Daughters articles from November 1999

Daughters archives from November 1999

Is she a material girl?(Let's Talk)
November 1, 1999... (A girl sits on the floor of her room, surrounded by shopping bags. Her mother comes to the doorway.) Mother: "What's all this? We didn't agree you could buy more clothes this month." Daughter: (shrugs, rolls her eyes) "I only bought a...

To the test.(Keeping Time)
November 1, 1999... Finals are approaching. Your daughter hauls an armload of books to her room. "I have so much to study," she says. "I don't know where to start." "Can I help?" you wonder. But it's not a simple question. Our daughters know how important...

Editor's desk.
November 1, 1999... On her last birthday, my daughter made a list of true things about herself, a separate sentence for every year she had lived. Some items on her list were goofy; others were profound. During her birthday celebration, she stood in the middle of a...

Pass the conversation, please.(News To Use)
November 1, 1999... Living in a fast-paced family? Make a point of having meals together. In a survey of teenage girls, mealtime was the number one event they mentioned that made them feel good about themselves within the family setting. Holiday meals with...

Girl cents.(News To Use)
November 1, 1999... Surveys indicate that our daughters brim with confidence about their financial savvy but lack basic competence in money management. In a USA Today poll, four out of five teens considered themselves experts on finance. Yet other national surveys...

Healthy care.(News To Use)
November 1, 1999... Many girls between the ages of 11 and 14 aren't seeing their doctors often enough. A recent study published in the journal Pediatrics found that early adolescents, both girls and boys, have the lowest rate of doctors' visits of any age group in...

Gutsy girls.(News To Use)
November 1, 1999... How will you react if your daughter wants to jump out of a plane? More of us are facing these kinds of questions as girls increase their participation in extreme sports such as skydiving, boxing or mountain climbing. "These sports are a natural...

The essential three.(News To Use)
November 1, 1999... According to a report from file American Association of University Women, the much-discussed math and science gap between girls and boys may be closing. High school girls and boys now take nearly the same number of math and science courses, a...

Last laughs.(News To Use)
November 1, 1999... If you're tempted to tease your daughter about her body, resist. A study from the Melpomene Institute for Women's Health Research found a link between being teased mid poor self-image among girls. Furthermore, peers were not the only teasers....

Living deeply.(News To Use)(200 Ways to Raise a Girl's Self--Esteem)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 1999... In his new book, 200 Ways to Raise a Girl's Self--Esteem (Conari, 1999), author and dad Will Glennon raises his voice on behalf of girls. On another level, his book is also a powerful voice raised on behalf of dads. Glennon encourages all of...

Sister fights.(Parents' Forum)
November 1, 1999... "My 11- and 12-year-old daughters fight constantly. It causes so much turmoil within our family. Since I'm a single dad, I'm often caught in the middle or accused of taking sides. What can I do to help them stop arguing?" A.G., Alberta,...

Charlotte Milholland on girls with a purpose.(Interview)
November 1, 1999... Some daughters try to do everything at once. They scatter their energy without finding a focus. Other girls retreat from extra activities and have trouble identifying things they really want to do. Charlotte Milholland addresses both types of...

Movies--a world of girls.(Media)
November 1, 1999... The typical adolescent girl is in a stage psychologists call egocentric. This doesn't mean our daughters are egotistical. It does mean, however, that they often have difficulty seeing beyond their own points of view. A girl who feels that no...

The tampon question.(Mind And Body)
November 1, 1999... Your 12-year-old daughter is curious about tampons. After seeing hundreds of advertisements for them, she assumes everybody her age is using tampons--everybody except her. Should you encourage her to try? Perhaps, but you can also set the...

Love and work.(Parent Journey)
November 1, 1999... Guilt should be like Jimminy Cricket, a tiny voice that reminds us to do the right thing. But all too often maternal guilt becomes a loud drone deafening us to the voices of reason, respect and even love. This is particularly true where...

Eco-girls.(Girl Culture)
November 1, 1999... We didn't worry about the ozone layer when we were adolescents, but our daughters do. They know more than we knew at their ages about dwindling forests, animal extinction and a stressed environment. All their lives, our daughters have heard a...