Role Reboot

I Am A Geek Parent

Being a geek parent means hiding my dancing Groot in my bedroom so the kids don’t run out the battery. “I’m Wonder Woman,” announced my daughter. “OK,” I said. My daughter, who is 5, is many things. Sometimes a fairy princess. Sometimes a doctor. Sometimes both; I once walked in on her, fully attired in tutu and sparkly […]

On Wonder Woman And Why Role Models Matter To Young Girls

Wonder Woman’s influence on my self-esteem as a child and my future aspirations cannot be undervalued. I have no memory of doing so, but my mother said that I, at age 5, asked her, “Why don’t I have blonde hair and blue eyes?” Perhaps I’d been swayed by my Barbie dolls, by certain Disney princesses, by […]