raising girls

The gender of our children can impact how we converse, play with, and even spend money on them In 2014, Ohio State University shared their findings with Science Daily. Researchers discovered that women who waited to find out the baby’s sex until birth had more egalitarian views of gender roles; they tended to believe that […]

1 year ago

It can feel like we girls apologise for everything For some reason, it’s like our brains just have a way of making us take the blame even when we’re not the ones at fault. While apologising and holding yourself accountable can be a good thing, sometimes it can backfire. For example, a woman starts a […]

2 years ago

It IS a big deal. Getting your period, that is. But to many tweens – and their parents, having open, honest and informative conversations around this can feel a little tricky. And embarrassing, maybe. Getting your period for the first time can be mortifying, weird and messy – and asking questions about it can feel […]

5 years ago

I grew up with some amazing aunts in my life. Both actual aunts, and also women who were friends of my parents, or mothers of my own friends. All kind, caring, wise, fun and seriously cool ladies. My own two children are in the exact same and very lucky position. My own sister is the […]

6 years ago

I grew up with a #girldad. My own dad, being the father of me and my sister, was, of course, on a technical level, a dad of two daughters. But that is just the basic description. He was so much more than that. He was – still is – a complete and total girl-dad. He […]

7 years ago

Somewhere in my mind, a niggling little voice has started to remind me that we are now writing August on the calendar which, to all women, often means this one thing: holidays. And much as I overall am quite happy with my own body (it works, it has produced two gorgeous babies), I will also […]

7 years ago