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Teaching Your Teen Financial Responsibility: Is a Debit Card a Good Idea?
Helping your teen learn money management is one of the most valuable lessons you can give them. Today, there are new tools available that...
Brian Sly
Oct 1, 20251 min read


Back to School Without the Breakdown: Helping Your Teen Daughter Cope with Academic Pressure and Performance Anxiety
The start of a new school year often brings crisp notebooks, new schedules—and for many teen girls, a quiet storm of pressure and...
Brian Sly
Aug 25, 20253 min read


Back-to-School Wellness for Teen Girls: A Real Talk Guide to Staying Healthy (Mind, Body & Spirit) From ChatterGirls |
For Teen Girls Who Want to Start the School Year Strong — and Stay That Way Starting a new school year is a big deal. You’re juggling new...
Brian Sly
Aug 25, 20253 min read


How to Support Her Without Fixing Everything
Learning to listen, empower, and walk beside her—not in front of her. As parents, it’s natural to want to fix things. When our daughters...
Brian Sly
Aug 25, 20252 min read


The Cost of Fitting In: Helping Teen Girls Stay True to Themselves in a World That Pressures Them to Conform
She doesn’t want to be different — she wants to belong.And in today’s hyper-connected, socially-driven world, teen girls are feeling the...
Brian Sly
Aug 25, 20253 min read


How Adults Can Support Teen Girls Through Changing Social Circles
(photo: friends gone bad) As students return to school this fall, backpacks aren’t the only things they carry with them. For many teen...
Brian Sly
Aug 25, 20252 min read


Why Girls Need Spaces Like ChatterGirls Now More Than Ever
Because confidence, connection, and resilience don’t just happen—they’re taught, practiced, and nurtured. Today’s girls are growing up in...
Brian Sly
Aug 25, 20252 min read


Capture Summer Together: A Fun Project for Parents & Teens
Summer memories aren’t just for scrapbooks anymore—they can be fun, creative, and digital! Working on a project together is a great way...
Brian Sly
Jul 16, 20252 min read


Encouraging Independence Through Summer Activities: 7 Tips for Parents & Teens
Summer is the perfect season for tweens and teens to start spreading their wings—but that doesn’t mean parents have to feel left out....
Brian Sly
Jul 16, 20252 min read


Staying Informed About Her World: Why It Matters and How to Do It
As parents and caregivers, one of the best ways to stay connected with your tween or teen is by showing genuine interest in her world....
Brian Sly
Jul 16, 20251 min read


Foundational Issues Generation Alpha is Facing - and What We Can Do About It
Generation Alpha, born beginning in 2010, is growing up in a rapidly changing world—one filled with both unprecedented access and...
Brian Sly
Jun 24, 20254 min read


The Happy Holiday Travelers
With the holidays fast approaching, many of us travel or go to other family members' homes. For many children there is a lot of anxiety...
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Nov 22, 20223 min read


Viva La Panic!
When anxiety runs on long enough, it has the ability to turn into a full blown panic attack.
What is the cause? How do we stop it?
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Nov 2, 20222 min read


What is self-doubt anyway?
I recently saw this statement - “it's not a matter of finding yourself, but discovering yourself under layers of judgment, doubt and...
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Oct 19, 20222 min read


I'm sorry I couldn't make it to your party
Helping our children navigate social anxiety is crucial to their development and thriving as a young adult.
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Oct 11, 20222 min read


Called On In Class
“Mom, I got called on in class today. I was anxious and unable to answer any of the questions even though I knew all of the answers.” If...
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Oct 4, 20222 min read


What Is Mindfulness?
Back in the 80’s and 90’s, when mindfulness was not as commonly known, it was lumped into the “New Age” category. In 1997, while I lived...
MadeleineH
Jun 29, 20223 min read


-The Modern Day Grandparent –
“Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.” Mother Teresa Every summer I look forward to one...
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Jul 24, 20203 min read


Covid, Teenagers and how we can help them cope
If you’re like me, you’ve been home since March. We have been asked to social distance until further notice, which means staying home...
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Jul 17, 20203 min read


Prepping for College
It’s almost time, are you ready? It will be here before you know it. College! It’s 2020, and nothing has gone as any of us had planned....
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Jun 29, 20204 min read
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