The pre-teen and early teen years are challenging for girls. Mothers are often confused by and worried about the stories they hear about middle school and the adult-like issues that kids seem to face at such a young age.

This session is designed for the middle school girl and her mother and offers both generations concrete strategies for dealing with issues that most girls grapple with in the middle school years:

• Relationships (with parents, friends, and boys)
• Maintaining a healthy and realistic body-image
• Media messages
  
• Emotions - why they are a factor and how to channel them
  
• Sexuality - basics for middle schoolers
  

Beyond the content areas, this session gives girls and mothers a chance to connect with each other and with other girls and women. Women and girls have always benefited from banding together. Now more than ever girls need connections to caring adult women. Sign up for this workshop today to stay involved and informed about the issues your daughter is dealing with or will be, any day now.

Take-home materials include 2 audio CD products:

1. Sexuality and your middle school daughter: This program is designed for parents and middle school girls to listen to together. The program leads parents and daughters into the subject of sex, sexuality, and sexual expression in a caring and clear manner. Parents may listen to the program in advance to muster up courage. But rest assured, your daughter can handle this information, and so can you!
2. Dads Speak, Advice From Dads about Raising Daughters: Listen to what dads have to say about raising daughters. These dads have done it and have some words of wisdom for you dads who are in the middle of it all.