Daughters articles from May 2007

Daughters archives from May 2007

Joe Kelly on the value of play.
May 1, 2007... What do dads and daughters gain through play? Plenty, says Joe Kelly, author of The Dads & Daughters Togetherness Guide: 54 Fun Activities to Help Build a Great Relationship (Broadway, 2007). Dad-daughter play time deepens bonds and creates...

Does she truly feel successful?(LET'S TALK)
May 1, 2007... Dad: Did you talk to your guidance counselor about getting into those AP classes next semester? Emma: Do I really have to take all AP? Dad: Well, I was talking with Amy's mom, and she said Amy was taking all AP classes, too. Look, we...

Know the flow--and go with it!(HER WORLD)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... What's a "normal" menstrual cycle? Nearly every girl worriedly poses that question before her first period, and certainly afterward. The fact is that there's a quite wide range for normal, according to recent guidelines in a report from the...

Editor's desk.
May 1, 2007... Who parents our daughters? For many of our girls, the primary parenting role is assumed by their biological parents. And many of our It gifts are also parented by a stepparent, parental partner, grandparent, or other extended family member. Yet...

Hooping it up!(News to Use: reviews, research, and new ideas)
May 1, 2007... Here's a great way to celebrate Mother's Day or Father's Day this year: Check out a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) game. Play begins this year on May 19, and continues through the summer. WNBA is partnering with Dads &...

Math-happy girls.(News to Use: reviews, research, and new ideas)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... When Fred Gluck started volunteering with a fifth-grade math enrichment group five years ago, he found that only 20% of the members were girls, a percentage that had dropped from the third-grade group, with 30% girls. So Gluck, a former...

Pressured ethics.(News to Use: reviews, research, and new ideas)
May 1, 2007... Girls feel increasingly pressured to succeed in school, and that leads many to cut ethical corners by lying or cheating on tests, reports a recent survey from Junior Achievement, the teen service and business club. On the upside, 59% of the 13-...

Recommended read.(News to Use: reviews, research, and new ideas)
May 1, 2007... What do you think about sex ed in the schools? University of California sociologist Kristin Luker has studied the issue for 20 years and during that time has talked to many parents and others across the country. Her book When Sex Goes to...

Talking about the HPV vaccine.(HEALTH)
May 1, 2007... A recommendation last summer from federal health officials that all 11- and 12-year-old girls get the human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV) to help prevent cervical cancer has prompted many states to introduce legislation mandating the vaccine....

Her healthy summer media diet.(MEDIA)
May 1, 2007... If your house is like my house, summer means the end to predictable rules about when media can be on and off--rules that for the rest of the year revolve around school schedules. This summer, I know my teenage daughter will want to hang out on...

TV-free girls.(MEDIA)(Brief article)
May 1, 2007... Our two daughters, now 15 and 12, weren't pleased when we decided to forego fixing our TV, which broke way back in 1997. But after several months, they didn't miss it a bit. They're welcome to watch TV at a relatives or Mends house, but they've...

Should she hang out with friends who act too old?(PARENTS' FORUM)
May 1, 2007... 'My 10-year-old would love to act older than her age. She has two friends in fourth grade who I think are going too fast with boys and pushing boundaries. At what point is it OK to set parameters with your daughter's friends? Some parents...

Letters to the editor.(Letter to the editor)
May 1, 2007... Thanks so much for the response to my question about my daughter's different behavior around me when her father comes home from business trips ("Ask the Expert," Sept./Oct. 2006). The much-needed advice was fight on. I wanted to also let you...

Ask the expert.
May 1, 2007... My boyfriend and I will be married soon (I was divorced three years ago, and he was widowed a year later). Between us, we have five kids, and they all like each other. But his 11-year-old daughter is not happy that he's dating me--not because...

The "purposeful parenting" of stepparents.(PARENTING)
May 1, 2007... My teenage daughter Zoe is a child of divorce. My wife Holly is her stepmother. In other words, we are a typical American family. While statistics are scarce, it's likely that stepparents are present in over half of American households with...

Do something big!(FATHERING JOURNEY)
May 1, 2007... My job is working with middle-school and high-school students and I have an 11-year-old daughter, so every day I see ample evidence of the challenges facing girls, particularly during the tween years. That's when a girl's confidence often drops...

Savor the moments that are slipping away.(CONSIDER THIS)
May 1, 2007... My daughter is about to graduate from high school; in a few months we will have a spare bedroom for the first time in eighteen years, and my husband and I will join the ranks of the empty nesters. Chances are, your daughters are younger. So you...

Putting your love into words.(DAD'S DESK)
May 1, 2007... A good friend of mine told me that his 11-year-old daughter had stormed off screaming, "You don't love me!" My friend was incredulous. "How could she possibly think I don't love her? After all the things I do for her--music lessons, soccer...