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This article offers suggestions for raising girls with respect, encouragement, and involvement while resisting and challenging traditional gender norms and expectations.

"From the beginning, it's crucial that fathers nurture a daughter's image of her body as strong, healthy, capable, and active." Declaring that "a daughter is not a fragile vase," this article introduces strategies for raising healthy, strong girls.

Written by a father, this article describes the use of good touch in the parenting of girls to express affection, comfort, reassurance and playfulness.

This resource offers practical ways to make kids' screen time more healthy and productive, including tips for TV Time, Video and Interactive Computer Games and Internet Safety.

This article suggests seven ways to fight stereotypes often portrayed in the media.

Feature stories are meant to inspire a dialogue between caretakers and the young people in their lifes to foster healthy, non-violent relationships through adolescence and beyond. Segments include 'Parent2Parent,' 'Teachable Moments,' and 'Take Action.'

This fact sheet examines the extent and effect of media exposure on infants, toddlers, and preschoolers, particularly in the form of television and computer games.

This tip sheet lists suggestions for parents who want to help create safer schools for children, originally from the Department of Education's 1998 publication, Early Warning, Timely Response.

This report describes trends in the Internet habits of girls, their skills in navigating potentially difficult or emotional situations online, and advice on how parents and other adults can empower girls to have safe, positive online experiences.

This article provides information about television as a presence in kids' lives, discussing its relationship to violence, aggression, fear, trauma, school performance, children's attitudes, gender and minority stereotypes, and various health issues.