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Talking to Daughters About Sex

3 Things Your Little Girl Needs From You That You May Not Realize

Joyce McFadden | Posted 04.06.2013 | Parents
Read More: Valentines Day, Sex Ed, Mothers and Daughters, Talking to Daughters About Sex, Self-Confidence, Parents News
Joyce McFadden

While you're buying your daughter little candy hearts to pass out for Valentine's Day, remember: The more respect you teach her to have for her body -- which includes her sexual anatomy -- the greater her chances for a happy love life.

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15 Questions Every Mom Of Daughters Should Ask Herself

Joyce McFadden | Posted 10.16.2012 | Parents
Read More: Talking to Daughters About Sex, Shame, Sex Ed, Mothers-Daughters, Mother-Daughter Relationships, Desire, Self-Confidence, Mothers and Daughters, Female Sexuality, Sexuality, Parents News
Joyce McFadden

If we want to dilute social pressures on our girls to be sexy, we have to offer them an alternative.

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What We Aren't Telling Our Daughters About Sex

Joyce McFadden | Posted 09.08.2012 | Women
Read More: Talking to Daughters About Sex, The Talk, Fifty Shades of Grey, Sexual Education of Girls, Mothers and Daughters, Women News
Joyce McFadden

In an effort to keep our daughters safe, are we adding to the illusion mothers are asexual? Are we selling that to our daughters as the future they have to look forward to?

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How Do We Influence the Women Our Daughters Become?

Joyce McFadden | Posted 08.13.2012 | Parents
Read More: Teen Sex Education, Mothers and Daughters, Sex Ed, Parenting, Female Desire, Talking to Daughters About Sex, Mother-Daughter, Female Sexuality, Parents News
Joyce McFadden

There's one area in which we consistently fail to support our daughter's confidence and self-worth: When it comes to talking to our daughters about sexuality, we leave them out in the cold.

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How Mothers Unintentionally Harm Their Daughters' Self-Confidence

Joyce McFadden | Posted 08.23.2011 | Women
Read More: Girl's Body Image, Anorexia, Women's Body Image, Healthy Sexuality, Women's Health, Eating Disorders, Girls' Health, Wall Street Journal, Bulimia, Talking to Daughters About Sex, Good Morning America, Women News
Joyce McFadden

Although we don't mean to, we mothers often model for our daughters our own insecurities and the way we ourselves succumb to ridiculous standards of beauty.

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Teaching Our Daughters About Sex: Sexual Mothers, Sexual Daughters

Joyce McFadden | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: The Talk, Talking to Your Kids About Sex, The Berman Center, Dr. Laura Berman, Oprah, Parenting, Raising Self Confident Girls, Talking to Daughters About Sex, Sexuality, Healthy Living News
Joyce McFadden

We as mothers are putting our own fears ahead of our daughters' well being, and we have to confront this crisis of confidence in order to offer our girls more grounding in sexual vitality.

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