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Do you ever read headlines and you interpret them as your failure? That's what I did when I read yesterday that 1 in 4 teenaged girls have a STD.The overall STD rate among the 838 girls in the study was 26 percent, which translates to more than 3 million girls nationwide, researchers with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

The hardest part about raising a daughter has been watching my mouth. I swear a lot. I use the F-word A LOT. I also take almost any opening I get to say something negative about my body.''Oh these chicken breasts are huge!'' I bet they could at least button their shirt. As women, I think we all do this. As a woman who isn't a size 8 much ...

The holidays are here, Hanukkah is past, Solstice is fast approaching, Christmas is just around the corner and Kwanzaa is sneaking up. For most of us this means gathering around a table somewhere with our loved ones to exchange presents, food, and cheer. But more than 26,000 veterans have been wounded in the current two wars and they might be ...

My heart literally sank when I saw this post about the latest Dora dolls. What happened to my daughter's best doll friend? Just the other day she was a happy-go-lucky exploradora and now she looks like she needs a few tamales! I may need to order ''Yum! Mmmm! Que Rico!'' for Dora for Christmas. Come on Fisher Price, you're killing us ...

For the record, I'm not supporting anyone in the 2008 election at this point. I'm watching, reading, and trying to decide between a few candidates. I am voting for a Democrat, but occasionally like what I hear from a few GOP candidates. Today thou is a whole 'nother story. In today's The Swamp, Sen. Obama rips into former-MA Gov. ...

In part one we defined the problem with the increase in sexualization of girls, in part two we discussed some of the criticisms of the APA report, and here we'll talk about what we DO to combat our girls' childhood being taken away from them. Let's get to it! Luckily for us the APA report [pages 36-42] does an excellent job at suggesting many ...

Please note this is a recreated post as I could not find it on the internet archive. Soon after the APA report was released my favorite (not) editorial writer came out with a critique. I have to say directly to Kathleen Parker, please come up with a new tune! She starts out by first showing us that she has no idea why reports like this are ...

Please note this is a recreated post as I could not find it on the internet archive. What do you say to that? As I stared at my 3.5-year-old my heart ached. Has it started already? ''You're always beautiful, mija.'' On one hand I can't say that it's much different than when I was a kid. I was dumped for a cuter girl by my best friend, Katie, ...