Entries by Tracee

Meaningfully Frugal Christmas Tip #2

You will have many choices this Christmas. Some of them suck. They come with bells and whistles and have fancy price tags. Many come down to a choice between lazy and expense or economy and real value. Let’s practice: Choice 1 The Fisher-Price Smart Cycle, $74.48. For the really paranoid parent who deems the actual […]

Great Father/Husband

This is Zack, Ainsley’s 2 year old brother. Playing house and taking care of baby dolls serves the same purpose in boys as it does in girls. It teaches nurturing, compassion and parenting skills. Out there – maybe in your house – there is a girl whom Zack will marry. For that empowered girl, I […]

Vote With Your Daughter

Thanks to Claire Mysko, author of You’re Amazing: A No-Pressure Guide to Being Your Best Self, for pointing out the Take Our Daughters to the Polls initiative from The White House Project. My husband and I took out daughter out of school one day last week and went to the court house to cast our […]

Christmas Tip #1

I’m thrilled to give a Juku Couture Doll by Jaks to Whirlwind. Here’s the thing – Christmas is coming. The Christmas toys are already out on the shelves, the Christmas decor displays are already out. This is causing people premature Holiday panic. Don’t stock up on sleeping pills and Xanex just yet. I’m committed to […]

The Girl Effect

Thanks to Violet for sending this to me. This is also the reason I love mentoring. One woman changes the life of one girl and she, in turn, changes the world.

Smarty Kids & Thinking Parents

I just read my “marketing bio.” If you’re reading this Empowering Girls website then I’m guessing this is also your “marketing bio.” We’re the new purchasing demographic called “Thinking Parents” and we’re raising the marketing target called “Smarty Kids.” Our vulnerable spot where we’ll “spend heavily?” To keep our kids “safe and happy” and there […]

HangPROUD

I just discovered HangPROUD.com, (being me. living free.) a female empowering website last week. Founded by Diane Prefontaine and Carla Alpert, this site encourages women and girls to stop the negative chatter and be a force for positive change. In the corner is the phrase “snap out of it,” It makes me chuckle. They define […]

Professional Future of Girls

If you’re like me you give some thought to giving your kids career advice. We’re big on academics and when Ainsley says, What should I do when I grow up? We are clear, You must do something that makes money. You choose what it is, find your purpose, but you must be able to take […]

Beacon Street Girls

A new series of books for 9 to 13 year old girls may actually promote good health, says an article by Tara Parker-Pope titled Healthful Messages, Wrapped in Fiction. This could be this generation’s Judy Blume. Seriously, is there a woman out there that doesn’t feel eternally grateful for Are You There God? It’s Me, […]

10 Tips for $33 Birthday Party

I don’t know about your kid, but Ainsley loves the anticipation and the creative process of planning and preparing for her birthday party as much as the actual party. Both of my kids love to cook. I just channel my mother. !. Print own birthday invitations and hand deliver them. Or, buy a package at […]

GIRL HERO!

Ainsley was my hero on Saturday night. So, I’ll tell you about our really cool $33 birthday party for Ainsley tomorrow. Jeremy was out and I was having a snugglefest and popcorn night on the couch with the kids. Pure bliss. We had just watched a reptile show on PBS and Zack was drowsy in […]