Daughters articles from January 2003

Daughters archives from January 2003

JoAnn Deak on confidence building.(Interview)
January 1, 2003... An expert on raising and empowering girls, Dr. JoAnn Deak worked as both school psychologist and director of the Laurel School, a private girls school in Shaker Heights, Ohio. While there, she had the opportunity to work with Carol Gilligan in...

Helping her with early puberty.(Let's Talk)
January 1, 2003... Abby: "Mom, I just noticed during my bath that I have a few hairs... down there." Mom: "Wow! Well, remember last spring when we talked about how your breasts were starting to grow? I had mentioned that you'd probably get pubic hair soon."...

Facing the winter blues.(Her World)
January 1, 2003... If your girls seems more tired, irritable, and down in the fall and winter, she may be facing more than the usual school problems. She could be suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD. Although SAD more commonly affects...

Editor's desk.
January 1, 2003... I was one of those kids who decided early that I wasn't "artistic." Other children could draw and paint well; I'd stick to writing. Teachers and parents didn't push me to continue, and by the time I hit puberty I'd shut off that part of myself....

Chores keep kids well.(News to use: reviews, research, and new ideas)
January 1, 2003... According to a Swiss doctor-educator team, household chores are actually beneficial to your child's health. According to pediatrician and neuroscientist Norbert Herschkowitz and his educator-wife Elinore Herschkowitz, insisting that your...

Telling parents backfires.(News to use: reviews, research, and new ideas)
January 1, 2003... It may be counterproductive to pass laws requiring that parents be notified before girls under 18 can get contraceptives, the Journal of the American Medical Association reports. After studying nearly 1,000 girls visiting Wisconsin clinics,...

Hope for abused girls.(News to use: reviews, research, and new ideas)
January 1, 2003... Girls from violent homes have written and illustrated a 40-page booklet of personal stories through a unique program run by the Melpomene Institute. The book, called Finding Our Voice, came out of Melpomene's AWAKE program, designed to help...

Teen sex: moms unaware.(News to use: reviews, research, and new ideas)
January 1, 2003... Half of all mothers of sexually active teenagers mistakenly believe that their children remain virgins, according to a report released last fall by the University of Minnesota. Robert Blum, director of the University of Minnesota's Adolescent...

First sex often at home.(News to use: reviews, research, and new ideas)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... Not only are parents unaware of their children's sexual activity, it is often taking place right raider their noses. More than half of teens first had sex at their family's home, found a report by researchers at Child Trends, based on a...

Relating with a daughter you don't live with.(Dad's Desk)
January 1, 2003... The holidays can be an especially painful time for parents and kids who don't live together because of separation, divorce, or other reasons. For many live-away dads, it's a time of reflection, anxiety, sadness, anger--even bitterness--about...

Cultivating your girl's creativity.(Mind And Body)
January 1, 2003... For too many girls, creativity takes a dive when they enter the tween and teen years. The same daughter who only a few years ago bubbled over with self-expression--proudly showing off homemade objets d'art and belling out invented songs--now...

Going out in groups with boys.(Working It Out)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... When middle school hits, many girls start asking to attend group events with boys. It's not quite dating, but it's bit too close for comfort for many parents. Here's how Amy and her daughter Elena, 13, are working it out. Amy: The first...

When siblings criticize each other.(Parent's Forum)
January 1, 2003... "My 11-year-old relentlessly criticizes her 9-year-old sister. She never seems to miss an opportunity to pick on her. To make matters worse, the younger girl has slight developmental delays, whereas her older sister succeeds at everything she...

Environmental education in action: swimming with dolphins.(Education)
January 1, 2003... My husband, Collin, and I have two daughters that we sometimes call "the two shyest girls on the planet." They have never been interested in large groups of children or attending summer camp. This summer, my hopes for them going off to...

Gaining strength in the great outdoors.(Education)(Environmental Learning Center)
January 1, 2003... Sixteen-year-old Emily Roberts is claustrophobic, so she never imagined she'd be crawling through a cave and loving it. Yet here she is, on her first spelunking trip, and she's fascinated by everything: the cave formations, the flying bats, the...

Seeing the girl.(Mothering Journey)
January 1, 2003... My memories of my mother are filled with her memories of herself. She was not one to keep her stories secret. My siblings and I were well-acquainted with the details of the daily routines and occasional adventures that made up her early years....

Facing faux friends.(Fathering Journey)
January 1, 2003... My daughter, Nora, and I have always gotten along well. It's an easy sort of camaraderie, full of verbal jousting and cries of "Daayaad!" as we tumble through some improvisational goofiness. I'm the one usually trying to get a rise out of...

Refusing to keep quiet.(Consider This)
January 1, 2003... My five-year-old daughter looks up at me, trouble in her eyes. "Todd stepped on my fingers today," she says. "Why?" "No reason." "Did you tell the teacher?" She shakes her head. "Did you tell him to stop?" ...

Learning to let go.(Her Dad)
January 1, 2003... I recently spent an afternoon at the park. While there, I observed a young couple with an adventurous toddler, who spent most of their time leaping up to thwart her escape attempts. It got me thinking about the challenging trajectory we face as...