Tag Archives: feelings

Girls need older girls…

Girls need older girls, and older girls need young women, and young women need older women… There are times in our lives when we all need someone to talk to – someone who is not closely involved in our lives, who is a bit removed, but who cares.  This is true for our children too [...]

Posted on 15 January 2013
Musings: Parenting girls, Parenting teenagers
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Is puberty just around the corner?

If your daughter is eight it might be!  So is she prepared? Puberty in girls normally starts between eight and thirteen years old.  For many it comes sooner than we expect – and for some it cannot come soon enough.  Either way it heralds a time of rapid change.  Your daughter can mature and grow [...]

Posted on 12 December 2012
Musings: Coming of age, Parenting girls, Rites of passage
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Just Listen to Me!

Teens tell me that they don’t talk to their parents because their parents don’t listen. I wanted to think that this was not true for me and my teen, but then I observed myself, and have to admit that sometimes I don’t listen properly. When your child comes to you with something that is bothering [...]

Posted on 4 December 2012
Musings: Parenting girls, Parenting teenagers
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New school year starts here

Every family has their rituals at the start of a new school year, whether or not they realise it.  It helps with the nerves and the excitement – more advanced work, new teachers, perhaps a new school even.  Children feel it, parents too.  Our little rituals help to prepare us:- checking the uniform fits, replacing [...]

Posted on 2 September 2012
Musings: Parenting girls, Parenting teenagers, Rites of passage
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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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