is this group still active or has it moved elsewhere?

feeds@yuku.com (Bizzy1) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:44:04 GMT

I see an awful lot of interesting topics... but with the last reply often being over a couple years old. With 160 members it should be busier. Has the group moved? I'd love to see more activity in this type of a group!
Mine is not a tween or a teen..(younger) but mostly looking for interesting topics about daughters... is often a good thing to get insight from others.

Best Adobe Flex AIR Flash Developer

feeds@yuku.com (huangjie) — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:56:16 GMT

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Your Last Lecture (Essay Contest!)

feeds@yuku.com (CourtneyatRespectRxdotcom) — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:50:38 GMT

Today a very beautiful person died: Randy Pausch. Randy was a Carnegie Mellon professor who I learned about when he was featured on Oprah. Dieing of cancer, with three-to-six months left to live, he delivered what has been coined "The Last Lecture." It was an assignment from Carnegie Mellon. Professors are asked to create and deliver the last lecture of their lives, the question: What would be your message? Pausch's lecture, which would in his case be his "last", is a...

mother/daughter

feeds@yuku.com (smfw) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:46:47 GMT

Hello,
I was born with eyes crossed. My mother tried to get them straight with a surgeon but the surgeon wasn't successful.
She was told I would have concentration problems and since I went to kindergarten she withdrew from me.
I finished school. Went to college. I tried to establish a better daughter/mother relationship. Our conversations were short. She always criticized me when I had an option and would only accept it if another family member agreed with mine.
...

Teen Pregnancy Pact

feeds@yuku.com (CourtneyatRespectRxdotcom) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:00:34 GMT

hot topic! The media has been buzzing about a "let's get pregnant!" pact apparently made by at least 8 out of the (she says matter-of-factly) 17 pregnant students at Gloucester High School in Massachusetts. Those who made the pact, according to Time magazine, are all under age 16. Continues...

Much Ado About Miley: 5 Media Talking Tips for Parents

feeds@yuku.com (CourtneyatRespectRxdotcom) — Thu, 15 May 2008 08:05:54 GMT

Miley Cyrus' sexy Vanity Fair photo shoot and her subsequent offer from Playboy are on the tips of collective tongues everywhere. Add in the sexy new Gossip Girl ad currently making waves-and focus on disturbing girl fight videos being posted on the web-and it's no wonder that many parents are obviously concerned about how their daughters are being influenced by these media blasts and celebrity role models.

This isn't about bashing Miley, Blake, YouTube and company....

Improving communication with teen during separation

feeds@yuku.com (friendlygio) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:31:32 GMT

My wife and I are going through separation. Our daughter is almost 13. I am very close to my daughter and I spend quite a bit of time with her, but quantity is not quality. Her mother is extremely direct, verbal, controlling and strict. I am more lenient and quiet and I tend to avoid conflict. As the separation goes on, there are more episodes of silence and tension in which my daughter withdraws with ipod, text messaging and the internet and I dont know what to say except for nagging her. I...

solutions for menstrual cramps

feeds@yuku.com (daughterseditor) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:57:02 GMT

Menstrual cramps are a painful accompaniment to periods that appear only occasionally with most girls but regularly with a small percentage. The typical prescription for recurrent cramps are pain relievers and birth control pills. Consider these alternative solutions and tactics for menstrual pain.

*Why not use oral contraceptives or rely on powerful painkillers? Birth control pills have risks; check out the National Institutes of Health website:

Try theater to create change

feeds@yuku.com (daughterseditor) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:26:29 GMT

When girls (and boys) watch or participate in theater productions that deal with tough issues such as bullying, sexual harassment, and dating violence, the experience can help them change attitudes and behaviors. Consider getting a group of girls putting on their own productionit doesnt require expertise (although a do-it-yourself guide such as Kids Take the Stage: Helping Young People Discover the Creative Outlet of Theater can be useful). For example, girls could enjoy creating a...

Choosing healthy beauty

feeds@yuku.com (daughterseditor) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:05:20 GMT

Common chemicals in lotions, shampoos, and powders for infants and young children increase the likelihood of disrupting reproductive hormones, reports a University of Washington study published in Pediatrics (see below) . This study focused on phthalates found in many personal care products and soft plastic products marketed for babies and toddlers; phthalates are also ubiquitous in such products marketed to all ages. Other animal and human studies have linked phthalates to reproductive...

Suprise her with home spa day!

feeds@yuku.com (daughterseditor) — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:51:28 GMT

If youd like to set up a spa day for your girl and her friends, check out these resources. There are lots of books available at your local library or bookstore, such as Organic Body Care Recipes (Storey Publishing, 2007). And there are many websites which pop up when you enter search terms such as bath salts and recipes. One great website:
www.makeyourcosmetics.com/

You can...

Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters

feeds@yuku.com (CourtneyatRespectRxdotcom) — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:07:51 GMT

My friend and body image expert Jess Weiner reminded me that Feb. 24 starts National Eating Disorders Awareness Week so I'm *finally* posting about one of my favorite books of 2007. Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters: The Frightening New Normalcy of Hating Your Body by Courtney E. Martin. This book is required reading for girls and those who care about girls and all the women who were girls once

My Dad Is In Jail

feeds@yuku.com (CourtneyatRespectRxdotcom) — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:06:29 GMT

Dilemma: My dad is in jail for drugs. So much has happened to my family because of him. I want to forgive him but it's hard to go see him. I can't even think about him without crying. I still love him. What should I do?

Rx: First things first [LONG HUG]. One thing I haven't written about too much here, but that I talk to girls a lot about in person, is that I've been exactly where you are right now. My dad was in and out of jail a lot when I was growing up. Before I was born he also...

Improving relationship with Father

feeds@yuku.com (rollo0205) — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:12:40 GMT

Hi, my dad lives in a different city than me, and in the past year we have experianced difficulties getting along, with the pressures of distance, his girlfriend and family, ect. I have been making attempts to work on our problems together, such as getting a mediator so we can discuss our problems and not argue about them, but all my attempts have been met with procrastination, or just ignoring them. I know my father wont be the one to make the first steps on improving our relationship, but I...

how to talk about girl-unfriendly music she likes

feeds@yuku.com (daughterseditor) — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:27:19 GMT

Are you and the girls you know angry about images and lyrics disrespectful to women in many popular songs? Check out what Atlanta girls are doing in the March/April 2008 issue of Daughters. The girls are rewriting sexist rap lyrics, and educating other girls about rethinking the effects of the music. The great girls magazine New Moon (www.newmoon.org) also focuses on music in their March/April 2008, with more info from girls and girl-friendly organizations.

Learn more about these...

Be wise to the unREAL(ities)

feeds@yuku.com (CourtneyatRespectRxdotcom) — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:42:53 GMT

As women and girls our lives can become ruled by unrealistic images and idealswhat we call unREAL(ities):

#1 Pressure to compete with our peers, to make the grade and to compare ourselves to others. This pushes us to try to be like everyone else except the REAL us. For example, 74% of girls say they are under pressure to please everyone (Girls Inc.).

#2 Packaging is the focusfrom celeb magazines to reality TV and the Webwe're encouraged to invest too much time and attention...

mentor to make change

feeds@yuku.com (daughterseditor) — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:03:16 GMT

Mentoring a girl can have an impact far beyond what we realize at the time. Heres what one woman learned when she ran into a young woman shed mentored through her local affiliate of the Ophelia Project, an organization aiming to create safe social climates at schools: She said she still has all our photos and letters and now realizes that the Ophelia Project was the best thing in her life at the time."

It doesnt take a lot of time and effort to create a mentoring...

walls, bariers and connecting with daughter

feeds@yuku.com (patd) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:19:42 GMT

My daughter, Marissa (16) has really pulled away from me and I have too. I am divorced and since 2003 my daughter has lived with her mom and step-dad. There are walls up and I know being a teen is also part of the problem and I don't know what influence my ex has had on her. My ex still has issues of control, yelling, anger and guilt/manipulation. My ex and her husband have been living at her mom's house for almost 5 years. That in itself is a toxic environment. I have not been a good,...

Gay or Straight at 12?

feeds@yuku.com (db1211) — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:19:57 GMT

Marie my younger daughter (12) started chatting with one of my older daughters (Ann 14) friends last spring, Deb she is 15. Marie & Deb formed a bond, Deb was there to support Marie when Ann got mad at her, they were depressed & on medication together, Marie began cutting and of course Deb was there for her because Deb was also a cutter. We would have Deb over occasionally to hang out and also spend the night. Marie would also go over to her house. I became conerned that they might be...

talking about girls and smoking

feeds@yuku.com (daughterseditor) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:51:25 GMT

Girls these daysas well as everyone elseare aware of the dangers of smoking. Yet girls continue to try smoking, and many continue, and develop serious health problems as a result. Heres how to talk about smoking with your girla smart thing to do whether or not you suspect that shes attracted to smoking.

*Schedule a time to talk about smoking, assuring her that you wont lecture or try to scare her. Smoking is simply a health issue that should be discussed along with any other...

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