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What Every Dad Should Know About Their Daughter

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A friend of mine shared the link to this great article about the important role that dads play in the lives of their daughters. 

It’s challenging to articulate the influence a father has on a little girl.  How much of his attitude and actions toward her can determine her future relationships.  I remember how much stock I placed in what my dad thought of me.  I remember how much I wanted him to be proud of me.  To affirm me.  To show me my value.

Author Gina McClain then shares her suggestions for how Dads can affirm and value their daughters.  For a touching read, please check it out:

http://blog.faithpromise.org/2012/01/fathers-be-good-to-your-daughters/

Teaching Our Daughters What it Really Means to be a Woman Friend

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From the brilliant woman who, about a week or so ago, brought us the Don’t Carpe Diem article about how challenging it can be to “savor every moment” as parents of little ones…here is another inspired piece about Mommy Guilt…or more precisely, what a shame it is that women make each other feel guilty for their individual choices as parents.   An excerpt…

 

So, angry, debating ladies… here’s the thing. My daughter is watching me AND you to learn what it means to be a woman. And I’d like her to learn that a woman’s value is determined less by her career choices and more by how she treats other women, in particular, women who are different than she is. I’d like her to learn that her strength is defined by her honesty and her ability to exist in grey areas without succumbing to masking her insecurities with generalizations or accusations. And I’d like her to learn that the only way to be both graceful and powerful is to dance among the endless definitions of the word woman… and to refuse to organize women into categories, to view ideas in black and white, or to choose sides and come out swinging. Because being a woman is not that easy, and it’s not that hard.

 

So, maybe instead of tearing each other up, we could each admit that we’re a bit torn up about our choices, or lack thereof. And we could offer each other a shoulder or a hand. And then maybe our girls would see what it really means to be a woman.

 

Think this much is amazing and so, so right on?  Check out her full article here on the HuffingtonPost.

One Girl’s Anti-Bullying Efforts Make a Difference Throughout Her School

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I adore this news story about how one empathic, ready-to-make-her-world-better 8th grade girl used simple, handwritten messages on Post-It notes to change the culture in her school!  Please give it a read:

http://dexter.patch.com/articles/mill-creek-middle-school-student-posts-inspirational-messages-to-classmates#c

 

In Friendship & Other Weapons, I challenge kids to think about how they can help end bullying before, during, and after it occurs.  Kids brainstorm ideas and really learn about what it means to be a (s)hero instead of a bystander.  I want kids to learn and remember that it is never okay to doing nothing about bullying.

 

Samantha Bremmer, the girl featured in the article, can obviously attest to the fact that little things kids do to create an anti-bullying culture in school can make a huge difference.  WAY TO GO, GIRL!!  Inspire on!

What to Do When Your Daughter is the Mean Girl

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I knew this day would come. I was, of course, hoping it never would — hoping that my daughter would never be mean to someone else’s daughter — but as they say, I wrote the book on girl bullying in elementary school, so I knew that there was a pretty good chance that despite all of my best efforts, one of these days, my girl was gonna act like the mean one. This morning, she told me about it.

 

To read the full story, please visit the HuffingtonPost Parents section at the link below:

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/signe-whitson/what-to-do-when-your-daug_b_1205113.html

What to Say When Your Daughter Says, “Mom, I’m Fat.”

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What do you say when your daughter says, “Mom, I’d fat?”  This Mom couldn’t have said it any better:

http://www.rachelsimmons.com/2012/01/mom-im-fat-one-mothers-inspired-response-to-her-7-year-old/

25 Rules for Daughters from People I Want to Punch in the Throat

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I love, love, love these rules!  If I had a “theme rule” for How to Be Angry, it would be Rule 9:

Teach your daughter that she has the right to get loud.  Make sure she knows girls can get angry, they can have opinions and they can throw “lady like” behavior out the window if necessary.

 

http://www.peopleiwanttopunchinthethroat.com/2012/01/rules-for-parents-of-daughters.html?spref=fb&m=1

 

Fotoshop is the PERFECT Teacher for Young Girls Facing Media Pressures

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If you’re familiar with the phrase “sad, but true,” this must-watch video is hilarious because it’s so sad that it’s so true. 

Moms, watch this one with your daughters!  I know I will be showing this in my Mother-Daughter workshops based on Friendship & Other Weapons when we talk about the media’s impact on young girls.  This is the perfect clip for creating awareness about healthy body images, photoshopping, and self-esteem. 

Fotoshop by Adobé from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo.

 

“Maybe she’s born with it.  No…I’m pretty sure it’s Fotoshop!”

A Daughter is One of the Most Beautiful Gifts the World Has to Give

Don’t Carpe Diem: A Great Read on Parenting & the Pressure to Savor Every Moment

This writer hit it out of the park with her article about parenting, savoring moments, and how flippin’ hard it is to savor parenting at every moment!

 

http://momastery.com/blog/2012/01/04/2011-lesson-2-dont-carpe-diem/

There’s Nothing More Badass Than Being Yourself

Thought this photo was the PERFECT image to accompany the Huffington Post article I wrote yesterday, celebrating my daughter’s free spirit and creative thinking:

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