Daughters articles from January 2006

Daughters archives from January 2006

Nathalie Bartle on talking about sex.(INTERVIEW)
January 1, 2006... Talking with our daughters about sexual behavior and beliefs is one of the most difficult challenges of parenting, says Nathalie Bartle, author of Venus in Blue Jeans: Why Mothers and Daughters Need to Talk about Sex (Houghton Mifflin, 1998,...

When you're afraid of losing her.(LET'S TALK)
January 1, 2006... Mom: I'm really scared. Your father and I just don't know what to do about all the things you've been doing lately. Kristen: Mom, please give me another chance. I'll get my act together, promise! Mom: No, there's the drinking, the...

Editor's desk.
January 1, 2006... When our first daughter was born, we were armed to the gills with crib, diapers, and loads of darling onesies. But we still had one unmet need: information. We two newbie parents were pretty clueless about what to do with this tiny girl, and we...

Cell phone risks.(News to Use: reviews, research, and new ideas)
January 1, 2006... One downside of cell phones? Many girls like talking on them too much (see Daughters, Nov./Dec., 2005: "Is Her Talk Time Out of Control?"). Another downside is health concerns about electromagnetic radiation emitted by the phones, which experts...

School confident?(education of girls is better than those of boys)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... Girls do better at school than do boys, but both boys and girls feel schools could do better, according to over 80,000 highschoolers participating in the annual High School Survey of Student Engagement. High school girls spend two hours...

Seeing sporty girls.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... Is your daughter's team as "visible" as it should be, with fair coverage in the local media? Unless things change, future women athletes are likely to be seen far less than males. In the last five years, TV coverage of women's sports has...

Girls can get I.T.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2006... Most girls love to use the computer, but will they love I.T.--information technology--when they grow up? Although millions of women work with computers, not many pursue computer technology degrees and hold lucrative positions available in the...

Giving her credit guidance in a funny-money world.
January 1, 2006... When your daughter was younger, she probably learned money lessons firsthand through a small cash allowance. But now she's going to need a lot more guidance to stay money-smart. Increasingly, her transactions will involve credit cards, debit...

Is she suffering from sleep deprivation?
January 1, 2006... When my daughter was in elementary school, my maternal radar could easily recognize the trouble signals showing up in her usually cheerful face. A puffiness under the eyes, a slackness in the jaw, combined with a whiny, defeated tone in her...

What should I tell her about my drug use?(PARENTS' FORUM)
January 1, 2006... "I have talked to my two daughters about drugs, but I haven't told them that I drank and used drugs when I was young. Up to now, my thought has been that this might make them conclude that some drug use is OK. Should I rethink this?" T....

Make all science real.(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2006... As a mother and an engineer, I was disappointed in your article, "Undercover Science Fun," in the Sept./Oct. 2005 issue. The examples in the article were from the ecology/biology/botany spectrum; I wish you would have included examples from...

Ask the expert.
January 1, 2006... I am a middle-school counselor. I use Daughters as a resource in my work and our parents also can borrow Daughters from our library's parenting collection. Do you have information about how parents can help their daughters with test anxiety?...

Hormone harmony: bring out the best in your cycles.(BODY)
January 1, 2006... For many girls--as well as their moms--menstrual periods are hardly a welcome monthly visitor, particularly if premenstrual mood swings, cramps, and crankiness are expected. And in many households, moms and daughters find themselves at opposite...

When a girl should quit.(importance of parental guidance)
January 1, 2006... What do you do when your daughter tries a new activity and wants to quit after only a few sessions? Parents discussed this question in a recent forum in Daughters, focusing mainly on sports. Most thought that a girl should finish out the season...

Get our girls fair access to sports!(DAD'S DESK)
January 1, 2006... A dad named John Humphreys recently wrote to me upon learning that the Department of Education is weakening Title IX, the federal civil rights law granting fair access to sports for girls and women. "Why ever should there be any darn sex...