How to Raise a Daughter with Leadership Skills

September 7, 2018

My 8-year-old daughter is a lot like me. More often than not, I experience flashbacks of my own childhood when I watch her play. Many of those flashbacks are positive. I was a young 8, as she is, and I enjoyed plenty of free time spent playing Strawberry Shortcake or climbing trees with my best friend. If my daughter could bring her Strawberry Shortcake dolls to the top…

Katie Hurley, LCSW, is a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and Writer in Los Angeles, CA. Her work can be found on several popular online parenting sites, including EverydayFamily, Practical Parenting, and The Huffington Post. Her parenting book, The Happy Kid Handbook: How to Raise Joyful Children in a Stressful World, will be published at the end of October 2015 (Tarcher/Penguin). Katie enjoys life by the beach with her husband and two children.