The Book We Wish We Had When We Were Younger—and How You Can Win It!

Being a teen can be tough. Heck, being an adult woman can be hard sometimes, especially when it comes to all the crazy pants (and crazy wrong!) messages we get about how we need to look like this and weigh that to be beautiful or even worthy. So when we had the opportunity to work [...]

Have a Teen Girl in Your Life? We Wrote a Book for Her!

Breaking news out of FBG HQ: A Girl’s Guide to Fitting in Fitness—our very own book—is available for purchase! Zest Books, a publisher of teen nonfiction, came knocking on our FBG doors what seems like forever ago. After careful consideration, by which I mean we jumped up and down shouting “YES! WE’D LOVE TO SPREAD OUR MESSAGE [...]

Getting Active Pretty Much Helps Everything

Today’s post is written by Kim Slaughter. Kim is a full-time research administrator while finishing her Master of Public Administration degree in nonprofit management and health services administration. She also serves as vice-president and development officer for the Kansas City, Mo., council of Girls on the Run—a national nonprofit program that encourages pre-teen girls to [...]

We Have a GoTrybe Winner!

Last week, one lucky person had the opportunity to win a one-year subscription to GoTrybe, a new online community where kids and teens can learn to get healthy, be active and have fun while doing it. After a number of good submissions, the FBGs have picked our winner… Pause for dramatic effect… Jenn from Eating [...]