A Girl Named Pants Blog
Internal competition…how to manage the fast with the slow?
Posted on: Wednesday, January 11th, 2006Comments: 0
Raising daughters is rewarding and challenging. Ever since I can remember, my daughters have never been even in anything. I have three girls that are extremely close in age. Of course they fight as sisters fight. That never bothers me. I believe it’s good for them. It teaches them about conflict and how to resolve [...]
How do you raise daughters in an obese nation?
Posted on: Friday, December 30th, 2005Comments: 2
We had dinner the other night at my aunt’s house. My wife, our three little girls, and I made an evening of it. We had a great time. The whole family was there. My brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, and cousins. We ate, drank, played ping-pong, and talked about all kinds of things. The best conversation [...]
An Encouraging Word
Posted on: Sunday, December 18th, 2005Comments: 0
How important is it to say encouraging things to our daughters? Can encouraging words really change their behavior? Can encouraging words really help them to believe in themselves; to believe they can do anything?
Well, it sounds like one of those statements that would be really hard to prove one way or another. It [...]
Small victories can fuel earth shattering accomplishments
Posted on: Saturday, December 10th, 2005Comments: 0
I did something today that I’ve been dreading for a few weeks; my snow blowers first start. I go through this every year. It usually takes me 125 to 150 pulls before it starts. Once it starts, it’s good for the whole winter, but getting to that first start is a miserable experience. It’s not [...]
Money, money, money!
Posted on: Friday, December 2nd, 2005Comments: 1
I received an email the other day from a father with a really challenging question. I wish I had a good answer. Maybe you do. He asked if I knew how to raise daughters in a wealthy environment without turning them into kids with wealthy attitudes; an unearned sense of entitlement.
In a way, I [...]
Raising daughters to be bilingual
Posted on: Friday, November 25th, 2005Comments: 0
I was raised in a household of five children within six years. We grew up in a 1200 square foot house with parents who were raised in even smaller houses. While life was probably just as complicated, looking back it seems to have been much simpler. We had no bike helmets, no car seats, no [...]
Kellys Never Give Up!
Posted on: Saturday, November 19th, 2005Comments: 0
I heard a subtle but powerful story the other day. My sister has twin boys; Robert and Michael. Yes, yes, they aren’t girls and this is a blog about raising daughters, but what they did could have been done by any child; boy or girl.
Robert and Michael are almost three years old. They’re [...]
Cultural and Economic Diversity
Posted on: Tuesday, November 15th, 2005Comments: 0
When I was a young assistant district attorney I found myself in the middle of racial, cultural, and economic diversity for the first time in my life. I had been raised a middle class, Catholic white kid. I had never been exposed to different races or religions. I never knew any rich kids. I never [...]
Thoughts are Things
Posted on: Wednesday, November 9th, 2005Comments: 0
My wife and I had dinner with some close friends the other night; Renee and Greg. The food was fantastic. The company was even better. But the best part of the night was hearing a brilliant quote from Renee. Now, this is a highly motivational woman. Greg and Renee are business owners who are all [...]
It’s about time
Posted on: Thursday, November 3rd, 2005Comments: 0
The other day, I ran into a guy I grew up with. Actually, I didn’t really grow up with him. He moved away when we were eight-years-old. I hadn’t seen him since. I spent the first eight years of my life with him as a neighbor and a friend and hadn’t seen him in over [...]
