20 Things Every Daughter Should Know.
I want my daughters to know these things, always: 1. I don’t care if you date a man or a woman. Mutual love and respect are what matter in relationships. 2. Ignore the advice...
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For at Least One More Summer: A Love Note from Mother to Daughter.
The feel of tender, young grass between her squeezed-tightly fingertips was primal. The tug, uprooting them, connected her with a fiery anger that she didn’t know her belly housed. Then, momentarily afterward, she’d feel regret...
Raising Girls with Healthy Body Images.
Author’s note: This was written and published to honor National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. I wet my hands in the bathroom sink. Her hair drips in fluid spirals as soon as I lightly pat...
Throwing Away “I’m Sorry” & Teaching Empathy.
Teaching our kids empathy instead of meaningless “I’m sorries.” These days, it seems that I meet more and more narcissists. While I’m not a psychologist, it is commonly believed that a true narcissist doesn’t...
How to Raise a Girl.
I’m about to have two little ladies running around my house instead of just one. (I’m expecting a girl.) And raising a girl is nothing short of a blessing. But sugar and spice and...
What Our Daughters Want Us to Know.
His hand moves down the back of my neck. I feel his caress linger in places that make my skin jump as his palm trails down my side. Momentarily, I’m more inside of my body—feeling...
The Caged Girls: Yoga Pants, Sticky Mats & Freedom (Chapters Six Through Ten).
Read Part One of The Caged Girls: The Prologue Through Chapter Three. Read Part Two of The Caged Girls: A Life in the Mind (Chapters Four & Five). Part Three: Yoga Pants, Sticky Mats & Freedom. Chapter Six. I...
