award more gold stars to their daughter every week. Well, here’s a fact every gold star sticker needs to think about: the winners are often the losers. Here’s why: 1. Constant praise teaches children that it’s other [...]
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: Sheena Jeffers. My students don’t know that I see them, but I do. They will turn ever so slightly to the side, looking at their body in the mirror, and then it happens… the hand moves to the stomach and they suck in. As their dance teacher, I know the “Turn and adjust” experience [...]
By: Katie Saxon. Bedwetting is a common childhood problem that is difficult for both parents and children. Usually it stops around the age of 5, but sometime it continues in older children, causing upset and stress. The worry of being caught as a bedwetter may lead girls to avoid sleepovers and camp outs that other [...]
By: Joanna Dolgoff, M.D. There seems to be a number of contributing factors to the obesity epidemic our nation is facing. Some of these include excessive caloric intake, decreased physical activity and cultural influences. Now some researchers are investigating whether sleep deprivation may contribute to obesity. Research presented at the International AC21 Research Festival points [...]
By: Anna M. Aquino. We all remember the awkward moments in childhood when our parents tried to set us down and give us the dreaded conversation about the ‘birds and the bees.’ Usually the talk was as if someone was dragging their fingernails over the chalk board for both parties in the conversation. It’s known [...]
By: Jody Johnston Pawel, LSW, CFLE. Many parents have children who go to bed, but have problems falling asleep and staying in bed. There are many different types of bedtime hassles parents may experience. At least two of them occur after the child is in bed. Here are some tips for handling them. To get [...]
By: Elizabeth Donovan. Congratulations! Your daughter has lost her very first tooth (or second or third). Along with the excitement of her lost little chopper, usually comes the mystery and intrigue surrounding the famous “Tooth Fairy.” After all, she’s the one who will visit your daughter during the night, take her tooth from underneath the [...]
By: Elizabeth Donovan, M.A. Bullying is a problem among young girls that is becoming more prevalent. Bullying by girls has traditionally been swept under the carpet and researchers have focused more on boys as aggressors but lately, those statistics have dramatically changed. In fact, new studies have found that not only are girls more likely [...]
