Our Lives Through Music
I watched girls last night at a high school musical review belt out tunes from the 40’s, 50’s, and 60’s that were sung by women artists in those eras , and it brought back a …
The Best Prom Night Protection For Girls
The recent story of NFL player Ray Rice hitting his girlfriend really bothered me. I work with so many teenage girls and women in their 20’s that it sickens me to think about how …
Prom Night: Let’s Hear It For The Boys!
I have heard from many worried parents lately about the hazards of prom night for their girls, and I was interviewed on the CBS affiliate TV news show Great Day St. Louis today about …
Root Beer Feelings
Have you ever been so mad that you flew into a rage and screamed your head off into your pillow or while driving in your car? And then, inexplicably, you started bawling? Unbeknownst to you, you experienced …
Surprising Saudi Girls
Sitting in a circle with six 13 year old Saudi girls was an amazing experience for me last week. I have just returned from spending time in Saudi Arabia, and part of it allowed me …
How We Are Messing Up Girls
How are parents and the culture messing up girls today? On the one hand, we are conditioning girls to focus on being competitive, driven, ambitious, willing to step on people to get to the top, …
Have Girls Lost Their Guts?
The recent story of NFL player Ray Rice hitting his girlfriend really bothered me. I work with so many teenage girls and women in their 20’s that it sickens me to think about how many …
Are Great-Grandparents Going Extinct?
I am afraid that great-grandparents are going the way of the dinosaur, which is a shame. Kids are going to miss out on a lot of family history and heritage. Why do I say this? …
What Buddha Can Teach Us About Reacting To Racial Slurs?
Can we all please grow up past the sandbox stage and stop both the name-calling and the over-reactions to words? Please? Marcus Smart, a college basketball player, recently brought this issue to the forefront once …
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Childhood is Not a Race
Parents need a major adjustment in what they focus on. Because are kids are suffering way too much stress these days, and it will haunt them into the future. Here’s why. Sophie, 14, a straight …
Girls Are Way More Than Their Looks And Appearance
You are your looks. Your appearance and ‘hotness’ is what matters most. Your power comes from displaying your body, and the more displayed the better. If you got it, flaunt it. You also gain much …
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Bullying: Focus on Prevention vs. Reactions
When it comes to school bullying, I think we’ve got it all wrong. 2 girls, one 13 and the other 14, were bullied so severely last fall that their parents obtained restraining orders against the …
I Do? Apparently Not For Many Young Women
I wonder if it’s possible to plan out how, when, and where you will meet up with your soulmate, assuming that there is at least one person out there with whom you are destined to …
Gratitude
It was 9 PM on a wednesday evening as I walked with my wife Anne along a darkened wharf in Cabo, Mexico. A small, solitary figure approached us, and to my surprise it was a …
The Worst Invention Ever For Girls
In the early years if the 20th century, something happened in American homes that changed the way adolescent girls felt about their appearance. And the effects became a runaway train that hasn’t slowed down since. …
5 Gifts Your Kids Won’t Find Under the Tree
While the shopping frenzy has died down a bit, I thought I would give you some gift ideas for your children that you won’t find at the mall. But they are infinitely more valuable than …
Why Girls Are More Aggressive Today
To begin with, I think in many ways that girls in grade school on up are more aggressive and earlier than girls in past generations. There are many reasons for this change, and in this …
The Origin of Original Thought
My wife and I had our six best friends over for dinner last night, and we got into an interesting discussion about the value of original thought. Our concern was that kids today are not …
Would Girls Rather Receive a Punch or a Glare?
The answer to the question in the title is unequivocally a glare, by a long shot. What is interesting is that most girls in grade school and middle school have little awareness of the power …
Girls Need Quiet Spaces to Gather Themselves
The only journey is the one within. Ranier Marie Rilke Adolescent girls undergo the Heroine’s Journey whereby they transform from a girl to a woman. One aspect of this developmental process involves metaphorically …
