Raising Strong Girls Together
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: Amy Nielson. If your daughter seems to be developing sensitivity to a certain food or group of foods, you may want to have her tested for food allergies. Food allergies can cause symptoms that range from very mild to life threatening; it’s important that you find out what your daughter is allergic to. If [...]
By; Susan Stone Belton. Parenting is the toughest job in the world, but also the most rewarding. The journey is long, and how we approach each day makes a huge difference in how we feel. Remaining calm is good for our own mental health but also a wonderful lesson to our children. Children often act [...]
By: Steve Reifman. Parents are their daughter’s first and most important teachers. In this critical role parents have the greatest impact on their kids’ academic, physical, social, and moral development and the greatest impact on their daughter’s motivation to learn. In my experience, parents are typically eager to do everything in their power to contribute [...]
By: Stephanie Burch. The “tween” years (age between childhood and the teenage years, approximately ages 9-12) are especially hard years for girls. Not only are they facing many changes in their bodies and emotions but they are also making big changes in school, responsibility, and the social world. For some girls it seems to be [...]
By: Alex Aus Dem Norden. Binge drinking involves drinking a lot of alcohol in a short span of time. This problem is gigantic, affecting all parts of the world, including America’s youth. Generation Y is binge drinking in an effort to be adventurous and fun-loving, but instead, they are getting addicted to alcohol. Here are [...]
By: Joanna Dolgoff, M.D. A blunt new ad campaign in Georgia, “Stop Sugarcoating,” featuring images of miserable-looking overweight children is stirring up a national controversy. While the ad campaign aims to increase awareness of childhood obesity, many parents are concerned it will only cause more stigmatization of overweight kids. While I agree that these ads [...]
It used to be that girls didn’t begin to wear make-up or even worry about it until high school. Now it begins in elementary school.
Too much technology and multitasking do not mix for tween girls new study shows.
If you have a daughter you are concerned with who struggles with obesity, you have more power within your family than any treatment facility known.
