advocates
Therapists. Doctors. Coaches. Writers. Parents. We're opening up the discussion on how best to raise healthy, happy girls to all kinds of parenting and relationship experts. You'll discover the unique insight they bring to the table right here.
Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile
Co-authors, I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids
Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile are first-time authors, have 5 kids between them and have been friends for 12+ years. Both women were upset to discover that real-life motherhood was nothing like their romantic vision of the experience. So they decided to interview hundreds of moms to see if anyone else felt the same way. Read More 
Armin Brott
Author and fatherhood expert
Hailed by Time magazine as “the superdad’s superdad,” Armin Brott has been building better fathers for more than a decade.
As the author of six bestselling books on fatherhood, he’s helped millions of men around the world become the fathers they want to be — and that their
children need them to be. Read More
Dr. Cheryl Dellasega New Article!
Author and relationship expert
Cheryl Dellasega, NP, PhD, is the author of several books on issues affecting
women and girls, including Mean Girls Grown Up, Surviving
Ophelia and her latest, Forced to Be Family. She will be answering a weekly
Q&A about common parenting and relationship dilemmas. Read More
Jenny Friedman New Article!
Clinical psychologist and parenting expert
Jenny Friedman has been volunteering with her family for more than 19
years, delivering meals to the homebound, sponsoring a disadvantaged family
and working at a local homeless shelter. She received her PhD from Northwestern
University, and has published over one hundred articles for local and national
magazines, including Parenting, Parents and American
Baby. Read More
Sharon A. Hersh
Author and professional counselor
Sharon Hersh is a licensed professional counselor and the author of five
books that help parents navigate their adolescent daughters’ emotional
lives. Read More
Jenifer Marshall Lippincott
Educator and author
Jenifer is the co-author of 7 Things Your Teens Won't Tell You (And How to Talk About Them Anyway). She has worked with young people for over two decades as a teacher, a dean at a boarding school and a learning consultant. Read More
Barbara McRae
Author and Master Certified Coach
Barbara McRae, the owner of EnhancedLife Coaching, LLC® and founder of Teen Frontier International, is a nationally known Master Certified Coach and a recognized expert in professional coaching. Read More
Jeanne Muchnick
Journalist and parenting expert
Jeanne Muchnick is a freelance journalist and the former editor of BaBY Magazine and BaBY Magazine's Infant Care Guide, two publications aimed at helping new moms deal with the physical and emotional aspects of parenthood. Read More
Dr. Roni Cohen-Sandler
Clinical psychologist and parenting expert
Roni Cohen-Sandler, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, author, consultant and lecturer who specializes in the issues of women and girls, parenting adolescents, depression and self-destructive behavior and learning disorders. Read More
Leslie Morgan Steiner
Author, Mommy Wars
Leslie Morgan Steiner is the author of Mommy Wars, a book about the motherhood/work balance. She began writing for and about girls at Seventeen magazine in 1987. Read More
Dr. Christine Wood
Educator and author
Pediatrician and author
Christine Wood, M.D., C.L.E., is a practicing pediatrician and certified lactation educator with interests in healthy nutrition for children and the environmental and nutritional impact on health and disease. She is the author of How to Get Kids to Eat Great & Love It. Read More
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resources
From parenting advice to new research on issues of girlhood, many groups are adding their voice to the discussion. Find out what they’re saying, and doing, here.
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