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I loved the The Body Image Book for Girls; Love Yourself and Grow Up Fearless by Charlotte Markey. It is a fun and approachable book for girls explaining everything they need to know about their changing body.
My little boy is saying that there are girls’ cars and boys’ cars, whenever he says it I am telling him that there are no girl’s cars or boys’ cars, just cars! Why do toddlers suddenly decide that boys and girls need different toys??? Let me know if this has happened to you.
Alexander was watching Firefighters Song for Kids from Bounce Patrol Kids on YouTube, it was a catchy and fun song. However, the only thing that I could not stop looking at was the woman firefighter was in a dress and wearing thigh high boots with heels! Yep, the woman is dressed in non firefighting clothes and the men have adequate clothes to fight a fire. There are no dresses or heels in firefighting and girls should be dressed the same as the boys! Simple as that. Even if it is a song or a simple dress up. It sends the wrong message! Let me know your thoughts.
There are no boys and girls toys, there are just toys! What do you think? I overheard a little girl saying that she needed to find the girls toys. Let’s hope that she gets to play with some fun toys that are just toys and not labelled girls or boys toys.
I think I’ve been in denial about the twins being pre-teens. It is happening and there are too many signs now to not accept it and get them ready for the next phase, being a teenager! Let me know what helped you and the kids.
I have been thinking back to this time last year. This time last year I was very pregnant and over it. Anytime after 34 weeks was overdue for me. Yes…
I was invited to an intimate ladies lunch. It sounded nice and lovely. In the city for a lunch all by myself, well with a baby so that was not…
Sometimes one kid finds it hard being a twin. This became evident the other week when she had a HUGE meltdown getting ready to go to the pool. Each child…
Note: This was about International Women’s Day from 2016. It is an interesting read and I am not sure if much has changed. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————– The other week we celebrated…
We have picked names for either a boy or a girl due to not knowing the babies sex. We did the same when pregnant with the twins, we had two…
I am confused! It is 2015 isn’t it? So why does it feel like we are living in the 1900’s or worse? I know the 1900’s were not all bad…
I am shocked at what I have been reading in the papers. Chief Executive Paul Heath of JBWere told a pregnant exec that, “in his experience a woman’s IQ halves…
Is one of your kids or both forthright? Leads and is assertive? Mine are. I am making sure that I don’t say that the kids are bossy but I do…
Yesterday while driving the twins to pre-school they were telling me who they were going to marry. Marry! They are only 5. Isn’t it a bit early to be planning…
Why would a school would ban shorts for girls! Well there is one, and it is Bathurst Public School. In a Sydney Morning Herald article it talks about how parents…
Today is the International Day of the Girl Child. It is a day where UNICEF promotes rights of girls, education, and addressing challenges that girls are faced with. We need…
Why are pads and tampons considered a non-essential item? Ask any woman or girl who has to purchase these items and they would not be able to live without them….
Yesterday while at lunch with the family, the girls found a playroom for kids. This playroom was not much at all. It was small, and only had 2 things to…