Daughters articles from April 1999

Daughters archives from April 1999

The heart of laughter.(Can We Talk?)
April 1, 1999... (At the dinner table) DaD: "Anyone want more spaghetti? (laugh foundly, turns to daughter) "Remember when you were little? You called it pasgetti." DAUGHTER: (crosses her arms) "I did not." DAD: "Yes, you did. It was cute." ...

Nathalie Bartle on talking about sex.(Interview)
April 1, 1999... HOW MUCH SHOULD WE SAY to our daughters about sex, and when? Plenty; Nathalie Bartle urges. And often. The author of Venus in Blue Jeans: Why Mothers and Daughters Need to Talk About Sex (Houghton Mifflin, 1998), Bartle is also a counselor for...

Giving her credit.(Money)
April 1, 1999... IF YOUR DAUGHTER HAS REACHED HER TEENS, don't be surprised if banks begin offering her credit cards. Credit applications find their way into girl-oriented stores, onto high school campuses and to spring-break beaches. By the time girls reach...

Editor's desk.
April 1, 1999... This issue of Daughters is challenging. Susan Lewis urges us to let our daughters laugh at us, and Nathalie Bartle wants us to keeping talking to girls about sex even when they don't seem to listen. Both authors remind us that parenting means...

Face value.(Parent's Forum)
April 1, 1999... "MY 11-YEAR OLD DAUGHTERS received an expensive makeup kit as a gift. She loves it, but I was aghast. I don't think girls her age should wear makeup. Products for hygiene or skin care are OK with me, but where do we draw the line? Is my...

In perspective.
April 1, 1999... IT'S NORMAL FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS to feel the allure of cosmetics, and normal for us to wonder if we ought to hold them back. Age appropriateness is the issue. As these letters show, no one standard works for every family, yet honoring age...

Less stressed.(Mind And Body)
April 1, 1999... SHE SNAPS AT YOU IN THE MORNING, skips breakfast and does her homework on the way to school. Adolescence? Maybe. But if your daughter also has chronic headaches, troubled sleep, frequent illness or irregular periods, she may be suffering from...

Moms rule.(News You Can Use)
April 1, 1999... MOMS RULE--Teenage girls gave their mothers high ratings in a recent USA Today survey of 500 mother-daughter pairs. Ninety-five percent of the girls described their morns as intelligent, and nearly half said their mothers were cool. Only one in...

Can-do praise.(News You Can Use)
April 1, 1999... CAN-DO PRAISE--Want to improve your daughter's academic performance? The way you praise her makes a difference. A recent study at Columbia University found that girls who were told, "You're smart" after performing a task began to focus on...

The Future is Me!(News You Can Use)
April 1, 1999... THE FUTURE IS ME!--A girl who visits the workplace of her dreams is more likely to make choices that will someday get her there. Take your daughter to work with you any time, or arrange for her to visit professionals she admires. You can join...