Posted on October 04, 2010 by admin

A key challenge in parenting your pre-teen to teenage girl is to remain emotionally connected while granting her more privacy and autonomy.  As she changes, your parenting may have to shift and change as well.  In this stage our girls begin to reach a period in their development when a separation from their parents naturally [...]

Posted on September 27, 2010 by admin

Yup it is true. Just like the rest of us, your daughter wants to be respected and heard. Be a “safe” and available person to talk to. Offer space and time to have her thoughts and opinions heard. Even if you don’t agree with them, you are allowing them to be heard and allowing her [...]

Posted on September 21, 2010 by admin

1. WHAT IF we viewed our girl’s “mistakes” or “poor decision making” as an opportunity for great growth that we knew she would carry with her forever. Imagine if she understood a mistake was not a bad thing but rather just something to learn from and as a result become better at. With just this [...]

Posted on September 15, 2010 by admin

Your job is to protect your daughter and prepare her to become a fully functioning woman. Being a leader and a compassionate teacher is more important than being your daughter’s friend. She needs guidance, support, encouragement and a sense of safety, where she knows, no matter what, she will be taken care of. Let her [...]

Posted on August 10, 2010 by admin

Take some time and think about what your girl needs this year. Does she need extra help and support when managing her anxiety for her big first day of school? With a little scheduling and planning you can help create a sense of predictability and psychological safety for your girl that will ease her anxiety [...]

Posted on August 02, 2010 by Elisa Bowes

Children (and adults too!) use art as a natural way to communicate.  Sounds strange for us adults to understand, right? For most of us it has been years since we even touched a marker.  As we get older, I think we forget how powerful using art as a tool to communicate can be. Often times [...]

Posted on July 29, 2010 by admin

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Posted on July 12, 2010 by admin

1.  Many people who are stuck in “perfect” are actually fearful of making mistakes or failing. So many of us want our kids to be “perfectly happy.” However, if we want our kids to be perfectly happy then we must teach them to be comfortable when making mistakes and able to rise to challenges when [...]

Posted on June 21, 2010 by admin

 1. At this point, you have already realized that your daughter is not always going to be your little princess (although sometimes you wish she would!). She is growing quickly from a child into a teen, or a teen into a young woman and at times it is a *B.U.M.P.Y* ride. So jump on the ride and [...]

Posted on June 21, 2010 by admin

Do you have a child who is super angry and can’t seem to find the right words to express herself? Or she isn’t exactly sure why she is feeling the way she is? Try this simple tool: 1. On a piece of drawing paper have your child write all the things that are making her [...]