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How A Growth Mindset Can Help Girls Embrace Challenges

Have you ever wondered why some kids give up easily or refuse to try, while others embrace challenges and seem destined to achieve more? Stanford psychologist Dr. Carol Dweck believes...

3 Easy Resolutions for Raising Amazing Girls

Happy new year! We’re so excited for 2020 and all that it may bring. A new year means change, and we’ve been thinking about small things we can do to...

8 Ways to Bond with Girls Over Thanksgiving Break

Thanksgiving break is almost here! For many families that means three to nine days off. We love the idea of using that time to strengthen bonds with girls. That’s why we’ve...

Tags: Activities & Fun, Bonding, Guiding & Parenting, Holiday

Modeling a Healthy Body Image Over the Holidays

The holidays are coming! Between tricky family dynamics, all the work that goes into making the holidays fun/magical, and sooo much delicious food, it can be a trying time. It’s...

How to Protect Girls from Harmful Movies, TV Shows and Books (Without Taking Anything Away)

Girls today are inundated with media (TV shows, movies and books) that reinforce stereotypes and can be harmful to them. Luckily there are things you can do to limit the...

How Media Hurts Girls (& What To Do About It)

As parents and caregivers, we all want the best for girls. But sometimes the very things we give to girls to make them smile can end up harming them. We...

Raising Boys that Empower Girls—Book Review of The Heart of a Boy

We first discovered Kate T. Parker’s work in early 2017 and fell in love! Her book Strong Is the New Pretty: A Celebration of Girls Being Themselves is a bestseller,...

Tags: Book Recommendations, Guiding & Parenting

Expert Lindsay Sealey on What We Can Do to Help Girls

At Hopscotch Girls, we’ve been thinking about what more we can do to make it easy for parents and caregivers to empower girls. We conducted a survey to find out...

The Secret of Parenting with Art

Psychologists have been using art therapy (drawing, painting, etc.) for years to help children and adults express themselves and explore their own feelings. While parents may not be psychologists, they...

Tags: Art & Projects, Guiding & Parenting

3 Ways to Help Girls Have a Healthy Body Image

Body image is all about how you see yourself when you look in the mirror, or how you imagine others see you. It’s something that many of us struggle with,...

Tags: Guiding & Parenting

3 Ways to Teach Girls to Be Brave

When you think about the qualities you want your daughter to have, what comes to mind? Intelligence? Kindness? What about bravery? Bravery can help your daughter take chances that can...