daughters
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Ages 10-12 (Tween)
Get Your Cape On!
Remember back in April when I shared my mixed excitement and trepidation about the DC SuperHero Girls announcement? Well, the…
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Ages 2-5
Running Round in Robot Town
My daughter loves robots. She loves them so much, she got 4 new ones for her birthday last week, along with…
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Ages 6-9
Is Your Kid’s Favorite Superhero Sexist?
I spent most of Thursday (when I wasn’t working, of course) flipping back and forth between two breaking comic-related stories. The…
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Feminism
The Casual Privilege of Conforming to Expectations
I first started thinking about conforming as a form of privilege when I was writing The Importance of Not Defining…
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Feminism
Why I’m On the Fence About “No Gender December”.
Maybe it’s just my Facebook peeps, but for the past couple of days, I’ve been seeing a reasonably steady stream…
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Ages 10-12 (Tween)
The Problem With Tween Girls*
The click-bait headline blared something I can’t quite remember about how just plain horrible elementary and middle school (i.e. tween)…
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Ages 10-12 (Tween)
Giveaway: Redefining Girly
Close readers of my posts here on Grounded Parents know that I am a big fan of the work Melissa…
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Activities
LEGO, You Ain’t no Friends of Mine
So, we got the new LEGO catalog the other day. This is always a big day in our household, especially…
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Humor
9 Things I Wish I’d Known About Raising a Child
1. Internet lists are a whole bunch of bs. Yes, even this one (well, really it’s more snark, but wev).…
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Parenting Styles
Raising Girls – A Single Dad’s Experience
My daughter was 7 when her mom and I separated and I ended up with custody of her and her…
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