All posts tagged "raising girls"
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Little Girl Admiring a Soccer Referee in Viral Photo Shows Us Why Representation Matters
A 4-year old girl saw a soccer referee with long hair like hers, and asked her dad if...
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8 Things Every Mother Will Have To ‘Let’ Her Daughter Do At Some Point
When I found out my first child was a girl, I was a little freaked out.
Roller Derby Makes My Daughter Fearless
Every Monday and Wednesday, my daughter spends her evenings with people with names like Chainsaw and Problems. They...
Wishing For Boys When You Have A House Full Of Girls Makes You A Terrible Parent
Your child is your child, right? Who cares what kind of junk it sports? Well, apparently not everyone...
10 Reasons I’m Happy To Be Raising A Girly Girl
I hadn't given a whole lot of thought to the concept of gender after my initial celebration over...
Don’t Teach Your Young Daughter How To Wear ‘Appropriate’ Makeup
My nine-year-old daughter has a makeup bag. It's filled with all of my leftovers, lipstick shades I decided...
My Daughter Is Worth Way More Than Her Virginity
Being a woman seemed to come with rules, even when I was small. Most of it hinged on...
Mama Love Junkie and Mothertougher: I’m Beautiful And Heartbroken About My Ugly Child
I know that I shouldn’t care, and that I should tell her that she is beautiful because of...
The Only Thing Your Kid Will Get Out Of The Modeling Camp Scam Is A Body Complex So Don’t Bother
I am sure that there will be tons of bland, expensive summer camps for all of us to...
Why I Tell My Daughter She Is Pretty Every Day
I have a beautiful little nine-year-old girl. She has gigantic warm melty chocolate eyes and waist length curly...
My Daughter Saying She’s Fat is Way More Disturbing Than Her Saying The Other ‘F’ Word
My daughter is so skinny that she has been stopped a handful of times to be asked to...
Maybe Telling Your Daughter She’s Fat Isn’t The Worst Thing You Can Do
I wonder if I had been taught how to deal with my weight like Charlotte Alter's mother taught her...
My Daughter Is ‘Cool’ And That’s Way Better Than Being ‘Popular’
But, as my daughter explained, the MOST popular of “The Populars†take the private shower stalls. “But how...
(UPDATED) Despite What My Doctors Told Me, I’ll Give Birth To My Daughter Today
When it was clear that we had no intentions of terminating the pregnancy, we got the consolation prize...