Daughters articles from May 2004

Daughters archives from May 2004

Carol Eagle on the brother factor.(Interview)
May 1, 2004... Are girls who grow up with brothers different from other girls? Psychologist Carol Eagle argues that they are. Former head of Child and Adolescent Psychology at Montefiore Medical Center and author of All That She Can Be (Fireside, 1994), Eagle...

Answering her questions about your imperfect past.(Let's Talk)
May 1, 2004... Marissa, in the car with Dad, driving to the mall: "Uh, Dad, I've sort of been wondering... did you or Mom do drugs when you were young?" Dad: "Uh... Uh... Why do you ask?" Marissa: "Well, I'm curious... plus some kids I know say...

My imperfect babysitting past.(Editor's Desk)
May 1, 2004... Since my girls are 4 and 8, they haven't gotten to the "What illegal stuff did you do back in high school?" stage yet. So far they only want to hear about my fairly innocuous grade school adventures, such as the time I got into trouble for...

Harassment-free hallways.(New to use: reviews, research, and new ideas)
May 1, 2004... To discover how students, parents, and schools can more effectively prevent and respond to sexual harassment, the AAUW Educational Foundation convened a task force of experts in 2001. The task force created the guide, Harassment-Free Hallways,...

Good news: teens and sex.(New to use: reviews, research, and new ideas)
May 1, 2004... Virginity may not be as passe as the media would have us believe, suggests a new survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and Seventeen. Some 92 percent of teens, including 89 percent of boys, think that being a virgin in high school is a good...

High heels hurt.(New to use: reviews, research, and new ideas)
May 1, 2004... Just when you thought you'd heard of every awful firing a female can do to her body in the name of "beauty," something worse comes along. The latest is cosmetic foot surgery. Yes, you read that right. The New York Times reported recently that...

Mini-grants for girls.(New to use: reviews, research, and new ideas)
May 1, 2004... If you know of a girl in grades 6 through 10 who could use some money to make a dream come true, guide her to the Ann Bancroft Foundation's Dare to Dream mini-grant program (www.annbancrofffoundation.org). The $100 to $500 grants are given to...

The girls project online.(New to use: reviews, research, and new ideas)
May 1, 2004... Women Make Movies has launched The Girls Project website (www.wmm.com/catalog/girlsproject.htm), a National Endowment for the Arts-funded collection of films and videos celebrating young women's lives around the world. This collection provides...

DADs online actions.(New to use: reviews, research, and new ideas)
May 1, 2004... If you could make the world safer for your children, you'd do it, wouldn't you? Well, you can. It'll take less than five minutes, you can do it from home, and it won't cost you a thing. Commercial list brokers have targeted our...

Creating her own web pages.(Technology)
May 1, 2004... Is your daughter blogging? Although it sounds strange, blogging is really just a high-tech version of something girls have done for centuries---keeping a diary. A blog (short for "web log") is a diary posted on the Internet. But because it's...

Babysitting: is your daughter ready?(Money)
May 1, 2004... Babysitting may be the first moneymaking job your daughter will have. With the right experiences, it can aim be one of the most rewarding, giving her lifelong people, business, and parenting skills. But as morns and dads everywhere know,...

Second grade workload.(Working It Out)
May 1, 2004... Even as early as first and second grade, kids are getting piles of homework. And at that tender age, sorting it out and getting it done ends up falling on parents as much as on kids. Here's how second-grader Ann, 8, and her morn, Ellen, are...

When she's trading on her beauty.(Parent's Forum)
May 1, 2004... "My beautiful daughter is entering middle school soon. The problem is, she knows she's beautiful. How can I help her not use her beauty as a crutch?" P.L., Fairfax, Virginia What's wrong with her knowing she's beautiful? Expecting...

Dads are more than walking wallets.(Dad's Desk)
May 1, 2004... Many fathers feel that our primary responsibility is bringing home as much bacon as possible. However, this way of thinking requires a significant trade-off that we seldom squarely address. To meet the expectation that we be great providers, we...

How much athletics is too much?(Sports)
May 1, 2004... "Sports are my life," says 12-year-old Jess She plays basketball and soccer, does gymnastics and juggling practice, and plays weekend games, in addition to homework and Girl Scouts. However, Jesse began needing a knee brace during games last...

At graduation, Dad recalls daughter's lessons.(Fathering Journey)
May 1, 2004... My daughter's high school graduation last year found me shaking my head in disbelief. Could 18 years have passed since I first cradled Aviva's head in my outstretched palm? Since that morning 18 years ago, I have lived two lives, hers and mine....

The eyes have it.(Mothering Journey)
May 1, 2004... Today as I was watching my 15-year-old daughter roll her eyes at me for the umpteenth time, I asked her what I'd been wondering: "How does that feel?" "How does what feel?" she replied in an agitated voice. "Rolling your eyes. You do...

The importance of real work.(Consider This)
May 1, 2004... Eight-year-old Amanda volunteers at the local nature center, and one of her tasks is to sort beads into packets for a program the center does with groups of children. It's a tedious job, but Amanda likes doing it. "I know that if I didn't do...

Dads and emotions.(Her Dad)
May 1, 2004... Alan, a man I've known for years, confided recently that he was having trouble with his daughter. It was like many stories I'd heard before from fathers. When his daughter was little, he said, she'd been "Daddy's girl," climbing on his lap when...