7
Monday

Mother/Daughter: Hot Flashes and Personality Clashes
Mothers and daughters learn how to use realistic approaches and practical strategies to communicate effectively and build loving and lifelong connections with each other.

Location: Bryker Woods
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Audience: For mothers and girls

8
Tuesday

Safety for Wired Girls
Learn all about how to protect yourself on the Internet. Editors from the online bilingual magazine for girls, Latinitas, will provide awareness about online sexual predators, cyberbullying, cyberstalking and harassment, identity theft and fraud. Learn how to protect yourself and
ensure safe-surfing.

Location: Redeemer Lutheran School
Time: 11:30 - 12:20 p.m.
Audience: For girls

8
Tuesday

The Best of Friends: Helping Girls Navigate Peer Relationships
Ever feel confused, angry or even hurt towards your best friend? Ever feel too much pressure at school? It’s normal to experience either both of these, but even “normal” can be hard to deal with. Learn how to better understand your friendships with girlfriends, and get some constructive ideas on how to change uncomfortable relationship patterns.

Location: Dobie
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Audience: For girls

9
Wednesday

Building a Toolbox of Friendship Skills
If relationships came with instructions, what would they be? If every girl had a toolbox full of tools to help her friendships in middle school, what would be in it? An experienced counselor will teach girls how to use their tools to keep friendships strong, honest and healthy through the preteen and teen years.

Location: Murchison
Time: 11:15 - 12:15 p.m.
Audience: For girls

14
Monday

Straight Talk from Teen Parents
“Don’t have a baby when you’re young!” Grown-ups always say, but have you wondered what the big deal is? Come hear teen dads and moms talk straight about what life is REALLY like as a teen parent. They'll tell you what they wish they'd been told before they had their children -- from stinky diapers to losing friends to serious legal responsibilities. No Kidding is a program of the Office of the Attorney General in partnership with YouthLaunch

Location: Webb
Time: elective period
Audience: For parents and girls

16
Wednesday

Smoking: Be Smart Don't Start
Entering middle school? Well, time to make important decisions for yourself, especially when you might be facing new ones like trying your first cigarette. Join this oriGENal voice panel discussion about addiction, the difficulty of quitting, and other tobacco related issues. Led by GENaustin staffer Christine Carlucci, different women will share their personal stories and how some had to learn about the dangers of smoking the hard way.

Location: Dobie
Time: 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Audience: For girls