There are people out there creating this whole industry that teaches little girls A) their looks are paramount and B) their natural beauty isn’t enough… it’s got to be “enhanced” to the point of absurdity wherein the child more closely resembles a soul-less doll than a joy-abounding little kinder.
Does someone have a tongue scraper? I [...]
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As If Raising Girls Wasn’t Hard Enough…
Posted in raising girls on June 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Who’s In Charge of Your Body?
Posted in raising girls on April 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I LOVE this idea. My sister-in-law and her friends have started teaching their children about their physical autonomy at a very young age, and I think it’s wonderful.
Shortly after my eldest niece, Marta, started to speak in full sentences, my sister-in-law made up a “game” with her. She’d ask her in a big, silly voice, [...]
Moms Are Great Role Models
Posted in raising girls on April 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, that’s not exactly a mindblowingly revolutionary observation, but it had to be said. In order for me to help my daughter have a great self-image, I have to model that behaviour myself. My own self image is pretty poor these days, as I’m coming to terms with my new “mom” body.
As my baby gets [...]
Raising Girls
Posted in raising girls on April 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Raising girls is extremely risky business these days. Maybe it’s always been so, and now there’s just a greater awareness of the dangers. I tend to think that as media creeps into further depths of our lives via the Internet, television, cell phones, advertisements in public spaces, etc, it becomes more and more difficult to keep [...]
