Daughters articles from July 2007

Daughters archives from July 2007

Rachel Simmons on dealing with conflict.
July 1, 2007... Girls often get very upset when conflict or hurtful behavior threaten a friendship, and whether a girl is a victim or victimizer, friendship issues are a frequent source of turmoil during the tween and teen years. When she learns healthy ways...

Lifting the weight over size.(LET'S TALK)
July 1, 2007... Mom: You sure you want to eat that? Jill: Um... yes. Mom: You don't need a second helping. Jill: But I want it, and besides, I'm hungry. Mom: I thought you wanted to get thinner. With the increasing focus on childhood...

Feeling good by doing good.(HER WORLD)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Studies keep proving it, and we know it's true every time we do it: Volunteering to help those in need feels good. That's just one reason that the girls in Girl Scouts of Spar and Spindle Council of Massachusetts always have at least one...

Editor's desk.(Editorial)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Here's a sad story with a happy ending. Growing up, I stunk at conflict resolution. And I bet I'm not alone among women in my generation (and I'm guessing, following ones). Many of us were taught that nice girls don't speak up; that "if you...

She's a rock star!(News to Use: reviews, research, and new ideas)
July 1, 2007... What do girls learn when they crank up the guitar, grab the mike, or take charge of the drums in the all-girl rock 'n' roll camps springing up across the country? They develop great music-making skills and have a fab time, but they also develop...

Confident about conflict.(News to Use: reviews, research, and new ideas)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Girls encounter conflicts big and small in their daily life, from a friend's troubling or puzzling behavior to the dating violence that strikes one in three teens. How can they learn healthy ways to deal with conflict and get help for hurtful...

Fear of fat.(News to Use: reviews, research, and new ideas)
July 1, 2007... One in five high-school-aged girls uses laxatives or diet pills, vomits, or skips meals to lose weight, reports the University of Minnesota Project EAT's five-year survey of 2,500 young women. Diet pill usage rates rose to 14.2% during the five...

Put media in its place.(News to Use: reviews, research, and new ideas)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Whose faces dominate the TV your younger girl sees? You might assume that these days she'd see a fair mix of genders and skin colors, But while in past decades things have improved overall, boys still outnumber girls, and minority faces are...

Self-defense for girls: empowered body and mind.(HEALTH)
July 1, 2007... It's Saturday morning at our local aikido dojo. Gifts and boys of various ages, as well as a few parents, are learning a technique to free themselves from a double-arm grab. A four-year-old girl grins as she bends and "throws" one of the dads...

Who is she online?(MEDIA)
July 1, 2007... I know Jennifer (not her real name) well--she's a quiet, intelligent student in my English class who dresses conservatively, attends a local church, and sings in the school choir. As I researched my book, Generation MySpace: Helping Your Teen...

What about giving her alcohol at home?(PARENTS' FORUM)(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2007... "I'm seeking guidelines for exposing my 13-year-old daughter to alcohol. I let her drink watered-down wine on special occasions; usually she takes one sip and says it's awful. I want her to feel the effects of alcohol--that she may feel dizzy,...

Letters to the editor.(Letter to the editor)
July 1, 2007... Thank you for recommending The Macho Paradox, by Jackson Katz [Her World, "Talking about bad male behavior," Sept/Oct 2006], which helped me see how boys and men can be "gender trained" in this society to be abusive to girls and women. My...

Ask the expert.(slouching of teenage girls)
July 1, 2007... How do I get my 13-year-old daughter to stand up straight? She's always been tall for her age, and her body is changing with puberty. I think her slouching is a result of her being self-conscious about her development and height. But when I ask...

The power of her hair.(PARENTING)(hairstyle of teenage girls)
July 1, 2007... When your daughter was little, you were the keeper of her hair. The time you spent washing and brushing it spoke to her of your love. And then she turned 7 or 8 and maybe your involvement began to change. During this period of intense identity...

Blending in--or being herself?(PARENTING)(Brief article)
July 1, 2007... Janie Victoria Ward, author of The Skin We're In (Free Press, 2000), has this advice for parents of African-American girls. Many of us black mothers get nervous when our daughters ask to straighten their hair. We want our daughters to...

Journaling toward body love.(BODY IMAGE)
July 1, 2007... Sadly, the trends in how we all--girls, boys, adults--view our bodies are not good. Body image dissatisfaction remains high, especially among females. Eating disorder therapists report a growing age range among patients--as young as five or six...

Positive parenting power and sports.(CONSIDER THIS)
July 1, 2007... At 27, Tamika Catchings is already an Olympic Gold Medalist, WNBA Rookie of the Year, and five-time WNBA All Star. As the 2007All-Star Game approaches (July 15 in Washington, DC) , the Indiana Fever star reflects on life in a sports-loving...

Giving girls guidance about drinking.(DAD'S DESK)
July 1, 2007... Is "supervised drinking" okay for our children? That's a complex question, as are most questions about alcohol--far and away the most used drug in the United States. For starters, cultural factors play a huge part. For example, some studies...