It’s not easy being a woman in Kenya
Pastor Ali is the first to admit it's not easy to be a woman where he is in Kenya. Some of the girls in his congregation cannot even afford sanitary products when they have their monthly period and are forced
Why Girls Really Struggle with Math
Girls are just as strong in math as boys up to age 11 - so what happens after? We've all heard generalizations such as girls are mainly right-brain thinkers – that is, more literal, while boys are left-brain thinkers – more
Msichana huyu atakuwa wa kipekee duniani
Benedictus O. anasema kwamba aliweza kuhisi uhusiano na binti yake kabla ya kuzaliwa; ananieleza kuwa hata kabla ya mkewe kujua kuwa alikuwa mjamzito, yeye mwenyewe alijua kwa namna fulani na akajua kwamba mkewe atajifungua mtoto wa kike ambaye watamwita Amanda
This girl, she’s going to be a force in the world
Benedictus O. says he could feel a connection to his daughter well before she was born; even before, he tells me, his wife knew she was pregnant, he knew, somehow, that she would give birth to a baby girl they
Grieving my daughter who is still alive: This is Craig’s story.
Craig H. hasn't seen his daughter, Emily, in almost ten years; a fact, he assures me, he would change if he had any power to do so. When he and her mother separated, it was far from amicable; and while
Like father, like daughter: they also inherit the down side of dad
When Gary V's daughters, Imogene, 32, and Eva, 30, were growing up, weekends and holidays were the only time they had together. As an archaeologist, a rewarding but demanding profession, his work kept him up in Corinth, several hours from
One is more beautiful in silence
There is a well-known phrase in Spanish that says "One is more beautiful in silence"; its meaning is that to remain silent is more honorable than to give an opinion that wasn't asked for. This sentiment is one Francisco G.
It was never about raising a girl or boy. It was about raising an empowered kid.
Jamie C. has helped his daughter, Claire, build two different versions of her beloved preschool. Their first incarnation, he tells me, was in San Francisco, installed in the downstairs of the flat she was renting; after months of applying for
Connecting with your teenage daughter by NOT giving into every demand
David J. and his sixteen-year-old daughter, Charlotte, are both musicians who thrive in front of an audience and have never experienced a single case of stage fright. For Charlotte, he believes this comes in equal parts from her being classically
Lessons learnt from a dad of a tween aged daughter
Bennett F. is a researcher who studies human behavior with the goal of optimizing our personal relationships. Through his research, he's learned not only how to monitor his own self-expression better, but how to choose his words more carefully and