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 …
Girl Talk
I had the privilege of sitting down with 6 sixth grade girls recently to give them input into what we would cover with our upcoming Strong Girls Strong World Program with their class. I asked …
The Juciest Fruits Are Found on the Skinniest Limbs!
Along with a lot of other people, I was saddened by an article in the Huff Post Parents, read the whole story on Huffington Post, which reported on a middle school in Long Island which has …
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Dad’s Unique Gifts For Their Daughters
Dads have a unique role to play in raising girls who are confident, resilient, and happy. Here are a few gifts that dads give to their daughters. After spending 2 three-day weekend retreats in Pennsylvania …
Taking a Bite Out of Online Bullying-Part 2
Recently in a middle school girl support group I was running, the girls were talking excitedly about mean texts and messages they had received. And by the way, all of them had experienced this. Charlotte: “I got …
The Truth About Sexting and Online Postings
You are not doing an adequate job of educating your kids and teens about online ethics, civility, dangers, and integrity. Let’s stop blaming Ask.fm,Facebook, Instagram, and cell phones for cyberbullying and sexting, and instead raise …
The world is a safe place
I was just interviewed by a local TV station about an attempted abduction of a high school girl. The knee-jerk reaction is to start ranting about how dangerous it is today, and therefore we should …
The Miley Cyrus Culture
I am soooo glad people like Miley do what they do, because they provide continuous opportunities for parents to talk to and listen to their children. Don’t fret and don’t judge, just listen, watch, and …
A Different Take on Cyberbullying
An article from the LA Times written by Jessica Guynn and Janet Stobart about the social networking site Ask.fm caught my eye this morning. This site is catching major flak because of it’s being linked …
Moms Need to Model Good Body Image
At mother-daughter retreats my wife and I facilitate, we always have a section on body image. The girls are in middle school, a very impressionable age. And it’s always fascinating to learn how unaware most …
Allowing Teens to Have Sex in Your Home
Henry Alford, are you out of your mind?!? His article in the New York Times entitled: Sex in a Teenagers Room? http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/fashion/sex-in-a-teenagers-room.html basically gives carte blanche to teens to have sex in their bedrooms with or …
Forever Reachable???
Charlotte, 17, is supposed to touch base with her parents every hour when she is out with her friends. Becca’s parents put a GPS-type chip in her phone so they can track her whereabouts all …
Safe Bases
One of the best protective factors for our girls is providing them with safe bases . Margaret Mahler defined these as people kids feel safe with and who give them a sense of security. They are …
Stop School Stress
Got a kid in your house who gets stressed out by schoolwork and tests? Never fear, Dr. Tim is here. Here are some suggestions for them to consider before the school year starts up. Stay …
Designer Lockers
School is just around the corner, and kids are starting to dread/think about the upcoming year. An article in the St.Louis Post Dispatch paper caught my eye yesterday, and I wanted to run it by …
Adolescent Girls Lose Self-Esteem? I Don’t Buy It!!
We have been reading in the literature since the 1970’s that girls starting in middle school lose their self-esteem and don’t get it back for years. But from my experiences working with girls at these …
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