by Vanessa | Jun 18, 2013 | Adversity Expert, child bride, Community, Dallas Teens, Family, Mother Daughter Relationship, Motherhood, Parent Child Relationship, Parenting, Teenage Pregnancy, Texas Teens, U.S. Teens, Women's Health
Dr. Trevicia Williams (Twitter: @DrTrevicia) had fun answering National New York Publicist, Annie Jennings, questions about the turbulent teen years, parent child relationships, mother teen daughter relationship dynamics and more. Dr. Trevicia Williams, is the author of the book There Are Pearls In The Pain of Every Experience, and Founder of the charity, Real Beauty Inside Out, where she offers the free workshop I Love You But I Can’t Stand You Right Now – Mother Teen Daughter Healthy Relationships. Read more about Dr. Trevicia Williams’ signature I Love You But I Can’t Stand You Right Now mother teen daughter healthy relationship interview:...
by Vanessa | Apr 16, 2012 | child bride, Community, Motherhood, Parenting, sex education, Teenage Pregnancy, Women's Health
Unfortunately, according to the Center for Disease Control, Texas still has the nation’s 4th highest teen birth rate. Dallas is #1 in the nation for repeat teen pregnancies. As a former Texas child bride, and, subsequently teen mom, this issue is very dear to my heart. So, I’ve partnered with local school districts, e.g., Dallas, I.S.D., Highland Park, I.S.D. and Frisco, I.S.D., to make free workshops available to mothers and teen daughters. It takes positive role models, interventions such as the free workshops, qualified professionals and supportive communities for programs to be successful. Plano Women’s Club has contributed to the community changer program I implemented last year, and, more businesses are learning about it. However, without the support of communities, free workshops are not...
by Vanessa | Nov 17, 2011 | Adversity Expert, Change Management, child bride, Community, Inspiration, lifestyles, Motherhood, Parenting, sex education, Teenage Pregnancy, Women's Health
Beauty Inside-Out: Fierce You (TM) Mobilizes 500 Entrepreneurial Women to Sashay for a Cause: Reduce Texas Teen Pregnancies DALLAS, Nov. 1 /Send2Press/ — Beauty Inside-Out: Fierce YouTM and Dr. Trevicia recently unveiled a campaign to deputize 500 professional and entrepreneurial women in the beauty, health and wellness industries to collaborate to inspire and educate teenage girls ages 13-18 and reduce teen and unplanned pregnancies in Texas. Helping Dallas Fort-Worth teenagers and families cope with the increased stress levels associated with peer pressure and self-esteem crisis. Texas is second in the nation for teen pregnancies, and, every 10 minutes a child is conceived. According to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, only 40 percent of teenagers who have children before age 18 go on to graduate from high school, compared to 75 percent of teens from similar social and economic backgrounds who do not give birth until ages 20 or 21. Self-esteem is a crisis. A Dove study, Real Girls, Real Pressure: A National Report on the State of Self-Esteem, shows 7 in 10 girls believe they are not good enough or do not measure up in some way, including their looks, performance in school and relationships with friends and family members. During the Beauty Inside-Out: Fierce YouTM Campaign, Dr. Trevicia Williams will energize women to get involved with the movement and sashay for a cause on January 11. Drawing from her own bounce back experience along with over a decade of academic studies in human behavior, she inspires people to think higher while teaching them how to overcome obstacles and become effective. Dr. Trevicia Williams will take snippets...
by Vanessa | Dec 2, 2009 | Adversity Expert, Change Management, child bride, Community, Inspiration, lifestyles, Motherhood, Parenting, sex education, Teenage Pregnancy, Women's Health
According to Texas Department of State Health Services, every 10 minutes a teen in Texas gets pregnant, and, every 10 hours, a 14-year-old teen conceives a child. Texas’ former schoolgirl who was in an arranged marriage by the age of fourteen returns to equip teenagers in Dallas. Does sex education work? Texas’ former childbride/teenage mother, Trevicia Williams, Ph.D. (now psychologist), returns to Dallas armed with inspiration and education as she responds to some tough questions about sexuality, tough choices, and higher education beginning at Alley’s House, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering teen mothers in Dallas, Texas, on November 12, 2009. Dr. Trevicia Williams’ extraordinary ordeal as a 14 year old African American girl in an arranged marriage in Houston, Texas to a man 12 years her senior from Germany capacitates her to inspire other young girls and women. She credits her titanium faith, tuff choices, education, and determination for getting her through potentially life pulverizing experiences. “Education helps stimulate awareness, raise living standards, and increases knowledge based choices,” says Dr. Trevicia Williams. Teenage parenting often averts or postpones education for both girls and boys. While 7 out of 10 teen mothers eventually complete high school or receive a GED, they are less likely than girls who delay childbearing to go on to college. There can also be serious consequences for the children of teen mothers. Research sponsored by the Robin Hood Foundation compared children whose mothers were 17 or younger with children whose mothers were 20-21 when they gave birth. The research indicates that children born to teen mothers tend to have: •lower cognitive test scores and more...
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