Raising Strong Girls Together
By: Mary Jo Rapini, MEd, LPC. Prom season is right around the corner, and as I see photos and video clips of the dresses worn this year, a sympathetic grimace creeps over my face. I remember all too well the dilemma of finding the perfect prom dress. Proms are a 4 billion dollar a year [...]
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: Kathleen Semp. As a parent we love to watch our children succeed. We want them to use those experiences to help build self-esteem and set new goals and challenges for themselves. With my oldest daughter I have found myself in a bit of a conflict. The arenas she is most successful in are often [...]
As most of us moms and dads know, kids and music go hand-in-hand. Especially during the baby/toddler/preschool years. I’ve had my fair share of groovin’ to The Wiggles, Disney Classics, and Kool & The Gang (yep, my daughters are 70′s/80′s music freaks just like their mama). But lately, our repertoire of music has been getting [...]
