That\u2019s not a question too many parents ask.\u00a0 But bullying may be on your daughter\u2019s mind.\u00a0 You might be able to steer to some good information (for bullies and for victims) by directing her this quiz\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0http:\/\/www.girlshealth.gov\/bullying\/quizzes\/quiz.bullying.cfm<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on the Girls\u2019 Health site sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services.<\/p>\n

The site is dedicated to helping girls between the ages of 10 and 16 make healthy, positive choices.\u00a0 In addition to bullying, topics include health, fitness, relationships, substance abuse prevention, nutrition and the future.<\/p>\n

The site gives girls reliable information about the issues and pressures many of them encounter as they become young women.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Many teens are unaware that giving someone the silent treatment, calling names, gossiping or texting to spread rumors are all forms of bullying.\u00a0 Taking the quiz together may be a great way to open a conversation \u2013 to find out what your daughters think and how they feel about victims and perpetrators.\u00a0 How do they relate to those who are different?\u00a0 Those who may be less popular or less powerful?<\/p>\n

The Girls Health tagline is “Be Happy.<\/strong> Be Healthy. Be You. Beautiful.”<\/strong> Imagine a site devoted to showing our daughters that being themselves is what makes women truly beautiful!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That\u2019s not a question too many parents ask.\u00a0 But bullying may be on your daughter\u2019s mind.\u00a0 You might be able to steer to some good information (for bullies and for victims) by directing her this quiz\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0http:\/\/www.girlshealth.gov\/bullying\/quizzes\/quiz.bullying.cfm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 on the Girls\u2019 Health site sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services. The site is dedicated to helping girls between the ages of 10 and 16 make healthy, positive choices.\u00a0 In addition to bullying, topics include health, fitness, relationships, substance abuse prevention, nutrition and the future. The site gives girls reliable information about the issues and pressures many of them encounter as they become young women.\u00a0 Many teens are unaware that giving someone the silent treatment, calling names, gossiping or texting to spread rumors are all forms of bullying.\u00a0 Taking the quiz together may be a great way to open a conversation \u2013 to find out what your daughters think and how they feel about victims and perpetrators.\u00a0 How do they relate to those who are different?\u00a0 Those who may be less popular or less powerful? The Girls Health tagline is “Be Happy. Be Healthy. Be You. Beautiful.” Imagine a site devoted to showing our daughters that being themselves is what makes women truly beautiful!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[50,193,316,377,410,541],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-8156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-parenting","category-special-topics","tag-bullying","tag-girls","tag-make-it-better","tag-parenting","tag-positive-choices","tag-teens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8156"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andreapatten.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=8156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}