When Parents React, Everyone in the Family Feels It! As parents, it’s easy to focus only on how we react to our kids. But have you ever noticed how your reactions toward each other — mother to father, father to mother — also ripple through the whole family? For your teen, that’s a double whammy.

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SPARK Change. Join the Movement SPARK is a girl-fueled activist movement to demand an end to the sexualization of women and girls in media.  They are collaborating with hundreds of girls 13-22 and more than 60 national organizations to reject the commodified sexualized images of girls in the media and support the development of girls’

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Eating disorders are a serious issue with teenage girls and women today. 50% of kids over 6-years-old want to be 3 sizes smaller, and 80% of 10-year-old kids are afraid of getting fat, and 10 million kids have eating disorders. These are staggering statistics. I am reading a book called “Life without ED” This book

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“Listen to me, don’t talk back, what’s the matter with you? You’re grounded” Who is this Father talking to? It appears that he is talking to his daughter, but his daughter is clearly not there. His daughter is so shut down that she is no longer able to hear what her father is saying. I

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Excerpt From The Revised & Updated  Edition of My Feet Aren’t Ugly “Your intuition is that little voice inside your head that always lets you know what to do. Women are very special; our intuition is precise. Try not to be influenced by what other people think or say. Learn to listen and to trust

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Excerpt From The Revised & Updated Edition of My Feet Aren’t Ugly “One thing that I always found was so important was taking care of my skin.  Make sure you wash, tone and moisturize your face twice every day. During this time in your life-eleven to sixteen-pimples can be a real nuisance.” During your teenage years

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