Raising Strong Girls Together
By: Danielle. I needed to look up a recipe for an upcoming family event, and my computer had crashed the week before. Accordingly, I went to my daughter’s room and asked if I could use her computer. She shrugged and said, “Sure,” then left the room to go watch television downstairs. As I started typing [...]
By: Linda Brodsky, MD. Sharing the joys and challenges of raising girls is not an easy job, no siree Bob! So I thought I would try to make it easier by breaking it down into five phases which, upon looking back, were helpful to me in understanding my journey. The relationships between parent and female [...]
By: Gary M. Unruh MSW LCSW. Asking children repeatedly to complete chores or homework seems like just one more roadblock to effective parenting. It is…and here’s why. Parents focus on behavior — their daughter’s outside part — and miss the her inside parts: feelings, thoughts, beliefs, and, most importantly, trust in one’s self-worth. When a [...]
By: Anna M. Aquino. Most people with tween girls know that Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace are how many of them communicate. I have found among parents to let your tween on the social network or not seem to be a heated argument. My husband and my choice to let my daughter get a Facebook account [...]
By: Elizabeth Donovan, M.A. Take a deep breath, exhale, inhale – and try not to overreact. I know, easier said than done. Many moms and dads are caught off-guard when they find out their daughter needs birth control and react quickly, sharply, and impulsively. Whether you find out from your daughter directly or through some [...]
