When girls learn about puberty before it happens, they face it with greater confidence and even excitement. This is the perfect time to start healthy, factual conversations. In this mom-daughter program, we’ll cover growth and development, bras and bra shopping, hygiene and hair management, nutrition, menstruation, feminine care products, moods and emotions, and respect for […]
Mom Gives Dolls a Make-Under
February 12, 2015 By
What happens when an artist, illustrator and science communicator and artist gets ahold of some old Bratz dolls? They get an incredible make under. A mom in Hobart, Tasmania wanted to breathe some new life into old toys and accidentally stumbled upon something that a touched a nerve for a lot of parents. Beautiful dolls […]
Richmond Summer Camps 2015
January 26, 2015 By
4 Star Camps at UVA for academics, golf and tennis. Our priorities for the camp are clear – each season our goal is to raise the bar in regards to safety, outstanding staff, customized courses and most of all just plain fun. Abacus Math Club offers a half-day academic enrichment summer day camp for children […]
Secret Keeper Girl – Crazy Hair Tour
January 14, 2015 By
The Crazy Hair Tour—Secret Keeper Girl’s fourth themed tour— is a Bible-based relationship-building experience for moms and their tween daughters (typically ages 8-12). The two-and-a-half-hour event features bouncing beach ball competitions, mother/daughter conversation time, live music and dancing. The Secret Keeper Girl Crazy Hair Tour refuels moms with conviction to train their daughters to embrace discretion and wholesomeness. While […]
Secret Keeper Girl – Crazy Hair Tour
January 14, 2015 By
The Crazy Hair Tour—Secret Keeper Girl’s fourth themed tour— is a Bible-based relationship-building experience for moms and their tween daughters (typically ages 8-12). The two-and-a-half-hour event features bouncing beach ball competitions, mother/daughter conversation time, live music and dancing. The Secret Keeper Girl Crazy Hair Tour refuels moms with conviction to train their daughters to embrace discretion and wholesomeness. While […]
Run Like a Girl
October 6, 2014 By
Boys Are Less Dramatic and Other Lies
May 21, 2014 By
Today I read this article: 10 Things Moms of Boys Must Do. If you haven’t read it yet, do give it a read. As a mom of three boys I could certainly relate to all of these (I’ve said the toilet battle thing many times), but one of her points stood out to me more […]
Dads We Love: Ziauddin Yousafza
April 8, 2014 By
If you don’t know his name, you probably know his daughter: Malala Yousafza. Malala, an education activist was shot at point blank range by the Taliban in 2012, when she was 15 years old. In his TEDtalk, Ziauddin Yousafza talks about his journey in parenting Malala. He knew his daughter was destined for great things […]
How Can We Make It OK for Boys to like “Girl Things”?
February 23, 2014 By
Let me just start off by saying I know that I do not believe that toys, characters, activities or colors are inherently “girl” or “boy.” However, in our society, it does seem like we have gender-ized many things so when I say “girl things” or “boy things”, what I mean is, those things that our […]
