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Presents replies to the concern of a mother on how to help her daughter maintain a healthy weight to avoid obesity. Teaching of healthy eating habits and the importance of exercise; Presentation of suggestions in the context of health as a family plan; Assistance of a female nutritionist in teaching about healthy food.

The article discusses the factors underpinning body image distress, particularly among teenage girls. According to the author, most young individuals are often body-conscious and faced pressures by the society on the way they look which turns them to undergo chronic dieting, excessive exercise and even plastic surgery. It offers tips on how parents could help their daughters develop healthy changes such as consulting a dietician.

The article offers information on how the parents and their daughter achieved a strong family bonding into everyday life. It stated that making a home base of warmth and family support will allow a girl to enjoy her family and her friends without replacing the other. However, it is observed that media and marketing messages force the kids to reject parental influences and appear independent. It suggests that having a dinner time together can give the daughter a sense of belonging.

An interview with John Baladament, author of "The Modern Dads Handbook" is presented. When asked about what kind of future does their daughter see at home, he stated that they want their daughters to believe that they will be able to have it all as they grow up. John revealed that having a regular heart-heart is a great way dad can both model and teach their daughters in healthy relationships. He encouraged all parents to seek some balance when managing the child-related tasks.

The article provides ways that would help parents control the obesity of their daughters. These include making comments on their daughters' body, giving a sharp look when they reach for a second serving, and telling them about the reasons of why they are being scolded if they eat too much. Moreover, it states that implementing a playful physical activity in the whole family, and focusing the daughters' solid self-care skills will effectively control the child's obesity.

The article presents the author's view on how parents can guide their daughters to learn how to trust themselves, to be resourceful, and to measure their worth by inner gifts rather than material things. The first step suggested by the author is to re-examine the parent's and daughter's notion of success. Next is to involve the daughter in a conversation concerning her life. And the best of all, according to the author, is to give the girl a loving family foundation. INSET: Spring the "perfect" trap.

The article presents an interview with author Rosalind Wiseman regarding parents role and parenting. She said that daughters need parents to guide them through challenges and her interaction with other people. She provided a guideline for parents to communicate effectively with their daughters during conflict in order to share some solutions to the problem. INSET: A courageous conversation.

Provides tips for parents in setting limits for their teenager daughters in the U.S. Disadvantage of overindulging children; Exhibition of a firm decision; Familiarity of parents on how their daughters nag.

The article discusses the problems of many teenage girls in standing up against mean and unfair treatment. Shrinking back from out-and-out rudeness is just one part of a lack of assertiveness that affects many girls, particularly around ages nine to 14. Sometimes poor assertiveness skills spark disturbing behavior patterns. The author presents tips for parents on how to help their daughters improve their assertiveness skills. INSET: FIVE ASSERTIVENESS BOOSTERS.

The article presents an interview with Christiane Northrup, author of the book "Mother-Daughter Wisdom: Creating a Legacy of Personal and Emotional Health." Northrup outlines some basic for honest, respectful and loving relationships between mothers and aughters. Improved mother-daughter relationships can result in better physical and emotional health for both mothers and daughters.

Presents an interview with Margo Maine, psychologist and specialist of body image issues living at West Hartford in Connecticut. Details of the parental influences on daughters body image; Discussion on body image distress among middle-aged older women; Discussion on girls' attitude towards their bodies; Discussion on tight dressing by women and informal meanings conveyed by such dressings; Details of harms of dieting; Implications of disordered body thinking.

Discusses the importance of involving teenage daughters in family activities. Exaggeration of the notion that adolescents do not want to spend time with adults; Engagement of adolescents in working out practicalities; Need to discuss activities in advance.

Advises parents on how to deal with their daughters' contradictory behaviors. Reasons why girls seem to rarely act their age; Conflicts in girls' progress toward maturity; Factors contributing to self-doubt among adolescent girls; Ways in helping girls act responsibly.

Provides tips on ways to deal with teenage daughters who refuse to talk to their parents. Reasons behind the avoidance of the teenagers to relate personal information; Issues dealt with by the girls upon reaching puberty; Steps to take in providing the needs of a daughter who is dealing with teenage life. INSET: Listening In.

Explores the influence of teen magazines on teenage daughters. Content of a teen magazine; Development of media literacy; Role of parents in deconstructing the media; Types of teen magazines. INSET: What Can You Do?.

Interviews psychotherapist and Jungian analyst, Virginia Beane Rutter about the development of meaningful relationship with daughters. Exploration of celebrations for mothers; Support of the feminity of girls; Significance of female identity and self-esteem.

Reports that most daughters survive the divorce of parents in Virginia. Development of competencies; Consistency in parenting; Minimization of conflict and maximization of contact.

Presents tips on helping daughters adjust with stepparents. Identification of shared sets of expectations and understandings; Concern over the prospects of divorce in remarried families; Roles of stepparents and biological parents. INSET: Listening In.

The article offers advice on how parents can help their daughters recognize that "touch hunger" is normal and doesn't need to involve activities that can be risky and pre-mature. It discusses how honesty about touch hunger helps daughters develop healthy attitudes about their body. The article details how to discuss changes in family touch patterns over the years.

The article focuses on the role of parents as life coach to guide their daughters in facing the challenges during puberty and peer pressures according to author Barbara McRae. A life coach help the daughter define goals and change behaviors and attitudes to keep her happy and fulfilled. McRae suggested that parents as a life coach should reframe their expectations about their daughter from a negative to a positive aspect.

The article discusses the need for parents to closely monitor their teenage daughters' relationship with their boyfriends. Experts believe that even girls who seem mature are not ready to make sound decisions in a dating situation. At the age of 13 to 14, the portion of a child's brain governing impulse control and foreseeing consequences is not yet mature.

The article discusses the lessons that can be learned by girls in doing housework. The author relates her experience with her daughters when they grumble about doing household chores. Her strategy of dealing with her daughters' complaints is to simply renew her commitment to pass on to the girls a vision of housework as a training ground for life skills and sustainable values.

This article focuses on a parent's view on what is appropriate for a girl to watch on the television. While the parent is quite sure that their younger daughter has experienced some things earlier than her older sister did, every effort has been made by them to shield her from the more mature elements found in PG-13 movies. Neither of the girls is permitted to watch R-rated movies or, indeed, many of the "primetime" offerings on TV. When their 14-year-old wants to watch a show with them or her friends, but it's not suitable for their 10-year-old, they try to arrange the viewing for when the younger sibling is not at home.

Presents opinions from parents and daughters on whether it is appropriate for a mother to read her daughter's journal due to personal safety concerns. Consequences of reading a daughter's personal journal; Effect on mother-daughter communication.

Focuses on how to help a daughter with her post-high school plans. Encouraging girls to attend college.

Offers advise for parents on how to encourage daughters to follow family rules when they're not at home. Importance of communication among parents; Danger of exposing children to inappropriate videos; Encouraging children to bring their friends to the house.

Offers advice from parents on how to protect their daughters from bullies. Ignoring the bully; Finding a mentor at school; Mediation techniques; Letting the bullied girl write a letter to the bully indicating her description of the situation.

Provides guiding principles on how parents can respond to their daughter's writing. Purposes of different forms of writing; Responses for different forms of writing; Ways to criticize a daughter's writing; Importance of taking the writer's goals into account.

Comments on the attitude needed for parents in raising daughters. Negative effect of house rules; Essence of a parent-daughter conversation; Emotional support for daughters. INSETS: Listening In;The Power of Comforting, by Tom Rusk.

The article offers tips for parents to empower their daughter as a bystander to stand up to trouble talk, particularly bullying incidents. According to the author, parents need to explain to their daughter that laughing or smiling at the aggressor's putdowns makes them a supporter of the bully's cruelty. It states that parents should inculcate to their teenage girl that listening and comforting to the concerns of a kid who has been treated poorly is beneficial.

The article discusses on safety, security and fair treatment for girls in this generation. The author, a research associate at the national nonprofit Dads & Daughters, conducted a research regarding threats to girls and women's sense of personal safety and fair treatment to identify the most pressing threats and most effective solution as part of their mission to make the world safe for teenagers. She cited some trends that impresses her during the research.

The author comments on the impact of giving alcohol to daughter under supervision, and stresses various factors that influence individuals to be a drunker. He argues that giving alcohol to children with parent supervision is not main factor to be considered to prevent the from alcohol. As evidence, he presents his case during his childhood wherein he, together with her sister, are given one or two glass of beer. He said that he became an alcoholic despite the supervised drinking.

The article presents a letter from a mother asking advice on how to make her 13-year-old daughter to stand straight. According to the author, improper standing among teens is common, particularly on girls because of being conscious on developing breasts and height. She suggests that encouraging daughters to have a healthy posture is important to keep her spine strong. Also, giving book that presents issues on healthy posture will do if puberty changes are difficult for daughter to attain.

The article provides several reactions from the U.S. readers on the published letter of a parent who allow his daughter to drink alcohol under supervision. One reader from Dayton, Ohio agreed that children exposure to alcohol would enhance their ability to make decisions. Other reader from Mahwah, New Jersey stated that limited exposure takes children's interest out of alcohol. Another reader from Brandywine, Maryland said the importance of heart-to-heart talk to teenage daughter.

The article considers ways to be considered in advising daughters who is caught placing pornographic images, personal profile and messages online. It states that parents must hear the reasons of their children in placing pornographic images, and messages online. It likewise states that they must discuss it to their children without initial criticism. Moreover, they must emphasize the importance of issues surrounding sexualized images rather than sexual interest.

Two letters to the editor are presented in response to the articles published in the previous issues, including one about the different behavior of the daughter when his father comes home from business trip in the September/October 2006 issue of "Ask the Expert" and another one about a child who is anxious about her body hair.

The article discusses on the impact of messages delivered by parents to their daughters. It was said that parents who said encouraging words to their children create a positive effect to children. However, in some instances parents could utter complaints about their works which could leave girls an unpleasant impression on working. Parents can change such view by transforming complaints into a realistic yet optimistic attitudes about jobs to come.

The article offers suggestions to parents on how to raise optimistic and resilient daughter. It was suggested that parents must encourage their daughters to join competitions in their field of interests wherein they can feel the exhilaration of winning and likewise realize that no one wins all the time. Meanwhile, parents should cheer their daughters either they win or lose for them to strive more in later challenges. Moreover, let children know that parents are their avid supporters.

The article offers suggestions how to outsmart advertisers and marketers which constantly persuade girls to try the product they advertised or sold. It was suggested that parents and daughters should be media-savvy likewise activist-minded when it comes to the techniques made by advertisers in promoting products. Moreover, Amy Jussel, founder of Shaping Youth, an organization which focused on counteracting harmful media messages to kids, shares her views on the matter through its web site.

The article reports on the portrayal of women in motion pictures in the United States. It discusses how movie images limit girls' potential by portraying female characters as a secretary, a singer, or a sweet princess. The Dads & Daughters See Jane program works to increase the percentages of female characters in media produced for children 11 and under. The program also attempts to reduce gender stereotyping.

The author reflects on her relationship with her 12-year-old daughter Kelsey. She shares her favorite ritual with her daughter called, the Monday Afternoon Ice Cream Ritual. The ice-cream store is an ideal setting for their ritual, a neutral space with no distractions. The author emphasizes the importance of rituals to stay connected as parent and daughter.

The article offers advice for parents on how to improve their daughters' math ability. It discusses the need to make the use of everyday math explicit and to let girls figure problems out for themselves. Parents should also determine what specific math problems she may have, and develop solutions to address it. The author also recommends the hosting of an occasional all-girl after-school math funfest or a math-themed party.

The article responds to a query from a parent whose daughter lacks self-confidence. The author offers advice on how to help girls increase their self-esteem. She recommends the book "Girls Will Be Girls: Raising Competent and Courageous Daughters," and advises parents to encourage their daughters to do something hard or scary to boost their confidence.

The article offers advice for parents on how to handle comments about their daughters' bodies. It recommends the book "When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies," by Carol Munter and Jane Hirschmann as a useful resource for parents. The author discusses the need to help teenage girls build a strong sense of self and to value herself as a whole person.

The article presents news briefs of interest to parents of girls. TOYChallenge is inviting teams of fifth- through eight-graders to invent a toy for a contest that aims to get girls interested in science, technology, and engineering. Fathers are encouraged to make a difference in their daughter's school experience by joining parent-teacher associations and other school advocacy groups.

The article comments on how to help daughters find satisfying and safe ways to address her touch hunger. It discusses how parents react negatively to the prospect of their girl getting physical with someone. The author discusses the need to make touch hunger a family discussion, and how to help girls make healthier decisions.