Is Your Daughter A “Carb-etarian”?

By: Joanna Dolgoff, MD.

It is commonly believed that a vegetarian diet is a healthy diet. And that is usually true, but not always. Consider the mother who recently told me that her child had decided to become a vegetarian. As she described his diet, I realized that he did not eat a single fruit or [...]

Healthy Girls for Life: Breakfast – Setting Your Daughter Up for Success

By: Linda Miner RNC, CHN, CMTA.

Imagine building a house without a foundation. It may stay standing for awhile, but eventually it will start to shift and crack and eventually collapse. Starting the day with a healthy breakfast should be considered as important to your body as a solid foundation is to a house. [...]

5 Steps to a Calmer Evening with the Kids

By: Erin Kurt, B.Ed.

Whether you work outside the house or stay at home full-time, the toughest part of the day is the same: those frantic early evening hours when there are mouths to feed, homework to do, and cranky kids to handle. The trick is to streamline your to-do’s so you can feel calmer and [...]

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Unattainable Perfection for Both Mothers and Daughters

By: Linda Perlman Gordon and Susan Morris Shaffer.
Beauty remains one of the most pervasive and principal standards by which women are judged, regardless of their age. Both mothers and daughters struggle to meet what the media and our culture defines as beauty. Of course, these narrow standards are impossible, especially when we are expected to [...]

5 Foods To Help Beat The Winter Blues

By: Joanna Dolgoff, MD.

In the winter when the cold weather blows in, you might find it hard to motivate yourself to get out of bed or even leave the house. Shorter winter days also mean less sunlight every day and sunlight helps us feel wide-awake. You might be experiencing a winter slump and a drop-off [...]

The Best Insurance for Raising Safe and Happy Daughters

By Paula Statman, M.S.S.W.

Love is more than a wonderful gift to give your daughter; it’s also good insurance. Showing your love tells her that she is worthy of love and respect and shapes her expectations of how others treat her.
A girl who feels loved is less likely to look for love in [...]

How Wheat Works With Adolescent Girls

By: Carol Pratt, R.D., nutrition expert for the Wheat Foods Council

As an adolescent and teenager, food choices are often made because of cravings, convenience or peer-influence. Women at that age typically don’t consider long-term effects of the food choices they make. It isn’t until metabolisms slow down or health issues start to catch up that [...]

Girls, ADHD, and Adderall

By: Kelly Fuller.
Millions of young girls are currently taking Adderall to treat their ADD or ADHD. According to a publication by Drugs.com, Adderall is a mix of amphetamine and dextroamphetamine that affects the Central Nervous System through increasing the amount of dopamine and norepinephrine in the brain. It is used to treat both Attention Hyperactivity [...]

Good Touch vs. Bad Touch: Teach your daughter to protect herself against child abuse

By: Elizabeth Donovan, M.A.

There comes a time in each parents life where you suddenly realize that you will not always be around to protect your daughter must teach her to defend herself against other adults or children who would seek to betray her trust. Each year in the United States over 30,000 children are victims [...]

Top Trendy Health Foods for 2010

By: Elizabeth Donovan, M.A.
I wish I could say that I was a total health nut, but I’ve been known to sneak an Oreo or two when nobody is looking. I’m not ashamed of the fact that I like sweets, but I also try to temper my sweet tooth with foods that are healthy for me [...]

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