Raising Strong Girls Together
By: Maria Rainier. It’s that time of year again—the weather’s hot, the kids are getting restless, and you’re getting ready for the upcoming school year. There’s so much to prepare for before the school year, that sometimes it can feel overwhelming. But it doesn’t have to be that way. The most important thing to remember [...]
By: Mark A. Breiner, DDS. A recently released study (Dental X-Rays and Risk of Meningioma by Elizabeth B. Claus, MD, PhD) has created a lot of controversy concerning dental X-rays. The study indicated that there was an increase in a type of cancerous brain tumor that correlated with an increased number of dental X-rays. Many [...]
The thought of a math test can make even the most confident student stressed out, but for some girls, the feelings associated with math go far beyond garden-variety stress.
By: Ann K. Dolin, M.Ed. Does your child erase and redo homework over and over again until it’s just right? Is anything less than 100% not good enough? Welcome to the world of perfectionism, where unrealistic expectations are daily and unrelenting. Perfectionists engage in frequent hypercritical self-talk, bringing themselves down and creating a whole lot [...]
By: Mary Jo Rapini, MEd, LPC. One of my colleagues works exclusively with teens and is noting an increase in oral sex among teens. It is interesting because the teens report being virgins and are adamant that they aren’t having sex. According to a recent study, researchers in California found that oral sex is the [...]
By: Ann K. Dolin, M.Ed. Helping your daughter study effectively for tests is vitally important in the elementary years. When the groundwork for good habits is set early on, students are more likely to experience success and have increased motivation. You can make a difference in your child’s academic performance now and in the future [...]
By: Ann K. Dolin, M.Ed. In classrooms across America, teachers strive to provide engaging lessons, meaningful homework, and assessments, but more often than not, our students aren’t LEARNING HOW TO LEARN. Kids walk out of their classrooms armed with study guides, notes, or retrieval tomorrow, next week, and three months from now. As the end [...]
By Ann K. Dolin, M.Ed. Technology has transformed our world, but for our kids, life without gadgets would be unimaginable. They expect to have access to these devices 24/7, but their expectations and reality are very different. Technology can be an asset to learning. It can also be a significant detractor unless parents establish clear [...]
by Ann K. Dolin, M.Ed. A recent Gallup poll asked students to name their most difficult subject. Not surprisingly, mathematics topped the list. Why is math so challenging for so many girls? The answer is that it requires two very important abilities — patience and perseverance. Understand That Math is a Cumulative Subject It is [...]
By: Elizabeth Donovan, M.A. Our daughters are growing up fast – too fast according to the latest study that found American girls are reaching puberty at earlier ages than ever before bringing with it new questions about what roles the environment, genetics, and food play in early development. A recent study, published Monday, August 9, [...]
