Fourteen-Year-Old Against Seventeen
What happens when a 14-year-old girl decides to take on Seventeen Magazine?
Archive October 14, 2010
New technology for teens = better sewing machines?
I need to begin with a confession: my 9 year-old can sew better than me. No exaggeration.
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
I was thinking recently about how I haven’t heard as much about eating disorders recently – from the media, from research briefs, or from friends in ministry. To be honest, I am not familiar enough with the research (nor did …
Half of Middle and High School Students Are Sexually Harassed
You might have seen the headline this week, as it’s been circulating heavily around social media conversations
Is Reality TV a Catalyst for Mean Girls?
Today’s our middle child’s ninth birthday, so in honor of Krista, I decided to blog a bit about girls, especially given some new research released by the Girl Scout Research Institute about the influence of Reality TV on preteen and teenage girls.
Talk to Me About My Daughter The State of Girls Globally and Locally
“If you talk to me about my mother, you will get my respect.
If you talk to me about my wife, I will tell you it’s none of your business.
But if you talk to me about my daughter, you …
Girls hitting puberty earlier, and we’re not sure why.
As a youth leader and a mom of 2 daughters, I’m always interested in research about girls.
Fat Stigma Spreading Worldwide
While in college, I remember studying research indicating that in certain parts of the world actually view fat positively, as a sign of affluence and the ability to have leisure time.
Seems like that is changing, at least somewhat.
This…
Women in America Report
The White House recently released a report entitled “Women in America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being,”
The Real Life Visual Aid I Needed to Enter Ministry
Yesterday I posted an article from Slate magazine entitled “Psyched out Sexism” about the power of male and female role models in students’ pursuit (or avoidance) of math and science.