Daughters articles from July 2003

Daughters archives from July 2003

Virginia Beane Rutter on coming of age.(Interview)
July 1, 2003... When it comes to discussing girls' inner and outer beauty, there is no better source than Virginia Bean Rutter, psychotherapist, Jungian analyst, and author of Celebrating Girls: Nurturing and Empowering Our Daughters (Conari, 1996) and...

Teach her to make a better world.(Let's Talk)
July 1, 2003... Sasha: "Mom, I've decided I'm not going to eat red meat anymore." Mom: "Oh, really? What made you come to that decision?" Sasha: "Do you know that the rainforest is being wiped out because cows need more room to graze? If we all cut...

Coping with summer boredom.(Her World)
July 1, 2003... The days are long and hot. She has been to camp already, and the novelty has worn off her babysitting job. "Mom," she says. "I'm bored." Fortunately, there's opportunity here for you both. Self-reliance. Avoid the temptation to immediately...

Editor's desk.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Last summer I took my 14-year-old niece to a day spa, where we had simultaneous pedicures. It wasn't exactly a Navajo coming-of-age ritual, but it was sort of a 21st century urban equivalent. I was telling her she was a young woman now, no...

Stuck in old roles.(News to use: reviews, research, and new ideas)(Gender differences in teenage sex studied by Seventeen magazine and the Kaiser Family Foundation.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... In a recent survey, teens of both genders say girls, more so than boys, are likely to feel pressure to have sex to keep a relationship, while at the same time girls are also more likely to "get a bad reputation" if they do. These are among the...

Boys, not abusers.(News to use: reviews, research, and new ideas)(campaign for prevention of domestic violence )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... How do you stop a 30-year-old from beating his wife? Talk to him when he's 12. That's the message on a banner recently draped across the San Francisco Giants' ballpark. It is part of a new domestic violence prevention campaign called "Coaching...

Girls more easily addicted.(News to use: reviews, research, and new ideas)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Girls and young women get hooked on cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs more quickly and for different reasons than boys, according to a new study, and therefore need tailored treatments. The National Center for Addiction and Substance Abuse...

Girls' soccer movie craze.(News to use: reviews, research, and new ideas)(Bend it Like Beckham)(Movie Review)
July 1, 2003... The movie Bend it Like Beckham, in which an Indian girl in London joins a girls' soccer league against her parents' wishes, has created a new craze for the sport in India, the BBC reports. There's been an "explosion in interest" in soccer...

The breast fairy's arrival.(News to use: reviews, research, and new ideas)(When the Breast Fairy Comes: Understanding and Communicating with Your Daughter During Adolescence )(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2003... There can never be too many helpful handbooks for navigating a girl's adolescence. When the Breast Fairy Comes: Understanding and Communicating with Your Daughter During Adolescence by Stacey L. Roberts (Tenspeed Press, 2003) is a new addition...

Is she too rude?(Family)
July 1, 2003... Dad: "Dinner's almost ready. Time to set the table." Daughter: "You do it. I'm busy." Dad: "I asked you to set the table." Daughter: "And I said no!" Dad: "Don't talk back to me!" This dad is in a bind. He deserves respect...

Her first gynecological visit.(Mind And Body)
July 1, 2003... When I visited the gynecologist for my annual exam last year, she had an unexpected request--to bring my 14-year-old daughter along the next time to observe and chat. I readily agreed: what a smart way to let a daughter know what this female...

Homework trouble.(Working It Out)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2003... Getting homework done is a big problem in many homes. Parents get tired of nagging and being the homework police, and kids get tired of being bugged about it. Yet schoolwork must get finished, so what's a family to do? Here's how Kristi and...

What should you do about lying?(Parents' Forum)
July 1, 2003... "Within a few weeks after entering middle school, our 11-year-old twin daughters have told us two lies. (One was about why they needed an early ride to school--they said it was to work on a project when it was actually to wrap a friend's locker...

The meaning of lying--and what to do about it.(Family)
July 1, 2003... If your daughter hasn't lied to you yet, she may. It's fairly typical during adolescence. Sometimes girls lie so they can do what they want to do. As they grow up, girls have to try new things. If we don't let them, they may lie to us and do...

Trusting your daughter to date.(Dad's Desk)
July 1, 2003... Want to get fathers of daughters quickly engaged in a passionate conversation? Just ask them, "When is your daughter old enough to date?" There's always someone who answers "30," and only half jokingly. But after that, the dads will be off...

Power/steering.(Fathering Journey)
July 1, 2003... I am teaching my 16-year-old daughter to drive. This is a role I die for. If she only knew, she could charge me for the privilege. I am not so much interested in the mechanics of it as in witnessing her take-off. Parenting is mainly about...

When sexy is what she's trying for.(Consider This)
July 1, 2003... On New Moon Publishing's "Care About Girls" listserv, a mother once wrote that her 11-year-old daughter was eager to wear tight-fitting shirts and dresses designed for older girls. The mother said she wanted her girl to choose her own clothes...

A different world for our girls.(Her Dad)
July 1, 2003... An interesting thing happens when we have children; we raise them as if the world were the same as it was when we were growing up. Throughout history this has worked quite well, largely because change was such a slow and incremental thing. ...