
The label depicts a pair of women’s legs wearing a man’s top hat. The new craft brew from Oval Craft Brewing is named Prom Night Cherry. And it is a cause for alarm among the community members of Plattsburgh, NY, parents, educators, and leaders, who work tirelessly to make prom night enjoyable and safe for …
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alcohol abuse among teens, alcohol use very likely to be involved in sexual assaults, girls getting drunk to have sex, girls pressured to have sex, girly thoughts, if drinking, loosing virginity, Oval Craft Brewery, parents and community groups try to keep Prom Night Safe, popping your cherry, Prom Night Cherry, sexual assault victims at greater risk for mental health problems, teenagers more likely to die in a crash, teens often use drink or use drugs on prom night, the legal age of alcohol use is 21, the power of one, using sex to sell alcohol to underage teens

Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sukianto/15029498813/in/photostream/ Yes, it is back-to-school time. You and your daughter have worked to get her ready. She has pushed you to buy her the latest fashions so she will fit in; you’ve bought her school supplies and paid for her haircut. Maybe you …
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Al-Anon, back to school, binge drinking in 12 year old girls, clarityway, drug availability, drug glamorization, drug paraphernalia, drug use in girls, female student athletes, heroin, lack of treatment options for drug use teens, lack of understanding of insurance companies, marijuana, preparing your daughter for school, toxic 'girly thoughts'

Good Housekeeping just posted a terrific piece giving advice to mothers, titled, “5 Ways to Encourage Confidence in Your Daughter” An important part of the message is that for women to consciously build confidence in their daughters, they also have to undo the messages they have bought into—self-defeating beliefs and behaviors I call toxic girly …
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Always study, avoiding risks, being held back by society, berating yourself, British Women, calling ourself 'stupid', calling yourself 'fat', carrying negative messages into next generation, gaining self-confidence, girls observing mothers, girly thoughts, good housekeeping, mothers and daughters, not strong; inspiring your daughter, rewarding your daughter for being sweet, toxic 'girly thoughts'

I met Roseanna recently when I gave a talk at a university. She remembered that I asked women to share their girly thoughts, an obnoxious term I coined to describe that toxic, inner self-talk that plagues and disempowers women. Roseanna’s Contribution Roseanna send me a poem she wrote about her sister, …
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being afraid, being afraid being alone with teachers, books club, condoms not fitting, creative writing, gender studies, girly thoughts, having a sister, management meeting, Michelle Sohn, needing to be attractive, Roseanna Boswell, Sexual Assault, sixteen

Remember how awkward it felt to be a teen? Remember what it was like to worry each night when you went to bed if you would recognize the you who woke up in the morning? Budding breasts, growth spurts, and those terrible pimples were all potential minefields. I know I can still feel how my …
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cyberbullying, Facebook, feminism, Girls Leadership Institute, girly thoughts, HCI Books, Instagram, Instasham, negative self-talk, Rachel Simmons, teenage angst, Twitter
October 29th, 2014 | Posted by Rob Weiss in Adolescents - (Comments Off on Can Teens Be Sexually Addicted?)

Do Bears Do Their Business in the Woods? Asking whether teens can become sexually addicted is a bit like asking if they can become alcoholic or drug addicted. Of course they can. In fact, they are every bit as vulnerable as adults to addictions, perhaps more so because their emotional immaturity has prevented them from …
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"cybersex", hypersexual disorder, love and sex addiction, online porn, porn addiction, sex addict, teen addiction, teenagers, teens

By Patricia O’Gorman, PhD Author of The Girly Thoughts 10-Day Detox Plan: The Resilient Woman’s Guide to Saying NO to Negative Self-Talk and YES to Personal Power (publication date 10.28.14) The Resilient Woman: Mastering the 7 Steps to Personal Power (2013) Healing Trauma Through Self-Parenting—The Codependency Connection (2012) …
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body image, girly thoughts, self esteem, teens

(Note, continued training along with streaming video available on “The Workshop” on the www.tiandayton.com membership site) Relationship trauma is the kind of emotional and psychological trauma that occurs within the context of relationships. We are biologically wired to seek close and ongoing connection. It’s nature’s way of insuring that parents stay committed enough to children …
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body memories, codependency, emotional trauma, Experiential healing, fight or flight, Post Traumatic Stress Reaction, prefrontal cortex, psychological trauma, ptsd, relationship trauma, repetition compulsion, self medication, serotonin management, survival bonds, transference, unconscious body memory

A man turns into a father all at once-no warning, no preparation, no classes. Many women start turning into a mother in her early childhood. After all, she spends many hours pretending that she’s holding a baby, feeding it, changing its diapers, and nurturing it. Her doll is her someday child. At the dinner table …
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do not go gentle into that good night, Dylan Thomas, father-son wound, intergenerational conflicts, Oedipus, Oedipus complex, rite of passage, role model