Daughters articles from August 1999

Daughters archives from August 1999

When she asks about violence.(Let's Talk)
August 1, 1999... (In the car, a father and his 13-year-old daughter listen to music.) Father: "Hey, this is your favorite song. Why aren't you singing?" Daughter: "I don't feel like it." Father: (turns down radio) "What's making you so quiet...

Shopping for consensus.(Keeping Time)
August 1, 1999... Why does your daughter become difficult when she shops for clothes? And where does she come up with her choices? If these questions sound familiar, take heart Shopping can be a source of real conflict. Not only is your daughter's body changing,...

Editor's desk.
August 1, 1999... Where do girls get confidence? That, it seems, is the salient question in this issue of Daughters. Psychologists tell us that adolescent girls tend to be "relational." That is, they feel more complete when they create and nurture relationships...

Father factor.(News To Use)
August 1, 1999... Fathers have long been credited with teaching their daughters to hone their assertiveness, determination and ambition. Female athletes and businesswomen often mention their fathers as the people who inspired them to achieve. Yet research...

Safety in numbers.(News To Use)
August 1, 1999... If your daughter has friends who are "fast," will her sexual behaviors change? A study from The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy can help you assess the influence of her friends. Her circle of friends is probably made up of a variety...

Not after nine.(News To Use)
August 1, 1999... A new study of graduated licensing laws indicates you may be able to reduce your daughter's odds of having a traffic accident. Simply take your cue from the laws that work best nationwide: Two years to learn. Introduce your daughter to the...

Everyday ways.(News To Use)
August 1, 1999... Where does confidence come from? That was Barbara Littman's question as she began researching her forthcoming book, Everyday Ways to Raise Smart, Strong, Confident Girls (St. Martin's, 1999). Littman surveyed 16- to 20-year-old girls who were...

Cyberspace savvy.(News To Use)
August 1, 1999... Your daughter may be talking to marketers online, though she may not know it. Teenage girls spend $60 billion annually. Now that they're using the Internet in big numbers, a whole industry has evolved to find out about their tastes. Many sites...

Girls Like Us.(News To Use)(Girls Like Us: 40 Extraordinary Women Celebrate Girlhood in Story, Poetry and Song)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
August 1, 1999... What do Isabel Allende, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Shirley Jackson and Benazir Bhutto have in common? The answer is girlhood. That's the idea behind Girls Like Us: 40 Extraordinary Women Celebrate Girlhood in Story, Poetry and Song (New World...

A question of confidentiality.(Parents' Forum)
August 1, 1999... If you tell what you know, it can end the sharing. My daughter, who is 16, has told me about a friend who had sex at an early age. What I've done is encourage her to talk to her friend about the risks of this behavior. If she told me about a...

Joline Godfrey on your daughter, the entrepreneur.(Interview)(Interview)
August 1, 1999... Is your daughter too shy to ask for a job? Does she accept less pay than her work warrants? According to Joline Godfrey, girls all too often approach money with uncertainty. That's an attitude that has to change if they're to become...

Believing in her body, believing in herself.(Sports)
August 1, 1999... Erica Lewis credits sports with giving her confidence. A heavyset girl, she played soccer in high school, and her powerful kicks often sent the ball sailing into opponents' territory. "The best part," she says, "was that the crowd loved it when...

Changing schools.(Education)
August 1, 1999... She chooses her jeans with absolute care, the same for her shoes and shirt. Two bites of breakfast--she's too nervous to eat. A final look in the mirror, and she shrugs into her backpack. You take a deep, steadying breath as you watch her go....

Your happiness, and hers.(Parent Journey)
August 1, 1999... Girls, we know, are vulnerable during adolescence. Books like Reviving Ophelia and The Body Project remind us that girls can lose their sense of purpose; they can lose track of happiness. This happens to mothers, too--a fact we tend to...

Blue nails.(Girl Culture)
August 1, 1999... The blue fingernail craze among girls is said to have begun in May of 1995 when 22-year-old Dineh Mohajer had file idea that her nails should match a pair of skyblue sandals. White, pink and red were her only options, and Mohajer didn't like...