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What IF We Lived in a World Where There WERE Liberating Toys That Dominated the Girls’ Toy Aisles?

November 21, 2014 Uncategorized

Earlier this week, I posted a link to an article on The Daily Dot to the Gallant Girls Facebook page. That article was about the Barbie: I Can Be a Computer Engineer book that has caused...

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November Challenge: What I Am Thankful for Today

November 10, 2014 Uncategorized

November 10th — Today I am thankful that I am not a competitive person. I don’t condemn anyone who is a competitive person because I am aware that a lot of competitive people reach their...

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Why Meghan Trainor Did NOT Write an Empowering Anthem for Healthy Body Image…

November 6, 2014 Uncategorized

I wrote something recently about this song on my personal page. I was making more of a joke, but the discussion got started about how I feel about the song “All About That Bass”. I...

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Get Bigger with Wisdom, But Never Grow Old!

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I could NOT love this more! There’s a time and a place for seriousness, and there is most certainly a time and a place to be responsible, BUT there is never a time in our...

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Let them be children. Let them be young. Let them alone.

October 30, 2014 Uncategorized

I have never even THOUGHT about dragooning my daughter into “fixing” her already-perfect self. Yes, my daughter has very (gorgeous) bushy eyebrows. She also doesn’t like to brush her hair thoroughly. She also doesn’t always...

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Don’t Use Your Children as a Weapon

October 22, 2014 Uncategorized

No matter what happens in your adult life — no matter what hardships you suffer, what wrongs have been done onto you, or if someone disappoints and becomes an absent or deadbeat parent — don’t...

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Being Nice to Someone You Dislike Doesn’t Mean You’re Fake

October 21, 2014 Uncategorized

You can turn your dislike for someone into indifference. This makes it much more simple to cast aside the behavior, actions, or words of others. It does *not* mean you are fake, as this image...

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9/10/2013 – Today’s Top 3 Things I Would Like to Tell My Daughter Going into Adulthood:

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9/10/2013 Today’s Top 3 Things I Would Like to Tell My Daughter Going into Adulthood: 1. Travel! It’s not always easy to travel because travel takes both money and time, and often times, we have...

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A Gallant Girl: The Early Days of Heather Angelika :)

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I previously mentioned how I was the president of my 2nd grade class and how I hung a poster from my desk that said, “Girls can do anything!” Well, last week my mother sent me...

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We have another contestant for the Official Gallant Girl Icon Contest! Gallant Girls & Guys, meet Kyleigh (age 10)!

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We have another contestant for the Official Gallant Girl Icon Contest! Gallant Girls & Guys, meet Kyleigh (age 10)! I don’t know about you, but I love that her character stands up for what and...

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