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Moms: 7 Ways to Help Your Daughters' Self-Esteem

By Diane Loupe ● Uncategorized ● May 6, 2014

Here's a present for any mother who is trying to cope with a daughter going through adolescence and suddenly not as confident as she once was: advice from the “chief girl expert” for Girl Scouts of USA.

Female Teens Attest to Fading Confidence

By Diane Loupe & Racheal Creech ● Arts & Culture ● April 26, 2014

The Ban Bossy campaign wants girls to hang on to a barometer of self-worth. One teen says in elementary school she “never worried about what everyone thought.” Fourth in the Bias Price series, with reporting from Racheal Creech.

Girl Scout Dropouts Want Camping, Not Cookie Sales

By Diane Loupe & Tatyana Bellamy-Walker ● Arts & Culture ● March 15, 2014

As the Girl Scouts seeks to revitalize, dropouts here talk about the turnoffs. Loyalists, however, tout a crafting boom, the way the program is updating and how it's fun to be part of the world's largest girl-led business. Story with reporting from Tatyana Bellamy Walker.

Bookkeeper Is Over-Booked But Not Raising Fees

By Diane Loupe ● Uncategorized ● April 11, 2013

Dee Jay Beard earns slightly less than the average bookkeeper and is bursting with business. She could probably ask for more, but so many of her clients are small businesses that suffered in the economic downturn that she's kept her fees in check.

Child Care Director Is Also Diaper-Changer in Chief

By Diane Loupe ● Employment ● June 22, 2012

A child care director starts her day by picking up the cook, moves on to menu writing and is focused on ensuring legal safety standards. Her staff makes more than many child care workers whose earnings require them to depend on food stamps.

Girl Scouts Are Full of Stars, Mine is Miss Hazel

By Diane Loupe ● Commentary ● March 11, 2012

Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Scouts in Savannah, Georgia, 100 years ago today. To mark the anniversary, Diane Loupe lovingly recalls a troop leader who told corny jokes and taught her to battle back the demons of dejection.

Georgia Law Turns Focus on Sex-Trafficked Girls

By Diane Loupe ● Crime & Law ● May 22, 2011

The problem of child sex-trafficking is widely associated with foreign countries such as Thailand and India. Advocates hope new sex-trafficking laws like the one passed in Georgia will focus concern on U.S. girls.

Georgia Plays Front-Runner on Anti-Choice Agenda

By Diane Loupe ● Health & Science ● March 3, 2011

A small gathering of anti-choice activists this week denounced abortion as black genocide. They join a widening attack on reproductive rights in Georgia and across the country.

Alveda King Takes Big-Name Place at Tea Party

By Diane Loupe ● Politics ● September 2, 2010

Rev. Alveda King's Tea Party allegiance grabbed headlines last weekend when she joined the Glenn Beck rally on the anniversary of her uncle's famous “dream” speech. It also made her an even more polarizing figure in the abortion-rights struggle.

Year Five: Women of Storm Re-energized by BP Spill

By Diane Loupe ● Arts & Culture ● August 24, 2010

The group Women of the Storm gathered force after Hurricane Katrina and descended on Congress to rally lawmakers. Five years later, after the BP oil gusher, the public-awareness group is back in attention-getting mode.

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