Necessity is the mother of invention, and this mom saw a need. Sharon Choksi, a co-founder of the clothing brand Girls Will Be, first got the idea to launch a line of comfortable girls’ clothes when ...

As the mother of a 4-year-old girl—as well as a card-carrying feminist with a PhD in women’s studies—I find myself struggling with exactly what it means to raise a daughter in 2020. When Ella was born ...

Imagine you have twin 6-year-olds, one boy and one girl. You hit the boys’ and girls’ departments of your favorite clothing store in search of summer clothes for them. (After all, last year’s clothes ...

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If you have a daughter like I do who hates dresses and abhors anything pink, sparkly or with ruffles and frills, you are pretty much out of luck if you head to most of the major retail stores. What ...

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Back to school shopping is tough, but if you have a daughter who walks into the girls’ department and wants to run away at the sight of everything pink and purple and ruffled all over, what are you to ...

“Mum have you seen these?” my nine-year-old daughter cries in delight as she shoves her hands into a previously undiscovered pair of pockets in her new dress. I know that delight. Most women do.