Raising Girls

The Mother-Daughter Relationship: Complex at Age 5?

Kerry Lyons | Posted 05.26.2012

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When my daughter was only 3, she told me quite assertively: "I will never like what you want me to wear. Never ever in my whole life!"

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Why I'm Glad I Don't Have A Daughter

Dani Klein Modisett | Posted 05.17.2012

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I am breathing an even deeper sigh of relief that I have boys of late, but my jig has lost its spring. Because even though I don't have a daughter, I've become hyper-aware that you do.

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Be Kind to Your Body: Your Daughter Will Be Wearing It Someday

Rebecca Silverman Fitzgerald | Posted 05.14.2012

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When my daughter asks whether there's another baby in my not-perfectly-flat tummy, or even why I wear makeup, I find myself bending like a limbo champ to get my answer right.

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Parents Who Let Their Children Dress Sexy

Jen M.L. | Posted 05.23.2012

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It's not just that the clothes are too sexy. If they're not too sexy, then they're just too damn mature for these little girls. What little girl needs a maxi dress?

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Cinderella Ate My Daughter (& Where I Found My Girls)

Deborah Stambler | Posted 04.03.2012

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It's fascinating to watch my girls develop into young women -- to see their sexuality, intellect and self-awareness grow. It's also scary to recognize that our influence in their life is waning.

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Mean Girls, The Starter Edition

David Valdes Greenwood | Posted 02.09.2012

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We found ourselves asking a question we'd never before considered. Which feels worse: When your child deals with a Mean Girl or when your child is the Mean Girl?

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Rachel Simmons On Girls And Self-Esteem

Posted 12.05.2011

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On Thursday in New York, at the TEDxWomen Conference in midtown Manhattan, Rachel Simmons hosted a presentation about girls and self-esteem. Simmo...

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Are You 'The Pretty One?'

Kate Fridkis | Posted 01.22.2012

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I don't think there's something wrong with telling a little girl she's pretty. But we should remind ourselves that she can be more than just pretty -- and that her sister is listening.

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Prolonging Girlhood: An Inconvenient Truth

Monica Gallagher Sakala | Posted 01.14.2012

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It's not Disney's job to teach my child that there is more to life than marrying a prince, despite how aggressively all major media outlets promoted that notion during the Royal Wedding. It's my job to be aware of what she is watching.

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The Sexualized 4-Year-Old? Define 'Sexualized'

Rhiana Maidenberg | Posted 01.08.2012

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My husband is more on the conservative side and becomes visibly distressed when the girls ask to play with make-up and jewelry. While he insists that this is making them look like tramps, I have difficulty seeing the harm.

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The Future Of Women And Girls

Tabby Biddle | Posted 11.17.2011

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The wound that is being created and perpetuated by our cultural distortion and commercialization of female sexuality needs to be -- and can be -- stopped.

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