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With the Princess Awesome Book Club, we’ve curated books for kids from baby board books all the way up to chapter books that show a diverse group of women, girls, and even female-type creatures that are learning, exploring, and adventuring to their fullest potential. In the coming weeks, we will be presenting these picks with giveaways, interviews with the authors, and reviews from actual kids who love these stories as much as we do.

Grab a coat and get outside! Yes, it's cold but there's a variety of activities that will tire out active kids - skiing, skating, and snowboarding - in addition to other ways to enjoy the outdoors in winter.  And some of those activities help build strategic thinking and communication skills. 

How do you get your child ready for her first day of school? Parents, I know it’s tough. But with the right guidance, I assure you that your preschooler will end up loving the new environment. It all begins with proper assessment of the situation. Here are 5 of the most important tips you might want to check out to make sure your little girls is all set for her first day of school.

All this rebellion comes from pushing limits and learning the “why” of things. Parenting children through learning the reasons behind the rules can be emotionally, physically, and intellectually draining. But it can also be inspiring - because occasionally our little rebels discover rules that really do need to be broken.

Pink has now become so strongly identified with femininity and in particular, being a girl, that to select something in pink is symbolic of identifying as a girl. It means that a child looking at the two shields isn’t seeing just a pink shield and just a red one, and choosing the color they’d rather have. It means that the child is saying “I’m a girl and I like this shield” or “I’m not a girl and I like this shield.”

What Are The Most Fun Writing Games For Kids?

To make a significant contribution to your kid’s development and education you should keep in mind that the main activity for every child is a game. Through the game, the child discovers the world around him. Therefore, any developmental activity with a child should be organized in the form of a fun game to reach good results and simply ensure exciting pastime for you and your kid!

Both at Princess Awesome and GoldieBlox, we saw problems with the choices available for girls. These were problems many in the fashion and toy industries didn’t see, but that didn’t mean they weren’t there. We decided to try to solve them - why not us, after all? If we can see the problems, and if we know what we want the solutions to look like, then why shouldn’t we try to solve them?

Veterans of the United States Armed Forces, we salute you this Veteran's Day. Thank you for your service, for keeping us safe, protecting our freedoms, and showing us how high we can fly. 

Katie Hodges, one of our customers, is a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy. This is her story of how what kids see show them what they can be. 

Whether we’re carrying things out of necessity or because we found an awesome little treasure, my kids and I rely on pockets. If we don’t have pockets, we rely on each others’ pockets.

At Princess Awesome we believe in pockets. They foster independence. They give kids freedom. Kids needs pockets. And girls need and deserve them just as much as boys.

Who doesn’t like to make learning fun? And, thanks to arts and crafts, you can make learning and development for your child fun.

These activities are great to do with your child and also great for them to do alone. Next time you are stuck inside on a rainy day, try incorporating one of these projects into your schedule for that day and see what a difference just that little bit of stimulation can make.

Arianna has Gaucher’s Disease Type 2. A rare progressive, genetic disorder, Gaucher’s Disease results from the body’s inability to produce an enzyme that breaks down glucocerebroside. As the substance accumulates in the body, it affects the body’s blood cell production, leading to anemia, bruising, and lung disease. It also affects neurological development, causing complications with breathing, swallowing, and muscle control. Most devastatingly, the patient’s lifespan is projected to be only 2-4 years.

Yet Arianna has defied the odds - after spending over a year in the Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital, Arianna has finally been able to consistently live at home with her family for the last fourteen months. She has amazed her doctors and nurses, and in turn they have been able to help other children newly diagnosed with Gaucher’s Disease thanks to Arianna’s response to her treatment.