With holiday season busyness, I’m a couple days late with this. Guessing you understand. Dec 16 was Jane Austen’s 243rd birthday. Her novels changed literature by focusing on everyday people rather than heroes and gods. They are still excellent reading for everyone interested in human nature with all its foibles. They’re favorites with me and […]
Category: Parenting
Posted inBody & Mind, Education, Friendship, New Moon Girls Magazine, Parenting
How to Get the Jan-Feb 2019 NMG Magazine
If you want her to get the annual issue focused on her growth and changes, you need to order or renew, if it’s time for your renewal, in the next few days. Order By Dec 9! Yes, it seems crazy in the internet era, but for our paper magazine to reach the girls you love on time, […]
Posted inFamily Life, Friendship, Parenting, Reviews & Recommendations
Lacey Recommends Books for Connecting
The theme of the September/October issue of New Moon Girls is “Our Tribe: Connecting Us All,” and this month’s recommendations feature books that just might help YOU feel more connected — whether to the characters in a story, or to the big, wide world! Flor loves everything about her life working for her family’s petting […]
Posted inFamily Life, For Parents/Teachers +, Letter from the Editor, Parenting
Connect and Create for Mothers & Daughters
Your desire to feel close to your daughter is very powerful. It can be so frustrating as she gets older and her time is increasingly taken by her needs with school, friends, sports, hobbies, and private time. Meanwhile you’re juggling just as much between work, family needs, your partner, friends, your personal needs, and more. […]
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Lacey Recommends Back To School Books
Wow, it feels like just yesterday I was writing my summer book recommendations column, and now it’s already time to start thinking about going back to school! Whether you are looking forward to or dreading it, these books can help get you “in the mood” for another year of teachers, homework, and classes! Did you […]
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A Young Feminist Awakening with New Moon Girls
Imagine my delight in checking our Instagram recently and finding this awesome comic drawn by our former reader Kelly Abeln, now a professional artist based in Minneapolis. See more of her fabulous art at KellyAbeln.com . When I got in touch, she said: So glad you like my comic, it’s a true story 🙂 I […]