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On Wednesday I tuned in to a Twitter Chat sponsored by @parentella on bullying, girl bullying specifically. Ainsley’s having a rough year. She’s being “shut out” by all the other girls. It’s been going on for a couple of months now. I’ve asked hundreds of grown women and younger girls about “girl bullying” and while everyone […]
Hormone Martini Recipe One part early puberty. One part early peri-menopause. Mix in a whopping bit of love. Stir in some house rules in a card game, jokers wild. Plop in some compound hormones. Slather on some mean girls from school. Drizzle some dark chocolate over a smashing headache. Add a dash of bloating. Pour […]
My soul has been whispering at me to do something for several years. I do not want to do it. So I tell my soul to be quiet and then list all the reasons that doing this will suck for me and my family. Sometimes I eat enough that she quiets down. Sometimes chocolate will […]
Every month I do something to liberate another woman on the planet. It’s powerful and it’s awesome. It costs $27 a month that is directly withdrawn from my checking account and it’s tax deductible. The program is run by Women for Women International. Last year I helped liberate Bora, a divorced mother of three children […]
For those who haven’t seen the new Disney Princess movie, Tangled, allow me to state simply that you and your daughter will love it. There is not a bit of “girls as victims who must be saved by a man” messaging. The Princess is literally a healer and has tremendous power. There is a love […]
Yesterday I read my horoscope for 2011 and it said, among other wonderful and exciting things, that I would make a serious change in my working environment on Jan 4. Sure enough, I woke up this morning and decided that I was done working at home with a four-year-old. It’s . . . under-stimulating, isolating, […]
There’s a tendency to carry “junk” to the family gatherings around the holidays. They’re disappointed in me because I … … didn’t go to the right college. … married outside of my race, class or religion. … got pregnant in high school. … got arrested. … forsook the family religion. … voted for the wrong […]
Ainsley’s 3rd grade friendship troubles around bragging and I’m guessing, vying for the position of “queen bee,” possibly taking the wrong tone with people, gave us another opportunity to discuss friendship – what it means and how to get it. At first, I admit, I was completely and totally without advice for her. Remember when […]
I love Dream Boarding. The art of collage, combined with the optimism of dreaming up anything your heart dares to desire, added to a bold dose of faith that “anything is possible,” proves to be a potent and powerful combination in my life. It’s goal setting, only more fun and creative. The number of things […]
Ainsley has been doing great in school. She is a high achiever and she loves school. We celebrate her accomplishments at home, encourage her to be proud of her achievements and create expectations for her to exceed them. She has 41 accelerated reading points, due to reading the first three books of the Harry Potter […]
We’ve enrolled Ainsley in a variety of sports to see which ones she’d excel at and which ones might light something in her. When her pediatrician told us her BMI was high and we needed to make some changes, we realized our book-worm of a daughter, who lived in a neighborhood, at the time, where […]
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