Archive for the ‘Father-Daughter’ Category
Monday, March 31st, 2008
Parent's think they are entitled to whatever they want in school, Everyone I know I met in theater, and "The Talk" for a 10 year old girl. Dad's News and links after the jump.
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
Jim of With A Voice Like This podcast and Kim of Girls Night In podcast join me on Talkshoe for this podcast (YAY- listeners!). Teen girls and STD's, working dad support groups, Client 9 aka Elliot Spitzer, and "The Peter Pan Experience." Links from this show after the jump.
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Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
Seen in DEAR ABBY:
Please help me to warn your readers about an alarming trend happening in the teenage community: prom babies. I first heard about it while driving my teenage daughter to a lacrosse meet with several of her girlfriends. One girl in the car, "Carrie," said she hoped this ...
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Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007
Does this sequence of events ring true for you?
Come home from a day at work to a house where all are happy.
Mom is getting ready to go out.
Children have their marching orders (or so you think).
Mom leaves.
Child 1 works independently.
You quiz Child 2 on material they know quite well, in ...
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Thursday, March 8th, 2007
Show Notes:
Daughter has a Talent Show this weekend, and it's got me thinking again about the sexualization of young girls. How can we protect our girls? 3 factors, all within your control, could make a difference.
Check out Bad Dad Radio when you're not listening to me. It's a new favorite ...
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Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
According to the American Psychological Association (APA), sexualization occurs when:
a person’s value comes only from his or her sexual appeal or behavior, to the exclusion of other characteristics;
a person is held to a standard that equates physical attractiveness (narrowly defined) with being sexy;
a person is sexually objectified—that is, made into ...
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Saturday, January 13th, 2007
There has been a tremendous discovery in the world of medicine. According to the Centers for Disease Control:
In June 2006, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to recommend the first vaccine developed to prevent cervical cancer and other diseases in ...
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Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
For those of you with daughters, the Always website has resources to help you deal with the difficult conversations you may have to have when she hits puberty. There are resources for Moms and Girls. There is even a link to common questions regarding menstruation.
I do take issue with the ...
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Friday, December 22nd, 2006
I was over at Caffeine Marketing (which I have in my Bloglines) and I came across a post discussing the New Partners advertising campaign. New Partners is a dating service, and they have chosen two of our America's toy icons for their advertisements.You can't tell here, but if you check ...
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Thursday, December 14th, 2006
This fine and sentence is not nearly enough.
Joe Francis and 'Girls Gone Wild' have pleaded guilty in the most recent case brought against the video empire.
Mantra Films Inc. pleaded guilty in a case that stemmed from its use of two 17-year-olds in its DVDs and videos, which feature young women ...
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Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
How do you talk to your 9 year-old daughter about on-line predators, without freaking her out? My wife and I did it the other day.
Direct Link to mp3 file
Show Notes:
What is a predator?
US Postal Inspection Service website about on-line safety
Call the voice comment line at (206) 350-KIDS
email me
Check out ...
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Friday, November 10th, 2006
Daughter loves to sing. Loves. It.
Last night, I picked her up from French Class (she takes an evening class at the local rec center) and we headed off to the mall to get birthday gifts. She has two birthday parties coming up. One friend is a Beatles fan, the other ...
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Monday, October 23rd, 2006
Every night, we go through the same thing.
I have a fourth grade daughter, who has reached the point where proper names need to be capitalized, book reviews have to be thorough, and math problems need to be right. This requires a lot of support on our part. My wife and ...
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Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
My wife brought home a brochure for The First Annual New York Fathers Conference.
It sounds like a lot of fun. There are 3 sessions, with 7 workshops available for each session. It includes breakfast (continental) and lunch. There are about 15 organizations sponsoring the conference, and the keynote is by ...
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Wednesday, September 20th, 2006
If you haven't been keeping up with Suburban Turmoil and her entries on Toddler Beauty Pageants, you MUST! It's getting heated up over there, and it's fun to watch!
Her descriptions of the mothers berating their children, the makeup and false eyelashes, the fake tans. The discomfort you can't help but ...
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