Michele Borba: Helping Girls Be Strong & Confident And Buck Negative Media...
Michele Borba I don’t know about you, but I’m suffering from a bad case of only what I can call “Shudder Syndrome”, and it seems to be worsening. It’s a relatively new ailment, but it always...
View ArticleMichele Borba: Too Sexy, Too Soon: How to Counter the X-Rated World So Our...
REALITY CHECK: Sure, the world these days is more X-rated, but parents have always been an excellent counterbalance to sleaze and raunchiness. Stay involved so you can help your daughter read her world...
View ArticleMichele Borba: Too Close for Comfort? New secrets of the mother-daughter...
Michele Borba Let’s face it, is there any relationship more complicated than between mother and daughter? But understanding that the complex bond is a whole new subject — that is until now. Linda...
View ArticlePart IV: Mean Girls–What Motivates Bullying?
Michele Borba Note to readers: This is the fourth in a series of blogs about relational aggression-or the new mean girl scene-and what educators and parents can do to curb this trend. In past blogs...
View ArticleThe Mean Girl Scene
Read the paper lately or heard any of the troubling stories about our girls? It appears many of the sugar and spice set are no longer nice. Here are just a sample appalling recent headlines to refresh...
View Article7 Deadly Questions to NEVER Ask Teens and Why
Toxic parent communication stoppers that are guaranteed to turn teens off – and your better response to keep them talking Let’s face it, talking with an adolescent can be like walking through a...
View Article10 Signs of Relational Aggression and Female Bullying
How to know if a girl may be a victim of female bullying and the “Mean Girl Scene” “I don’t want to go to school!” “All the girls hate me!” “Can’t we please just go away for awhile!” “I can’t take it...
View ArticleMore Teens Getting Botox
Parenting advice to raise girls from inside out and stop the outside wrinkle-free, large-breasted, pencil thin craze. Enough! Ask teen girls what is on their birthday wish list these days, and you may...
View ArticleDangerous Teen Trends That Pose Health Risks
Do you know what K-2, Four Loko, Spice, Blaze, Red X Dawn, Blackout in can, and Toxing are? If not, it’s time to wise up and talk to your teens. Here are three dangerous teen trends every parent needs...
View ArticleStudy: Puberty Onset Earlier
Puberty Onset Four Years Earlier American Academy of Pediatrics: Over a decade ago, Marcia Herman-Giddes, a pediatrician and now professor at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health,...
View ArticleMean Girls and Relational Aggression Solutions
Steps to reduce female cruelty and relational aggression and raise compassionate, respectful girls Forget “sugar and spice and everything nice.” Research too often shows a different picture with all...
View ArticleCountering A Too Sexy, Too Soon Culture for Our Daughters
Parenting advice to raise strong, secure girls from the inside out and counter those racy, raunchy “what you have to look like” type images that rob self-esteem These days it’s almost impossible to not...
View ArticleDangerous Websites for Teen Girls
Parenting alert: Websites tailored to young girls that encourage negative self-image, eating disorders and cold-blooded cruelty Research is showing a clear and troubling trend in the mental health of...
View ArticleLearning from Little Mean Girls
Making a Difference in the Lives of All Young Girls A special guest post by Michelle Anthony, author of Little Girls Can Be Mean Here is a guest post by Michelle Anthony, author of the wonderful (and...
View ArticleGirls Binging, Drinking to Reduce Stress
Research shows a disturbing trend: girls are drinking and binging more to reduce stress. Parenting solutions to help young girls Think drinking is only a “boy” problem? Data from the Partnership for a...
View ArticleHelping Girls Become Confident Leaders
Parenting advice on how to raise strong, confident daughters from the inside out What parent doesn’t want their daughter to be a leader? After all, that top role—be it, debate captain, head...
View ArticleAn Interview with Rachel Simmons on the Mean Girl Scene
Q&A with Rachel Simmons, author of the must-read and revised ODD GIRL OUT One of the women I admire most in the fight on bullying is Rachel Simmons. Her work on building leadership with young girls...
View ArticleNew Girl Scout Research Exposes the Impact of Reality TV on Girls
REALITY CHECK: New research shows tween and teen girls who regularly view reality TV accept and expect a higher level of drama, aggression, and bullying in their own lives, and measure their worth...
View ArticleThe Dangers of Over-Sexualized Images On Young Girls
How to counter “Too Much, Too Soon, Too Sleazy” ads aimed at our daughters and raise healthier girls from the inside out Thongs undies for toddlers. Push-up bras for eight-year olds. Sneakers to “tone”...
View ArticleHow A Mom’s Self Confidence Affects Her Daughter’s Self Confidence
If you could give your daughter one quality that would most enhance her chance for leading a successful life–what would it be? Many experts say the greatest gift is positive self-belief. It turns out...
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