Boy Bashing?

Written by Valerie Zilinsky


Sometimes I wonder what these fashion designers are thinking. I read an article in our local newspaper recently which left me in wonder. What happened to girl power? Teaching our daughters to respect themselves? Emphasizing self-esteem & sexual equality?

Now, it seems that someone inrepparttar fashion industry decided that it's a good thing for our girls to brag about how they look down onrepparttar 111632 male gender. To them, it's cool to treat men & boys like unworthy objects. Is that supposed to make our daughters feel better about themselves? Your daughter can actually walk into a well-known department store and purchase shirts with sayings like: "Boys Lie" "Boys Are Great - Everyone Should Own One" "Lying, Cheating, Stinking Boys"

Now, I have no problem with girls wearing shirts that say things like "Girls Rule", or "Girls Are Great", but since when is it cool to talk bad about someone else to make ourselves feel better? Isn't that something that responsible adults are supposed to teach our kids to NOT do?

Not only that, but can you imagine what kinds of thingsrepparttar 111633 men's & boy's department will fight back with? Are you going to put your foot down and drawrepparttar 111634 line, explaining torepparttar 111635 young girls in your life why this is NOT cool?

An *Ntertaining Evening

Written by Valerie Zilinsky


This year, on my daughter's 5th birthday, we gave her something different. She couldn't open it, it wasn't wrapped, there was no box... but she can hold it (in her heart) and keep it forever (in her memories).

I hadrepparttar privilege of treating her to her first concert experience, to see her favorite group, *NSYNC. Perhaps you are thinking she is a little too young for that... but, even afterrepparttar 111631 fact, I know it wasrepparttar 111632 best birthday present we could have given her.

I do not believe in sheltering my children. By this, I do not mean that I will be taking a preschooler to rated-R movies, or anything extreme like that. But what I do mean is that I can't be with my children aroundrepparttar 111633 clock every day ofrepparttar 111634 week, and therefore they will see and experience things that I have no control over. For this reason, I would rather be by their side as they experiencerepparttar 111635 world, than try to shutrepparttar 111636 door torepparttar 111637 world, and leave them unprepared for when someone opens it. If I teach them their morals and values, that their choices and opinions matter, then they will be better prepared to experiencerepparttar 111638 world. It is this parenting philosophy which leads me to let my children develop tastes for music outside of Raffi and Sesame Street, as they grow into their individuality.

My daughter has an honest appreciation for musical talent of all types, which I can see in her eyes and read in her face whenever she watches anyone perform. Attending this concert, allowing her to see something of this proportion in person, was a truly magical experience for her. There were moments that I thought she might explode with excitement!

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