Musings: Coming of age

making that always precious, but sometimes tricky transition from girl to woman

First bra – a special occasion

Do you remember getting your first bra? Was it a special experience?  I hope so. A girl’s first bra takes her through a gateway – a significant step along her path towards womanhood.  She is introduced to a whole new world of lingerie choices: cup size, cotton, lace, black, pink, skin-tone, underwired, padded, strapless, matching [...]

Posted on 2 November 2012
Musings: Coming of age, Parenting girls, Parenting teenagers, Rites of passage
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Running a Girls’ Group

Girls want to understand what is happening to them as their body changes, their moods fluctuate, and their relationships shift.  Girls want reassurance that all is still well. Women can give them this reassurance.   Girls want to know that they are not alone. Other girls can give them this feeling of camaraderie.  Belonging to [...]

Posted on 15 October 2012
Musings: Coming of age, Parenting girls, Parenting teenagers
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Celebrate her Coming of Age

Want to do something to celebrate the specialness of your daughter’s coming of age – but not sure what or how? Want to mark the occasion of her first bleed – but feel certain that she’d sooner not? Not sure how to introduce the idea of a puberty rite to your daughter (or son)? Well [...]

Posted on 9 October 2012
Musings: Coming of age, Parenting girls, Parenting teenagers, Rites of passage
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Parenting – a lifetime of letting go

From the moment of giving birth and cutting the umbilical cord, parenting is a lifetime of letting go.  While letting go is liberating it can also be scary and painful. We have to trust that our children will be capable. Our children need us to believe in their competence. We have to trust that they [...]

Posted on 10 September 2012
Musings: Coming of age, Parenting girls
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Not ready for big school?

It is the last day of term and for most eleven year olds it is the last day of primary school. Next September – big school!  It is presented as a big-new-exciting-thing, as often new things are to children.  But actually, for many the change is daunting and not terribly welcome. Even though it may [...]

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Posted on 20 July 2012
Musings: Coming of age, Parenting girls, Parenting teenagers, Rites of passage
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