Archive for August, 2010
I’m 14 and I Want A Lip Ring!
Rosalind Wiseman answers a question from Taylor, a 14-year-old girl who wants to pierce her lip. She thinks she’s mature enough to make this decision, but her parents disagree and want her to wait until she’s older. Is Taylor responsible enough to make this choice or should she respect her parents wishes?
A Little Encouragement Goes a Long Way
I recently stepped way out of the confinements of my comfort zone and began taking class once a week at “P.O.W.E.R.,” an all female fitness studio owned and operated by one of my many shero’s, Janine McGann. I have had multiple compiling injuries this year, and haven’t done much of anything this summer. I thought I was going to collapse 15 minutes into the class. The competitive and Good Girl side of me was shining bright. I had on my game face and wouldn’t dare let anyone know I was on the verge of quitting.
Why You Shouldn’t Say “Just Walk Away”
Rosalind Wiseman answers a question from Paula, whose daughter is being bullied by her older cousin. She knows she shouldn’t tell her daughter to ignore the bullying, but she wants to be tell the other adults in her family WHY “Just walk away” is not a solution to the problem.
Why Are Our Girls So Angry?
On one hand, an 11 year-old girl reacts to people gossiping about her by threatening to put a gun in their mouths and boasting about how jealous they are of her. On the other, two young women taunt each other and fight over a guy until one of them is dead.
What do the two have in common?
Book Review: Not All Black Girls Know How to Eat
When you hear the term “eating disorder,” what image comes to mind? For most, it’s an emaciated white female who appears to be on the brink of collapsing. In her autobiography, Not All Black Girls Know How to Eat, author Stephanie Covington Armstrong outright dispels that belief.
