Old vibe songs1/21/2024 ![]() ![]() When the mood is tense or tones get snippy, you can throw on some dance music and boogie away the bad juju. We’re a big fan of family dance parties at our house. Related: How to Teach Young Girls to Demand Respect 11 Best Girl Power Songs for Raising Strong Girls Then they’ll just glare, and we’ll say that part for them.īut part of keeping my daughters safe is teaching them how to keep themselves safe. My husband or I will say: “What’s my number one job?”Īnd the kid will answer: “To keep me safe.” Unless they’re dead-set on doing that dangerous thing. We have this thing we say at our house when any of the kids get scared or are about to do something dangerous. ![]() I’m not silly enough to think I’ll be there to protect them. The thought of other kids saying mean things to my daughters? Spreading gossip, snubbing them, barking at them? Talk about waking a cranky bear. In college, I finally learned how to stand up for myself.īut now I’m in charge of raising three girls. I want to go back in time to that shy girl, grab myself by the shoulders, and shake her until her hibernating confidence wakes like a cranky bear. Or the boy in ninth grade who told me: “Your nose is too big for your face.” Or my crush in sixth grade who told me I was “flat.” After I read “The End,” a boy laughed and said “She just stole that from The Goonies.” (Which was true, but still.) When it was my turn to read the story out loud in class, my voice squeaked and the paper shook in my hands. Like in fifth grade when I was supposed to write a story that was two pages long but instead I wrote 20, and I was so proud of myself. I just let other kids say mean things to me. The truth is: I never stood up for myself as a kid. Why didn’t I turn around and tell them to shut up? Why did I run? Why didn’t I at least laugh it off? Still, adrenaline surged through my heart.Īs an adult, I’ve relived that afternoon more than it deserves. “Ow!” one yelled while another laughed, but I didn’t turn back to see what happened. ![]() That day, they must have been in a hurry to get home. Usually they sat at the back of the bus and took their time getting off, so I was long gone by the time they hit the pavement. Started towards the apartment in silence.Įxcept that a group of sixth-grade boys got off the bus right behind me. This day was like every other day, mostly. And if I hurried, I might catch The Addams Family. But I didn’t mind because I could get lost in my thoughts. No one to walk home with, chattering about the day. The school bus had just dropped me off, along with all the other kids who lived in the cluster of apartment complexes near mine.Īs a painfully shy kid, I hadn’t made any friends who lived nearby. Bonus: All these songs for girls are from *this* century. Inside: Play these girl power songs to inspire your daughter to be confident, strong, and brave. ![]()
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