For Parents of African American Girls

Connecting With Your Pre-Teen and Teenager

By Kim at June 8, 2009 | 7:00 am | 0 Comment

Connecting With Your Pre-Teen and Teenager As the parent of a pre-teen or teenager, you may long for the days when you could hold your child on your lap and they were eager to talk, laugh, and play with you. Those days may be long gone, but you can still find ways to connect with your teen. Here are a few tips to make process easier. Talk About Your Past

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Helping Your Teen Find A Summer Job

By Kim at May 29, 2009 | 9:39 am | 0 Comment

Summer break for most students is not too far away. In fact, many teens will be looking for a way to earn extra cash. As a parent, there are things you can do to help your teen find summer work. Thinking back to when we were teens, it was a given that summers would be devoted to finding a job to help with family finances. Today, the same holds true for some teens,

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The #1 Website About Girls Health

By Kim at May 26, 2009 | 1:15 am | 0 Comment

Girlshealth.gov is a website that was created to help girls (ages 10-16) learn about health, growing up, and issues they may face. It focuses on health topics that girls are concerned about and helps motivate them to choose healthy behaviors by using positive, supportive, and non-threatening messages. The site gives girls reliable, useful information on the health

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Help Your Teen Daughter Develop A Healthy Body Image

By Kim at May 24, 2009 | 12:00 pm | 3 Comments

By Aurelia Williams, Author of Understanding Your Teen I'm fat!" "I'm ugly!" "I have nothing to wear that doesn't make me look gross!" Despite all your pep talks and positive reinforcement, you can't seem to get through to your daughter. She's unhappy with her appearance and convinced that everyone else is looking at her with judgment. You're sad that

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Ways to Improve Self-Esteem In Teen Girls

By Kim at May 20, 2009 | 10:13 am | 1 Comments

The following article provides several tips that may help build and improve the self esteem in African American teen girls. Super-SizingYour Teen's Self Esteem Your teenager may go through times where their self-esteem goes up and down; especially if they’re being teased by their peers. You may want to find ways of raising your teen’s self-esteem to a higher

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A National List of Programs for African American Girls

By Kim at January 10, 2009 | 6:18 am | 0 Comment

Are you an African American parent with a daughter who needs additional guidance and encouragement? Are you a worker of a community agency that is responsible for placing teen girls in programs that teach basic social skills? There are numerous organizations and programs in our country seeking enrollment of young African American girls, and struggling to fill open

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