Tag Archives: Girl Scouts

Cookies, Badges and Lessons in Diversity

Last week I had intended on writing a blog post about the Girl Scouts. It was going to be about how they are celebrating 100 years of scouting this year and one of the coolest things we would see from … Continue reading

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New Year’s Resolutions That Inspire

With the holidays behind us we now turn our attention to the New Year and of course ways we can make changes for the better for our kids, ourselves, our home, our community and the world in the coming year. … Continue reading

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5 Ways To Teach Your Kids to Give Back

It’s that time of the year again. The new school year is coming and a lot of us are gearing up for the drastic change in the daily routine that comes with every new school year. And if you are … Continue reading

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5 Ways to Inspire Your Kids This Summer

It’s that time of year again. School is out and you may be looking for things to do this summer with your kids. Take advantage of the break and use this as an opportunity to expose your daughter and son … Continue reading

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Skechers Shape-Ups For Girls: Why?

My son is 8 years old. He is in the 2nd grade and surrounded some of the most amazing little 8-year-old girls I could ever imagine. Not only are they all beautiful in a million different ways, they all have … Continue reading

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Dated Gender Messages From the Boy and Girl Scout Handbooks?

A new study was recently published in the journal, Gender & Society, regarding the gender stereotypical messages to the 5 million American kids that are reading the Boy or Girl Scout handbooks. According to the study it appears girl scouts … Continue reading

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Happy International Women’s Day!

What does International Women’s Day mean to you? More importantly what do you want it to mean to your daughter? For me (Meghan) personally it’s the million faces of woman who have come before me and paved a million different … Continue reading

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Study Shows Girl’s Self-Image Different Online Than in Real Life

Did you know that a vast majority of girls use Facebook (91%) and MySpace (28%) regularly? Thirty-eight percent have a Twitter account, and girls average eight tweets per day. These facts come from research and an interesting National Survey taken … Continue reading

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Adrienne Rivera

SheHeroes Episode 6: Adrienne Rivera

Ep 6: Adrienne Rivera
Aerospace Engineer and Paralympic Gold Medalist
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SheHero of the Week: Shannon McNamara

Girl Scouts is a great organization that encourages girls to work hard in all that they do and inspires them to give back to their community by making the world a better place. But Girl Scout Shannon McNamara decided to … Continue reading

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