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Talking to girls
Jun. 30th, 2011 08:21 amWhat a great article http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-bloom/how-to-talk-to-little-gir_b_882510.html?ref=fb&src=sp .
I didn't have a very girly childhood. Mom sewed and was home as a stay at home mom doing the traditional things, but I didn't think of them as "women's work" - they were just things that someone had to do to keep the family going (Dad did those things too when he was home and had time). My sister and I have never been girly girls.
On the one hand I've wished my Mom was more conscious about shopping and body type, because it would have saved a lot of heartache and frustration when shopping for pants as a tween and teen (with these hips there are just some styles that won't work, no matter what the size or how stylish they are). It would have been a bit more smooth to have been taught about differing body types and given some pointers to find clothes that look and feel good (rather than just 'here's some money kid - go in there and find some jeans and I'll wait out here). But I'm glad that there wasn't the overall emphasis on appearances on the whole, because we grew up not focusing on that.
I LOVED books when I was a kid and could have talked about them all night. :) Books and cars and construction equiptment, but I digress . . .
I didn't have a very girly childhood. Mom sewed and was home as a stay at home mom doing the traditional things, but I didn't think of them as "women's work" - they were just things that someone had to do to keep the family going (Dad did those things too when he was home and had time). My sister and I have never been girly girls.
On the one hand I've wished my Mom was more conscious about shopping and body type, because it would have saved a lot of heartache and frustration when shopping for pants as a tween and teen (with these hips there are just some styles that won't work, no matter what the size or how stylish they are). It would have been a bit more smooth to have been taught about differing body types and given some pointers to find clothes that look and feel good (rather than just 'here's some money kid - go in there and find some jeans and I'll wait out here). But I'm glad that there wasn't the overall emphasis on appearances on the whole, because we grew up not focusing on that.
I LOVED books when I was a kid and could have talked about them all night. :) Books and cars and construction equiptment, but I digress . . .
