As a mom of both girls AND a boy, I feel an immeasurable responsibility to raise these children into capable, kind, honest, loving people. We live without gender stereotypes in our house just as I did growing up. All six of us pitch in to our household. My husband and I believe in all hands on deck and each member contributing to our family regardless of gender.
We have one very girly girl -- who loves dresses, hairbows and all things sparkly. She equally loves the solar system, playing in the dirt, and fishing. Our youngest has a much more rough and tumble personality and prefers to wear pants over dresses who loves riding her scooter, playing in the dirt, and singing. Our newly teen girl loves Harry Potter books, playing her flute, doing well in school, and hanging out with her friends. All of them different, but all of them confident and thriving.
March 8 --International Women's Day was recognized across the world. We didn't do anything specific to celebrate, but the little girls wore their new favorite PowerPuff Girls shirt and said they had girl power as I snapped their photo.
I spent International Women's Day doing my job of being a wife and a mom. Kids up and off to school, the teenager to work, making supper, the first grader to dance class, then I went to a parent meeting for band, and a PSAT review. There's a lot of "every day" in it, but it is my most important work.
We definitely celebrate strong women in our house, in our family, and in our world. It is my greatest hope that my girls grow up believing anything choose to do is a possibility for them!
We love being able to find strong girls in the shows we watch on Netflix too!
Netflix has some female characters that both boys and girls can rally behind. Violet on A Series of Unfortunate Events, Eleven on Stranger Things, Tip on Home, Lorelei on Gilmore Girls just to name a few!
What strong female characters are you watching and loving?
My kids current favorites on Netflix :
Violet:
Lily:
Reagan:
Andrew:
We are LOVE LOVE LOVING the all new Julie's Greenroom with the amazingly talented icon Julie Andrews! My little girls are so excited to see the ins and outs of theater and the characters are fun! Stay tuned for some more from us about this show and in the meantime....check it out!!
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