Trading cards have long been a staple of youth. Think about it - baseball cards, Pokemon cards, Yu Gi Oh cards, and when I was a kid - Charlie’s Angels trading cards (that really dates me!).

As you can see, there aren’t many choices aimed at girls. To fill this void, two moms - Shirley James and Chrisann Joson (you gotta love mom-preneurs) created a line of trading cards called U Go Grl Trading Cards. Aimed at the tween girl market these cards contain positive messages that empower girls with self confidence.

Each card falls into one of six categories:

• Go Active - promotes an active lifestyle
• Go Basic - teaches life skills that girls will use daily
• Go Create - helps tween girls express their creative side
• Go Figure - encourages problem solving skills
• Go Mingle - deals with the social aspects of being a tween
• Go Primp - talks about personal hygiene

Honestly, what is there not to like about these cards? Each one contains parenting tips in disguise!

For example, one “go mingle” card has tips for dealing with sibling situations. Written in a text message style, this card gives this advice - “If ur relationship with ur sib is stressed, try spending 1 hour 2gether doing things taht u both really enjoy. Make an agreement that during the hour u won’t argue.” Couldn’t have said it better myself.

Another card, this one in the “go basic” category, gives tips on interpreting a food label. Explaining how to figure out how big the serving size really is, all the way to recommending that you should “look 4 foods that have more fiber and less sugar.”

It is refreshing to see a product that sends a positive message to our daughters and empowers them with self confidence. Especially when the media makes building self esteem so difficult. It also helps that the trading cards are pretty cool and fun to collect. They sure beat those Charlie’s Angels cards of days past.

Each pack of trading cards contains 8 cards and either one specialty shimmer card or sticker or tattoo card. You can collect 24 Grls in each category to unlock a pass code. Then you can log in to ugogrl.com to for exclusive games, activities and more.

Visit the U Go Grl website for more information and find out where to buy these awesome cards. And stayed tuned here at Parenting Tips at NeenMachine.com for a giveaway where you can enter win one box of 20 packs of U Go Grl Trading cards.