Musings: Parenting girls

sugar and spice or a bit more complicated?

Rites for Girls has been shortlisted for the BritMums’ Brilliance in Blogging

Thank you to all my regular readers, those who visit silently and those who converse with me, for making my website one that you value. I wrote a piece recently about how to help our children to develop who they are and what they love – to encourage them to find their passion. For me, [...]

Posted on 30 April 2013
Musings: Parenting girls

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Parents’ hopes and fears

What is your vision for your daughter? Many parents start by saying that they just want their children to be happy. Healthy and happy. We might go on to say that we want our child to be joyful, to love life, to have fun, to know what she wants and have the confidence to pursue [...]

Posted on 26 April 2013
Musings: Parenting girls, Parenting teenagers
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Birds and bees tangled in the web

Are you worried about online porn? Well, don’t worry… Do something! On TV women are smoother skinned, slimmer, and sexier than ever before.  In magazines they reveal ever more, and what they reveal is ever more perfect.  Online, well, online almost anything goes. Some say that any child on the web is only two clicks [...]

Posted on 18 April 2013
Musings: Parenting teenagers
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Puberty Rites – marking an important transition

When parents contact me for guidance on organising a puberty rite of passage for their child I always start by asking what they hope to gain from such an event.  Their answers help us to design the ceremony and celebration: “I want to make a fuss of her.  It’s a difficult stage of life and [...]

Posted on 10 April 2013
Musings: Coming of age, Parenting girls, Rites of passage
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What did you most want at thirteen?

For me it wasn’t bigger breasts or Boots17 latest or even a boyfriend. I mean I sort of did want a boyfriend but only in the abstract. I probably did long to be the kind of girl who knew how to get, and then what to do with a boyfriend, but since I wasn’t, I [...]

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Posted on 27 March 2013
Musings: Coming of age, Parenting girls, Parenting teenagers
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