Blog Category: Raising Girls

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The very real crisis for today’s tween and teen girls

Please note: This article contains reference to suicide and self-harm. Please reach out to the ...

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Dads and daughters in the 21st century

One of the best and most significant cultural changes in the last 20 years, has ...

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Raising resilient, capable girls

Social and cultural norms can be deceptively powerful in conditioning both our girls and boys ...

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Girlhood: Parenting Ideas to help young girls through ‘hot’ moments

The Parents Website wrote this wonderful extract taken from Maggie’s latest book Girlhood: Maggie’s list ...

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The wonder of little girls’ memories

While I was busy researching for my book about young girls, Girlhood: raising our little ...

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Helping your Young Daughter Find her Sense of Self

Every child is born as a one-off, unique human being. Given genetic gifts or challenges, ...

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Helping our girls’ voices not be silenced in today’s world

Warning: this article contains some descriptions of sexual acts. I am a child of the ...

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Raising the rooster-orchid child

For those who are not familiar with my work, I often talk about the differences ...

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Being a wise, ‘wonder woman’ teen girl out and about

** updated 2021 ** As our girls get older and want to stretch their wings ...

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Helping your teen girl with volatile emotions

I once shared an article on Facebook written by Susan Stiffelman called Why Is My ...

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Helping our teen girls shine

I often have mums of teen girls speak to me about how worried they are about ...

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Why Dads Matter – Especially to Girls

I am not sure who said it but I think there is great wisdom in ...