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Cliques Actually Help Girls Survive

I read a great book: Cliques by C Giannetti and M Sagareses (Broadway Books, 2001). It describes four groups of kids: Popular (35%), wannabees (10%), smaller mixed groups (45%) and loners (10%). If you tell your child about these categories, they can then describe where they fit and you can help them better survive. The popular group tend

Harper Should Listen To G(irls)20

As the most powerful countries meet (the G20) in Ottawa, you may be asking: Where are women on the agenda? Craig and Marc Kielburger (Free the Children) wrote a colum in the Vancouver Sun this week suggesting that although Stephen Harper appears to be suppprting maternal health, his conservative policies here in Canada have seriously undermined women and

ICBC Pulls $1.7 Mill Ads That Embarass Men

A $1.7 million advertising campaign targeted at teen boys to prevent drinking and driving was pulled by `ICBC partners` because it was apparently too raunchy and had suggestive sexual themes. One TV ad showed a boy receiving a penis pump in the mail and just when he is getting ready to use it, he is interrupted by his mother

Young Girls to Be Taught About Gender – Finally

Good news: according to the Independent, England will be introducing compulsory gender education in classrooms 2011. Lessons on equality and domestic violence will be included in health education and all trainee teacherts must learn about gender awareness and domestic violence. The courses will include strategies to help teachers deal with “sexist, sexual and transphobic

Great Books For Girls

If you need some help when shopping for the girls on your holiday or birthday lists. Here are a few from my bookshelf that are wonderful and empowering for girls under 10. You will love them too! “Princesses are not quitters” by Kate Lum. “The princesses have a ball” by Teresa Bateman. “The real,

Devine Daughters

I am writing a parenting book called Devine Daughters-How to Raise Confident and Courageous Girls. Blog me if you would like to learn more. Cheers, M F Fitzgerald