5 Things a Child Psychiatrist Wants Us to Stop Saying to Our Daughters

You’ve been telling your daughter she can be whatever she wants to be since the day she was born, but have you ever stopped to consider the unconscious words and phrases you’re uttering that may be limiting her ability to be who she wants to be long-term? We checked in with Dr. Lea Lis, child psychiatrist and author of No Shame: Real Talk with Your Kids, about the expressions we commonly say to (or in the presence of) our girls and why we need to stop.