Thursday April 25th we celebrate a very special day in the world of SheHeroes and Heroes, it’s Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day! Take your Daughters and Sons to Work Day falls on the Thursday of every April. The reason we celebrate on a Thursday each year is so that “girls and boys […]
This week we had the opportunity to chat with 17-year-old SheHero; Christina Li. Li has a passion for information technology and is not only following that passion but working to share that passion with other young girls. This year Christina created a camp for middle school girls with an interest in math, science and technology […]
In the media today we are swamped with reality show and tabloid stars becoming famous for the sake of being famous. And in that world of reality show superstars so much emphasis is put on creating an image that will get enough instagram likes. It is a way of thinking that at its core is […]
We’ve read some great posts over the last year of things you should to your daughter instead of simply complimenting her on things related to her looks. Truly it is up to us to make sure our daughters grow up knowing that they are worth more than just what they look like on the outside. […]
It’s funny the places we some times find the coolest SheHeroes to look up to. A few years back my kids and I discovered the show American Ninja Warrior. This show is the American version of a Japanese show that pits the toughest athletes against an obstacle course that is almost impossible to tackle. It […]
What Kindergarten Girls in Silicon Valley Aspire to Be (circa 2014) By Steve Ko; cross-posted with permission from Medium.com A few weekends ago, I brought my daughters (ages 4 and 7) to Snip-Its for their haircuts. Snip-Its is a hair salon for kids, and like many other businesses that cater to children, Snip-Its offers birthday […]
It seems only fitting that we would celebrate the 102nd birthday of The Girls Scouts of America right in the middle of Women’s History Month. After all, few organizations have included such a large number of the most successful and famous women in history. Women who have taken the Girl Scout pledge include everyone from Lynda […]
We posted the following quote from actress Jada Pinkett Smith on Facebook recently. This was her answer when asked why she had let her daughter shave her head. When Jada Pinkett-Smith was asked why she let her daughter Willow shave her head, this is what she said:
Barbie. Just simply saying the name stirs up a million different emotions from people. In fact you would be hard pressed to find a mother (or woman) that doesn’t have a strong opinion on the famous doll. Whether she’s fully supporting and filling her child's toy box with all things Barbie or taking a firm […]
In this day and age most kids are as well versed in technology as the most tech savvy adult by a fairly young age. My own kids both have my husband and my older iPhones and use them regularly. The phone and texting service is unable on these old phones, but they are able to […]
