by Michele Borba | Dec 8, 2009 | Empowering Girls, The Big Book of Parenting Solutions
Read the paper lately or heard any of the troubling stories about our girls? It appears many of the sugar and spice set are no longer nice. Here are just a sample appalling recent headlines to refresh your memory: • “Millburn High Senior Girls Create Slut List for...
by Michele Borba | Nov 14, 2009 | Empowering Girls, The Big Book of Parenting Solutions
Michele Borba Note to readers: This is the fourth in a series of blogs about relational aggression-or the new mean girl scene-and what educators and parents can do to curb this trend. In past blogs I’ve discussed the forms of relational aggression, how boys...
by Michele Borba | Aug 31, 2009 | Empowering Girls
Michele Borba Let’s face it, is there any relationship more complicated than between mother and daughter? But understanding that the complex bond is a whole new subject — that is until now. Linda Perlman Gordon (a clinical social worker, family therapist...
by Michele Borba | Aug 3, 2009 | Empowering Girls
REALITY CHECK: Sure, the world these days is more X-rated, but parents have always been an excellent counterbalance to sleaze and raunchiness. Stay involved so you can help your daughter read her world with more critical eyes. Remember you really do influence your...
by Michele Borba | Aug 2, 2009 | Empowering Girls
Michele Borba I don’t know about you, but I’m suffering from a bad case of only what I can call “Shudder Syndrome”, and it seems to be worsening. It’s a relatively new ailment, but it always materializes when I read those disturbing statistics about young girls. I’m...
