The TOMGIRLZ MOMZ Mission

I've been writing for elementary aged girls for a couple of years now, but it was brought to my attention that the mothers of these girls could sure use a resource for themselves too. There are tons of parenting magazines out there (I know, I used to have my nose buried in them!). Those magazines are loaded with stuff, stuff, stuff for babies! Thank goodness, I really needed that help when my daughter was a baby. But now she is 9 years old and those parenting issues offer very little help for this age range. I decided I would start a magazine for the mothers of girls ages 5-12. After the baby and toddler stage, but before the teen period (I'm so not ready for that yet!). The magazine would be full of advice for moms on all the issues that our girls are faced with (and there sure are a lot of them!) and would also focus on the mother-daughter relationship.
That sounded great and I've read numerous books on starting a magazine. I really think I can do it too, but one major problem...MONEY! I don't have any. Well, certainly not the amount that it takes to start a magazine...not yet. Luckily, somewhere along the line I learned about blogging. I'm so glad I did, too. For me the most important thing about starting the magazine is the editorial content it offers. Sharing ideas with other mothers of elementary aged and 'tween' girls; discussing the tough times as well as all the fun (and funny) stuff.
That's my purpose for starting this blog. Let's talk about our girls. The trouble they find and the trouble that finds them and all the things we do to build our mother-daughter relationships. That mother daughter relationship is an important one and this is the time when we can influence our daughters the most. We can shape them into strong, competitive, successful women who support their peers and communities (and families!) at the same time.
To all the Tomgirlz Momz out there, I look forward to sharing and caring and building a relationship with you too!