Daughters articles from November 2005

Daughters archives from November 2005

Lisa Machoian on girls' depression.(Interview)
November 1, 2005... What should we do if we suspect our daughter is depressed? Why are girls' depression rates steadily climbing? Lisa Machoian has spent the past 20 years listening to teen and tween girls as a teacher, researcher, and therapist. Her book, The...

Learning how to tell her 'no'.(LET'S TALK)
November 1, 2005... Marie: "Hi Mom, this is Marie. Hey, I'm still at Terry's house. The movie just started so I can't get home til midnight." Mom: "I expected you home at 10:30, Marie." Marie: "But Mom, everyone's here." Mom #1: "Well, okay, honey....

Her happy, relaxing holidays.(HER WORLD)
November 1, 2005... It's that time of year again, when families gear up to celebrate Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year's. But as we parents bustle around orchestrating the gatherings, what do our watching girls learn? Too often, that...

Editor's desk.
November 1, 2005... Girls are talking a lot these days. With cell phones, emails, IMs (instant messages), blogs, and text messaging, gifts can--and do--spend hours a day just keeping up with friends. This creates tension in many families, with parents and girls...

Breakfast bonus.(News to Use reviews, research, and new ideas)(breakfast for health)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2005... If your daughter finds herself dragging in her morning classes, ask her what--if anything--she had for breakfast. Health experts agree that breakfast really is the most important meal of the day to keep brain and body operating optimally all...

Fighting violence.(News to Use reviews, research, and new ideas)
November 1, 2005... What's the age that a female is at greatest risk for sexual assault? It's age 14. During high school, one in five girls is physically or sexually abused by a dating partner. And according to the Department of Justice, young women experience the...

Dieting's downsides.(News to Use reviews, research, and new ideas)
November 1, 2005... When researchers studied 11- to 15-year-old girls to see what factors led to later obesity, they discovered evidence that could be surprising. Frequent dieting actually led to greater weight gain, notes University of Texas psychologist Eric...

Delaying sexual activity.(News to Use reviews, research, and new ideas)
November 1, 2005... When Mom and Dad make it clear that they believe sexual activity shouldn't happen early on, there's at least one payoff: girls are less likely to have sexually transmitted diseases as they enter young adulthood. Nearly 19,000 teenagers ages 12...

Super model moms.(News to Use reviews, research, and new ideas)(You Can Do It! The Merit Badge Handbook for Grown-Up Girls)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... We want our daughters to dive into whatever they feel like accomplishing, right? Then girls should learn that lesson right at home, watching Mom take on fun, creative challenges. That's the goal of You Can Do It! The Merit Badge Handbook for...

Is her 'talk time' out of control?(PARENTING)
November 1, 2005... How much time does your daughter spend "talking"? With phone chat, emailing and instant-messaging (IMing), posting on her own website or "blog" (web-log journals), and text-messaging, a girl can spend ever-increasing hours from early morning to...

Keeping tabs on her.(PARENTS' FORUM)
November 1, 2005... Our 15-year-old daughter thinks we ask for too much "check-in" when she's out. Her friends have much looser rules, on the line of "be home at midnight." We require her to call us if her plans change, and check in at regular intervals like...

Letters to the editor.(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2005... I recently subscribed to your publication in hopes of gaining some insight about the young women in our school (575 girls) and to help with educating our parents. I'd like to thank you for the information about the Girls, Women and the Media...

Ask the expert.(mother-daughter communication)
November 1, 2005... I am a school counselor interested in putting together some classes for moms and middle-school-aged daughters on improving communication. I have two years of back issues of Daughters, which have been invaluable. Can you give me other ideas and...

Is she pulling away from dad?(FAMILY)
November 1, 2005... As girls approach puberty, the father-daughter relationship often becomes more strained and distant. For one girl, it may be the result of physical changes that seem easier to discuss with her mom. For another, she may feel more self-conscious...

Quizzes: fun self-discovery for her--and you.(COMMUNICATION)
November 1, 2005... "Who's the true-blue you?" "Are you best friend material?" Open any magazine aimed at tween and teen girls, and questions like these are sure to appear in quizzes that pepper these publications. It's not surprising that most girls love to...

Mom, am I OK? When her concerns became obsessions.(MOTHERING JOURNEY)
November 1, 2005... My daughter Brittany, now twelve, became obsessed with her health about two years ago. She began worrying about things that, while not impossible, were quite improbable. One day she came to me convinced that "one eye is bigger than the other....

Let her teach you.(DAD'S DESK)(fathers and daughters)
November 1, 2005... Does a daughter ever teach her dad or stepdad anything? "Oh, sure," most dads respond. But we need to go beyond that answer. We need to specify, out loud and often, just exactly how we are changed by being fathers, and how we grow and learn by...