By Kendra Barnes Dear Daughter, May You Learn the Power of Gentleness
You’re a force to be reckoned with, baby girl. Strong-willed. Not easily overlooked or forgotten. You feel big emotions, and…
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By Erris Langer Klapper The Tooth Fairy’s Parting Gift For a Teen and Her Mom
My daughter used to be enamored with the heart-shaped notes the Tooth Fairy left under her pillow. She’d run into…
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By Angela Williams Glenn Why Youth Sports Grow Strong Girls
I spent the summers of my youth on a ball diamond night in and night out. I spent most of…
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By Her View From Home I Never Imagined What I Was Wearing on Graduation Day Might Stand in Between Me and My Future
I grew up very poor, living in low income housing, eating reduced lunches, and being raised by a single mom…
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By Liz Spenner She is Your Dream Come True
For every time you hit your knees, with hopeful prayers to heaven. For every moment you held your breath, as yet another month…
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By Sarah Althouse But What if I Don’t Want To Raise a Bossy Daughter?
Everywhere I look, there is a growing trend telling me I should raise my daughter to be bold, fearless, passionate,…
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By Karen Szabo I Was a Mean Girl, and I’m So Sorry
There’s something you don’t know about me. Something I’d rather let sit in the back of a dark closet and…
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By Brea Schmidt I’m Raising a Mama’s Girl
With my needed-to-be-refilled coffee mug in-hand, I got up from the couch to get my second dose of caffeine for the…
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By Arianna Freelen You Are Beautiful, My Darling Girls
Once upon a time, there lived a mama and her three girls. The three girls loved to play dress up. They had…
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By Elizabeth Stone If I Want to Raise a Godlike Woman, I Have to Be One Myself
I’ll never forget how I felt when I found out I was pregnant with a baby girl. My mind instantly…
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By Anastasia Smothers To the Brotherless Boy
You are just a toddler now, not yet two, and the second born of four children. When I found out…
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By Whitney Fleming Dear Daughter, You Have to Take Your Happiness
Dear daughter, Some people are just born smiling. Everyone else has to work at it. Learn how to take charge…
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