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 July 29, 2010 by admin

I am so thrilled to be the featured business in the July issue of Greater Media Newspapers.  Take a peek! Click Here to read Article

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 April 28, 2010 by admin

If you could go back in time and talk to yourself at the moment when you were most upset in school, what would you say? Each one of us has a story worth sharing and could probably recount it from beginning to end as if it were yesterday.  The story about the girl who was [...]

Posted on April 20, 2010 by admin

The ipod buds are in her ears 24/7, the TV is LOUD, the cell phone is buzzing like crazy with incoming text messages, the computer (or Facebook) sucks up her attention and the bedroom door is shut or should I say SLAMMED!?! You still deeply love her (of course), you are just at a loss [...]

Posted on April 13, 2010 by admin

Not too long ago, if you have a pre-teen or teenage daughter, you may have been the person in her life with all the answers.  When your daughter was struggling with friends or school, she came to you and you always knew how to take the pain and the hurt away.  Now, as your daughter is getting [...]

Posted on April 06, 2010 by admin

We’ve all been there. Whether you are a Parent, Teacher or Helping Professional we have all been in that moment where we had a perfect plan in our minds of how the next hour was going to play out. Right at that moment we take a look at our kids, our students or our clients [...]

Posted on March 18, 2010 by admin

OK, the truth is that these days our girls really don’t want the pony anyway. So let’s enter the modern day world and replace pony with: ipod, itouch, ipad, iphone, ihome, new cell phone, skinny jeans, dark nail polish, a new bag, boots, laptop, stuff to make their hair curly or stuff to make their [...]