Sophia Spencer
The 8-year old entomologist who ended up co-authoring a paper in the Annals of the Entomology Society of America
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Ursula Burns
She is a Xerox board chairperson who earned a place in the STEM Leadership hall of fame in 2017.
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Wasako Wakamiya
The 82 year-old Wakamiya only learned to code in five months. She taught herself the basics by reading a book, then later hiring a teacher, and launched her first app in February. She was the oldest developer to attend Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference.
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Guide To Empowering Your Village While Keeping Your Child Safe
As your children grow, so do their relationships with the world around them. Most elementary-aged girls have friends they play with, and by the fourth or fifth grade, they will begin to develop mentor/student relationships through extracurricular activities. ...
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The Need To Go Beyond “The Talk”
According to the federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 40% of high school students have had sexual intercourse. FORTY. Yet sex education is required in only 24 states in the US and many parents delay or gloss over in-home education....
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The Way You Feel About Your Body Informs The Way Your Daughter Feels About Hers
How would your daughter(s) say you feel about your body? Would they say you think positively about it or would they be able to repeat your frequent criticisms of yourself and your body? According to Laura Choate, a professor of counselor education at...
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Is A College Degree Still Relevant For Your Kids?
No one could have predicted 20 years ago that Social Media Manager would be a legitimate job title because the world wide web was only 5 years old at the time and social media was, at best, a dream in some visionary's mind. The pace of innovation today has acc...
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In The Midst of All The Heartbreak Around Us
In recent months it seems like natural disasters, large-scale tragedies and social upheavals have been the relentless. As parents, we want to protect our children from all of the negativity in the world, but in times like these, it is almost impossible to do s...
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Beyond Traditional STEM Career Paths
If you still think STEM is only necessary if your daughter has an interest in a technical career path, think again. Clearly, advances in the sciences and technology have been the engine behind many of the innovations of our day. However, beyond that...
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