Tag Archives: Puberty for girls

Dads matter

A girl’s relationship with her Daddy influences all her future relationships with men. Dad’s can show their daughters: – how to love – how to play – how to follow the rules – how to bend the rules – how to completely flout the rules – how to feel safe with a man – how [...]

Posted on 23 June 2012
Musings: Parenting girls
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Body Beautiful

A baby girl reaches for her toes, fascinated as they dance in and out of her vision. A little girl pulls up her top to display her round belly proudly. A young girl dances up and down the hallway, delighting in her nakedness before a bath. A young school girl insists on wearing the same [...]

Posted on 15 June 2012
Musings: Coming of age, Parenting girls, Parenting teenagers
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Let’s Talk About Blood!

How about this as a gift to your pre-teen daughter: Gather together your women friends, and her girl friends and their mothers, and talk about your bleeding time! This is what I offer the girls in my Girls Journeying Together™ groups and we have a lovely evening.  I highly recommend it. Women supporting girls – [...]

Posted on 8 June 2012
Musings: Coming of age, Parenting girls, Parenting teenagers
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What is a good education?

How many adults are bored, uninspired, unmotivated, or without direction?  A fair few. How many children are?   Not many. So what happens in between? If your teenager is losing motivation, spirit, direction – stop! Stop and look to see what is stifling them. Children learn by playing.  They experiment and observe and test. Teenagers [...]

Posted on 6 June 2012
Musings: Parenting girls, Parenting teenagers
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“Does my bum look big in this?”

It’s become a joke – we laugh, but it hurts. Worry about weight and appearance is so all pervasive that we hardly question it. The focus ought to be on what creates this anxiety – not on how can we live with it, or how we can reduce it by losing weight and altering appearance. [...]

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Posted on 31 May 2012
Musings: Parenting girls, Parenting teenagers
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