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Helping tween and teen girls—and their parents—navigate friendship challenges and build confidence. Find the tools and resources you need to support your daughter and empower her to live bravely.

Is Your Teen Finding It Hard to Open Up? Here’s a Tool to Support Her Emotional Growth affirmations child's emotional growth feeling wheel friendship drama journaling mindfulness parenting tips tips for teens Aug 15, 2023

As parents, we embark on a beautiful journey with our children, witnessing their growth and development at every step.

Along this path, we encounter moments of joy, laughter, and love, but we also face challenges and complexities that can be overwhelming.

As our children grow and navigate new emot...

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My Friend Comes Off As Mean To New People- What Do I Do? friendship drama parenting tips teen teen frienships teen problems Jul 26, 2023

Hi Brave Friends,

This last week in The Brave Girl Tribe, my virtual online community for girls in 5th to 8th grade, one of my girls asked for tips on how to handle if you have a friend that is nice to you but mean to other people and you are starting middle school together in the fall.

It can be ...

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6 Tips To Help Support Your Daughter Through Disappointment & Unfairness child's emotional growth friendship drama mother daughter relationship parenting tips problems teen worries teenage anxiety tips for teens May 31, 2023

Hi Brave Parents,

As your daughter navigates the challenges of growing up, it's natural for her to encounter moments of disappointment and unfairness. As a parent, you have the power to provide support and help her overcome these hurdles. 

Here are six tips to make the journey easier:

1. Listen a...

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Helping Your Daughter Respond to Derogatory Names with Strength and Self-Respect friendship drama frienships parenting tips teen frienships teen worries May 02, 2023

During a Sunday session for The Brave Girl Tribe, several girls expressed concern about how to respond when boys call them derogatory names, such as the 'B-word.'

I want to start by saying that this behavior is NEVER acceptable. Your daughter needs to know that she deserves to be treated with respe...

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When Your Daughter is Pushed Out of Her Friend Group: 10 Tips to Help Parents affirmations friendship drama mother daughter relationship parenting tips relationsal aggression Mar 19, 2021

 When Your Daughter is Pushed Out of Her Friend Group: 10 Tips to Help Parents.

When your daughter is pushed out of her friend group, the experience can be very hurtful for her. We may remember this from our own childhood, but when it’s your own daughter, it feels even more heartbreaking.

It coul...

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