Sue Scheff: Girls Leadership Institute

GLI awakens girls to the full potential of their authentic selves. We work with girls, their families, and school communities through our camps, after-school programs and in-school resources.

Check out this great website full of tips, articles, advice and more! http://www.girlsleadershipinstitute.org/

Sue Scheff: Teenage Girls - Teen Body Image

What a fantastic website and resource for teenage girls!

Source: FitsMi.com

Fitsmi is a place for teen girls who want to make some healthy and lasting changes in their lives. Our approach is that healthy doesn’t have to be boring (right?).

The idea for Fitsmi came from a mom who struggled with her own weight as a teen. (Read her story here.) She realized that solutions like “eating less” and “exercising more” weren’t solutions at all. So, she met with the experts: doctors, clinicians, moms, and, most importantly, teens. Her conclusion? A teen is going to choose a healthy lifestyle when she’s ready. No threats or tough love from anyone make a difference. She has to want it for herself. And once she wants it, she’ll approach it in her own unique way.

This awesome truth formed the website you’re visiting today. (Welcome, by the way!) Currently, we’re in closed beta, which means that we’re only open to a select group of teenage girls. Testing will be happening throughout the site, so if you see some wonky things, feel free to let us know and we’ll try to fix it. Our non-beta subscription site will be coming soon!

Fitsmi offers an ever-growing menu of healthy choices so a girl can find what she likes. Maybe it’s a new style, recipe, routine, or different way of thinking. Whatever she chooses, Fitsmi has tools like personal trackers and expert blogs to help her embrace change and make a difference.
A major part of this experience is Fitsmi’s community of teens, mentors and experienced voices who are always there to cheer her on.

Over time, a teen will know what’s right for her. If she grows tired of the choices she’s made (and who doesn’t?) Fitsmi offers alternatives. New ones every day.

Best of all, Fitsmi is a celebration. No wagging fingers. No lines in the sand. No lectures. There’s a funny side to this, and that’s where you’ll find Fitsmi. After all, change doesn’t have to suck.
If you want to send us feedback on how to make Fitsmi better during our beta stage, you can email us!

Visit FitsMi at http://www.fitsmi.com/ and follow them at Twitter at @FitsMi

Sue Scheff: A Way Through - The Female Friendship Experts

Do you have a daughter that may need some extra help? A Way Through is a wonderful wealth of inspirational and educational information for you.

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We’ll Personally Guide You and Your Kindergarten – Grade 8 Daughter Through the Maze of Painful Friendships… Put Your Daughter in Control of Her Own Experiences. She’ll Learn to Successfully Build Thriving Friendships and You’ll Learn to Coach Her Behind the Scenes
From: Jane Balvanz and Blair Wagner, the Female Friendship Experts

Dear Parents of Girls Hurting from Painful Friendships:

Do you need some help in guiding your daughter through hurtful friendships?

It’s Tough to Know What to Do When Your Daughter Is Being Hurt by Other Girls

As a parent, do you feel:

Angry when your daughter is being excluded, gossiped about, or given the silent treatment?
Sad seeing your daughter being hurt by her “friends”?

Frustrated due to your daughter’s on-again / off-again friendships?

Unable to help your daughter when school, sports, or social activities seem like a girl war zone?
Devastated when your daughter is too scared to go to school?

Whether You Are Feeling Angry, Hurt or Helpless at What Is Happening to Your Daughter, We Want You to Know That There Is a Way Through This Form of Bullying

Many parents have found hope through learning more about the dynamics of Relational Aggression (RA). In turn they have equipped their daughters with skills with which to assert themselves in RA situations. Their daughters have experienced relief and used their personal power to create friendships which serve them.

Visit http://www.awaythrough.com/parents.htm for much more!!!

Follow Jane Balvanz on Twitter @JaneBalvanz

Sue Scheff: How To Raise Your Parents

By Sarah Burningham

A Teen Girl's Survival Guide

Being a teen (or the parent of a teen) doesn't have to be so hard. How to Raise Your Parents will help teens and their parents navigate those years between training bras and keys to the family car. In a voice teens will relate to and parents will appreciate, author Sarah O'Leary Burningham offers smart advice about negotiation and parental hot buttons and a little insight about what the world looks like from a parent's point of view.

Buy the book today on Amazon - type the book title or author's name in the Amazon Box on the sidebar.

Learn more about Sarah Burningham at http://sarahburningham.com/ - and check out her new Advice Column for ABC.

Follow Sarah on Twitter at @sarahburningham

Sue Scheff: Laid or Loved? The Secrets Guys Wish You Knew About Being a Dream Girl Instead of a Just-in-his-Jeans Girl

Laid or Loved? The Secrets Guys Wish You Knew About Being a Dream Girl Instead of a Just-in-his-Jeans Girl

By Dr. Jenn

Laid or Loved? is a groundbreaking new self-help book that explores the uncharted territory that young adults face in today’s society. With the advent of new technology and an excess of provocative messages in the media, tweens, teens and their parents are more confused than ever when it comes to dealing with issues from sex to bullies.

Award winning author and speaker, Jennifer Austin Leigh, PsyD (”Dr. Jenn”) includes replies collected from hundreds of young men from around the world who share their secrets of what girls do that gain their love and respect. Their replies may surprise readers of all ages. Dr. Jenn utilizes the latest research in neuroscience, communication and psychology to give girls a clearer understanding of how to gain self-respect in order to make better choices in love, and in life.

Dr. Jenn adds her insights into the unique characteristics of social networking, email, and text messaging and describes how these channels of communication can unintentionally distort the progress of respectful, open-hearted relationships, especially as teens come of age in today’s “anything goes world”.

Find out more information on Amazon - click on the Amazon Box and enter the title!