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How to Help Your Daughter Develop Leadership Skills
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Check out this great article from Dr. Michelle Borba, based on research from the Girl Scouts of America. Great tips, practical strategies, and important reminders for parents on how to help our daughters become confident leaders.
Most importantly: Be the change you want to see in your daughter’s life.
New Moon Girls: When Your Parents Won’t Let You Do Things
102713 years
I must admit, I am a big fan of the well-constructed argument from an articulate kid. And this is a great one. I love this teen’s assertive and respectful version of the “you catch more flies with honey…” approach to getting what you want from parents:
http://blogs.newmoon.com/luna-blog/2011/sister-to-sister-when-your-parents-won%E2%80%99t-let-you-do-things/
Twas the Night Before Kindergarten: Helping Your Child Know What to Expect this School Year
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My daughters like to talk. Call it a girl thing, say it’s because I chattered endlessly to them when they were babies, or maybe they just have a lot to say. It’s when they are not talking, that I know something is up. The summer before my oldest daughter began Kindergarten, her ideas could be flowing at 100mph, but if someone asked her the dreaded, “Are you excited to start Kindergarten?” question, she would slam on the silence brakes.
It was such an unusual reaction for her, not just because of her love of conversation, but also because she has such a zest for life (more…)