By Mande Saitta Dear Daughter, at 16
My daughter turned 16 recently. It was a big one. THE big one. We spent months planning the long-dreamed-for "Sweet…
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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 Sandra Samoska To My Pre-Teen, I’m Sorry For Judging You
Dear daughter, I need to apologize. I did something to you the other day that I’ve tried to teach you…
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By Kelli Bachara We Need to Change the Way We Talk About Our Teenage Girls
I was talking with a group of moms recently when we discussed which of our children, our boys or girls,…
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By Rachel Carpenter Dear Teenage Daughter, I Remember What It Was like to Be You
Dear Teenager: I know how you feel. You may think I do not. I am your mother—a relic from another…
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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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Someday, I’ll Tell Her
Someday, I’ll tell her. When she can’t muster more than a grimace in my direction, I’ll tell her she used…
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By Nicole Merritt Dear Moms, The Greatest Gift We Can Give Our Daughters is Our Time
Daddy-daughter dates are happening all of the time, everywhere. And that's great. We want to see that. We want to…
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By Michelle Zunter Dear Daughter, I Promise Not to Push You When You’re Fearful
Parenting is hard. There's no map. No instructions. It's a confusing, exasperating, diluted mess. I know that most of the…
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By Heather Duckworth Dear Daughter, Hide These Truths in Your Heart as You Become a Woman
I was typing at my computer from the back porch when the sounds of giggles interrupted my thoughts. I looked…
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By Edith Runion Dear Daughter, I Am With You
Dear daughter, Please hear my words and soak them in. Never forget what I am saying. I just want you…
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By Dani Sherman-Lazar This is the Definition of Beauty I will Teach my Daughters
The moment I found out I was having a girl I put my hands over my mouth in disbelief. I…
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