by Vanessa | Feb 26, 2012 | Inspiration, lifestyles, Motherhood, Parenting, sex education, Teenage Pregnancy, Women's Health, Work-family Balance
Many are preparing for spring break and the annual celebration of women during Women’s History Month. Dr. Trevicia Williams is extending Women’s History Month’s theme of education and empowerment locally through a vibrant celebration. Forbes.com is talking about it and many Dallas Fort Worth Texas mothers and teen daughters are sure to be spreading the word about Real Beauty Inside Out: A free effective communication and healthy relationship workshop provided by Dr. Trevicia. See what Forbes.com is saying about it:...
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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