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8 Simple Ways to Help Your Daughter with School Stress Guest post by Cloe Matheson Many of us will look back on our time spent at school with fondness. But are we forgetting all the stress that school brought? What with academic work, extracurricular activities, and relationships to juggle, perhaps our salad days weren’t as [...]

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How to Talk to Your Daughter About Body Image This article by Mariana Plata originally appeared on Ravishly, and has been republished with permission.   My relationship with my body has always been complicated, to say the least. I’ve always struggled with trying to achieve body ideals. I’ve been through countless diets, exercise, gym memberships, you name [...]

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How to Build Your Daughter's Confidence Guest post by Isabel F. William. If you’re a parent, then you’ve probably been told at least once that you’re overprotecting your child or that you should let them try things on their own so they can gain confidence. But you can't build your daughter's confidence without enough support [...]

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"Papa, Let's Play Princess" - A Gay Dad's Perspective The day my daughter was born was the happiest of my life. As a gay man, I questioned if I would ever become a parent.  But here I was, holding this tiny human that would one day call me Papa. And she was a girl!  I [...]

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Can Green Be a Girl-Color Too? The following was written by Kaci Palomino, a Brave Like a Girl follower, and babysitter to the two Brave Girls. Thank you, Kaci, for sharing with us a great way to start the discussion about gender equality! Today, during the regular after-school pickup, one of my little ones asked [...]

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Kids Rocked the Women's March (Slideshow) Women's marches broke all kinds of records everywhere again. Those videos showing huge crowds in all major cities fill me with hope. Last year, the movement surprised many. We knew it would be a big and strong response to the political climate. But no one expected crowds [...]

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5 Life Lessons for Girls from the Princess in Black Princess or Superhero? Dress or cape? Beauty or strength? The Princess in Black says you can do both. To the world, Princess Magnolia is just like any other princess - frilly dresses, glass slippers, and all. She enjoys prim-and-proper with her princess friends - until [...]

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You Should Talk About Race with Your Kids Last week, a Snapchat video was made public, where White students from a middle school in Virginia held down African-American students in sexually explicit positions while making racist remarks. Naturally, parents were appalled. Social media responses of “This is not who we are” and “I can’t believe [...]

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10 Awesome Brave Girl Quotes When girls and women speak, you better listen! Check out these truths spoken by amazing women. Write them down, or share them with a friend. Read them to your daughter, discuss them at the dinner table! Be inspired to live bravely! [...]

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How to Help Your Daughter Prevent Sexual Assault   #MeToo Social media feeds were filled with the hashtag #metoo yesterday. It started with Alyssa Milano's tweet: If all the women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote "Me too" as a status, we might give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem. [...]

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