I walked in the door, after a trip away from my husband a few years ago, and saw a framed copy of my first in-print article. It was published in our local parenting magazine—the first time I saw my name in print in a mass publication. He had found it at the grocery store (where […]
Someone asked me once what I want my kids to remember, when they are grown, about the kind of mother they had. I have thought about this many times, and I’ve come to the conclusion that there are things I know they’ll remember, things I hope they’ll remember, and things I fear they’ll say about me. […]
“What are you afraid will happen if you stand up for something you believe in?” Brave Girls: Raising Young Women with Passion and Purpose to Become Powerful Leaders by Stacey Radin, PsyD & Leslie Goldman, asks this question. Why are girls afraid of being powerful? Why is the word “feminist” a dirty word? Through her description of a program called Unleashed, in which middle […]