In grade school, kids learn about fire drills and severe weather drills; they learn about what foods to eat and what to do when encountering strangers. But what about getting educated on what to do if someone touches them inappropriately?
That’s Erin Merryn’s argument for the passage of Erin’s Law, a bill that would allocate funding [...]
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Erin’s Law and the Courageous Woman Fighting for Its Passage
Goodbye, Olympic Women! Thanks for the Inspiration!
This morning I am suffering from a withdrawl of “Olympic” proportions.
I always feel a little sad when the Olympics are over. This year, especially so, since this is the first one that I really watched together with my daughter. She’s now old enough to start to appreciate many of the sports we saw.
She loved seeing [...]
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 [...]
Girl Power in Action: Meet Maddie Bradshaw, founder of Snap Caps
When I was 13, I was focused on navigating the tricky social waters of junior high and passing pre-Algebra. For Maddie Bradshaw, it’s not only being a school-aged tween, but also the president of a million-dollar company.
In what started out as a cool way to decorate her fifth grade locker, Maddie came up with the idea for Snap [...]
