A family friend of ours is teaching his son not to like the color pink. Apparently, the toddler has picked out some things to use that were pink and his dad was less than pleased with his choices.
“Ewwwww, that’s pink,” the boy said of my daughter’s toothbrush the other day. (The brush is actually equal [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2010’
The Color Pink: Yay, Nay, or Gay?
Health Insurance and Family Planning: Learn How to Play the Game
My husband and I are not yet sure whether or not we will have another child. It is an important decision that that we will make together along with our health insurance provider.
Wait a minute. Our insurance provider? What do they have to say about the size of our family? Unfortunately for us, and for [...]
Meet Daisy Rock: Guitars Made Just for Girls!
Girls who play softball don’t use men’s baseball gloves. They use a glove made just for their smaller hands. So shouldn’t girls who have an interest in music play instruments made just for them?
That’s what Tish Ciravolo thought. A musican herself, she realized that girls who aspired to be guitar players faced an obstacle: they [...]
In Search of the Modern-Day Role Model
When I was 22 years old, I moved to New York. I wanted to be a writer, and after earning a degree in journalism, I did what I thought most big-time writers did: I lived in the Big Apple and struggled to survive on hardly any income. I spent my entire first year there riding to [...]
Girls Sports Have Come a Long Way Since Title IX, But We Can Go Further
Earlier this week, I had a conversation with a woman in her late 50’s. We were talking about high school girls sports and all the different sports girls can participate in these days. I wondered aloud if my daughter might be involved in some form of athletics when she gets to that level.
“I wish I could [...]
Stop Making Excuses and Start Exercising! (Yeah, I’ve heard that one before)
Ugh. I am not a fan of exercise. Seriously. I will use any excuse possible to, well, ‘excuse’ myself from the whole ‘no pain, no gain’ routine. In my 20’s, I would jog at a slow pace, for oh, I don’t know about 10 minutes (all I could stand) three times a week, hoping this [...]
How to Unplug from a Wireless World
You know you need a break from technology when you have a dream about your cell phone.
That was my wake-up call. Dreaming about its various rings and a steady flow of texts from friends. So how do you get away from something that you’re so “plugged” into? That cell phone that seems to ring constantly? [...]
Can a 13-Year-Old Girl Be a Fashion Star? We Say Yes!
Have you ever heard of Tavi Gevinson? If not, you probably will soon. She’s a 13 year old girl from suburban Chicago. Like most kids her age, she attends junior high. But unlike most, she writes a fashion blog that has put her on the cover of magazines made her name known around the world.
She began her [...]
This New Year, Resolve to Save Money on Groceries in 2010
It’s always a good idea to try to save more money. However, in this economy, with people losing jobs or employers cutting back on benefits, it may be more important than ever to watch your pocketbook. Since we’re uncertain if we’ll both be able to keep our jobs this year, my family has resolved to [...]
