10 Things I Want My Daughter To Know Before She Turns 10

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 10 Things I Want My Daughter To Know Before She Turns 10 Grace is rounding the curve to ten.  I am not sure how this is possible. I feel ever more aware of her girlhood and looming adolescence, and of all the things I want her to know, as if I could somehow instill values and beliefs into her, like pressing a penny into soft clay.  I know I can't; the best I can do is to keep saying them, keep writing them, keep living them. Ten things I want my 10-year-old daughter to know. Mom Admits She 'Lost It' On Boy Who Bullied Her Daughter WATCH: Beautiful Time-Lapse Video Of One Day At School The Primary Reason To Breastfeed A Toddler Disney's New Plan To Fight Childhood Obesity WATCH: The Magical 5-Minute Disneyland Tour BLOG POSTS Ann Brenoff: 'I'm Good' With Being Called 'Ma'am' I'd like to start a movement to bring Ma'am to every city in America, starting with my own. While I admit that being called Ma'am made me feel a tad older, the truth is, I am older. Trevor MacDonald: In The Family Bed, More Pets Than Babies? Is it possible that Americans are emotionally better in tune with their pets than their babies? Gwenn Schurgin O'Keeffe, MD: Kids Under 13 on Facebook? Not So Fast! Just as our kids have to wait to be the right age to drive, drink and vote, let's help them understand that in today's world, they also have to wait to be the right age to use Facebook. John McCormick: Remembering D-Day this Father's Day When I became a father, I realized for the first time what it might be like to send a child off to war. Ariane Zurcher: The Depiction of Autism and Why it Matters Being in contact with these kind autists has taught me more than any specialist, article, book or news show. These people with their writing and blogs have opened my mind to the very real possibilities that exist for my daughter. This gives me hope.

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