Posted on February 23, 2012 by Elisa Bowes

There was a time when you were five years old, and you woke up full of awesome. You knew you were awesome. You LOVED yourself. You thought you were beautiful, even with missing teeth and messy hair and mismatched socks inside your grubby sneakers. You loved your body and the things it could do. You [...]

Posted on November 09, 2010 by admin

Begin to understand that your girl genuinely feels strongly about the challenges in her child/teen world. Although it might seem trivial to you (“It’s one bad hair day, you can’t always get what you want”), right now, in this stage of her life, it is all consuming. So how do we help and support her [...]

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 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 [...]