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So, of course I wanted to know, who owns the domain empoweringgirls(dot)com? I went there and it seemed to be parked. I wanted to contact the owner to see about acquiring the web address, so I scrolled to the bottom and clicked. I was redirected to wildpartygirls(dot)com. Porn, of course. Girl is a 4 letter […]
Whatever the cause of Ainsley’s recent attitude problem, I was talking to my friend Jen from Jlogged.com. She’s got 3 boys, and I was telling her how FED UP I am and that I don’t really know the most effective thing to do. She suggested Boot Camp. Hard labor she said. When they start acting […]
So, you can tell from my Hannah Ban that my 6-year-old daughter’s been having an attitude problem lately. I dealt with one of the causes, but I’m not crazy enough to think the banning of Hannah will be enough to cure her attitude and the constant crossing of my boundaries. Here’s what’s really upsetting me […]
What’s the #1 thing we should teach our kids? Marketing Resistance. They’re really gonna need it.
Goodbye Hannah Montana. I’m sick and tired of hearing your bratty little attitude and disrespect come out of my daughter’s mouth. Months ago I tried to blame ME for my daughter’s snotty tone and disrespectful banter. I tried to ban my “tone” and keep you, Hannah, as harmless entertainment. But, here’s the thing: I add […]
Check out these stats from a Newsweek story on Nerd Girls: Forty years ago women made up just 3 percent of science and engineering jobs; now they make up about 20 percent. That sounds promising, until you consider that women earn 56 percent of the degrees in those fields. A recent Center for Work-Life Policy […]
Please click on this link to see a CNN news story about Body of Knowledge: Puberty. Girls today are reaching puberty around three years earlier than in previous generations. The average age of menstruation was 15 years, it is now 12. Many girls are menstruating at 9 years old, outward signs of puberty, such as […]
Ding Dong. Ding Dong. Hi! What can I do for you? Did you know your daughter is out riding her bike on the street? Kids DO ride bikes in their neighborhoods. They have, for like, generations. Well, I almost ran her over when she shot out in front of me and I was wondering if […]
Kathleen Deveny has a great article in Newsweek titled In Praise of Bossy Girls, about how we hear girls, but never boys, called Bossy when they take charge. We ask girls to walk a fine line between being strong and being likable. It’s a line we typically allow boys to trample. What’s next? Well, you […]
It started to rain. The kids wanted to play in it. I went to make sure there was no lightening. Come out in the rain with us Mommy. I did. It felt lovely. Then the little one came at me with a mud clod and threw it at me. Laugh or lecture? Before 3, everything […]
By Tracee Sioux As I pull crayoned notes out of your Kindergarten backpack and read, Ainsley loves Brayden, my heart longs to make you understand that its just not about them. At the dawn of my 34th year, having given birth to my second and last child and knowing my childbearing years were over, I […]
This article was originally published on Body Impolitic. by Tracee Sioux It’s effective to make some rules when children are still very young to ensure a healthy self-image, including body image. Most parents forbid name calling when it comes to siblings or friends. It’s appropriate to make the same rule for name calling against themselves. […]
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