Posted in abuse, armed forces, authorities, commitment, compassion, crime, danger, Education, emotions, encouragement, environment, expectations, failure, family, finances, friendship, Frustration, future, hero, history, home, Impact, leadership, learning, legal, life, medical, mental and physical health, military, news, observations, of connections, opinion, Opportunities, organizations for special needs, pain and misery, parenting, Patriotism, power, protect, relationships, respect, responsibility, safety, school, schools, service, special needs, stress, well-being on Jul 18th, 2009
A recruiter is accused of signing up a young man, with multiple disabilies, to the Marine Corps. Is it appropriate to encourage those ill equipped for full service to sign up for the military?
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Posted in Blogging, children, communication, crime, death, disaster, disease, Education, emergency, emotions, family, Fear, Fun, grandchildren, health, home, illness, kids, life, loss, media, mental and physical health, mom, mother, news, observations, online traffic, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, protect, relationships, responsibility, safety, school, service, teens, trauma, Uncategorized, violence, well-being on May 23rd, 2009
Well, it is the end of the school year; that means kids and young adults are ready for summer vaction. They are seeking sun and fun. Parents it is a good time to remind them and ourselves to also be aware of safety. Safety can involve many aspects around our summer activities. First and foremost, summer means heat. After [...]
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, birth, charitable organizations, charity, children, comfort, commitment, communication, compassion, culture, economy, Education, elderly, emotions, family, finances, future, giving, goals, grandchildren, health, Heart, Heart to heart, help, home, hopes, Impact, inspiration, kids, leadership, life, medical, mental and physical health, MONEY, observations, Opportunities, organizations for special needs, pain and misery, parenting, personal development, poverty, power, responsibility, safety, school, schools, service, special needs, success, support, talent, Teen Pregnancy, teens, values, well-being on May 4th, 2009
The world is a big wonderful place full of interesting people, places to go and exciting things to do. However, for those who are stuck in the cycle of poverty and need…the world is often a place that seems full of promise; only to others, who are blessed with the resources to go, do [...]
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Posted in accomplishments, Advocating for special needs, Business, career, celebrity, charitable organizations, children, coaching, commitment, communication, compassion, competition, confidence, culture, Dreams, Education, emotions, encouragement, failure, Faith, Fame, family, finances, friendship, Frustration, Fun, future, giving, goals, help, hopes, Impact, inspiration, kids, law enforcement, leadership, learning, life, loneliness, loss, mental and physical health, mentoring, Models, MONEY, observations, of connections, Opportunities, organizations for special needs, parenting, personal development, poverty, power, relationships, religion, responsibility, school, service, special needs, success, support, talent, teens, Uncategorized, values on May 3rd, 2009
It has been becoming difficult for me to quietly sit back and not scream my frustration with people in a position of power who are not standing up for youth at risk of failure. Whether you are a parent, a teacher, a mentor, a friend, social worker, counselor, tutor, a member of clergy, member of [...]
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Posted in accomplishments, attitude, Celebration, control, Education, emotions, environment, failure, Fear, future, life, observations, Opportunities, parenting, personal development, responsibility, school, success on Apr 30th, 2009
With Graduation rapidly approaching for many high school seniors, i got to wondering how many people consider themselves a self-starter or a self-motivator. In the last few weeks of school, in a person’s senior year they begin to see the results, or lack there of, of their accomplishments. This is the time where taking [...]
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Posted in baby, children, death, diet, disease, drinks, elderly, health, home, hospital, illness, Impact, kids, life, medical, mental and physical health, news, observations, of connections, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, pregnancy, protect, relationships, safety, school, schools, sickness, well-being on Apr 29th, 2009
Everywhere on the news we are being terrorized with reports of the swine flu making people sick around the world. Truth be told, swine flu is not something that anyone wants to have. People are becoming very sick; some are dying from complications of the flu. Preventing the swine flu or any other form [...]
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Posted in accomplishments, Advocating for special needs, children, Education, kids, learning, medical, mental and physical health, news, observations, school, schools on Apr 28th, 2009
A recent study of 600 students who were in grades K-5th compared test scores of medicated and unmedicated children. It showed that the children who were medicated got higher test scores, over those years, than the other ADHD students who were not medicated. Some would wonder whether this is an unfair advantage. I am not [...]
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Posted in accomplishments, Brendon Burchard, charitable organizations, charity, children, comfort, death, depression, Education, emotions, encouragement, Faith, family, friendship, future, giving, grief, Heart, hopes, Impact, kids, life, loneliness, love, meaning of life, mental and physical health, miracles, music, news, of connections, Opportunities, pain and misery, sadness, safety, school, suicidal, suicide, support on Sep 26th, 2008
My good friend, Ken McArthur is standing in a circus tent today asking 2,000 people to spread a message of hope to teenagers who don’t think that life is worth living. I think it’s a great message of hope for anyone and would love to see all of my readers think about spreading it today. [...]
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Posted in Beauty, Business, children, culture, Education, emotions, entertainment, family, fashion, kids, life, media, mental and physical health, news, opinion, parenting, school, teens, television, well-being on Aug 27th, 2008
Ok, here we go…a few months ago, i heard about a lawsuit on one of the ABC news programs between Mattel, the makers of the Barbie doll empire, and MGA Entertainment, Inc the makers of the Bratz doll line. The issue seemed to spring from Mattel’s allegation that the designer Carter Bryant was working [...]
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Posted in anger, communication, death, depression, divorce, elderly, emotions, Faith, family, Fear, finances, friendship, grief, health, Heart, Heart to heart, hopes, Impact, life, loneliness, loss, marriage, media, mental and physical health, MONEY, news, pain and misery, parenting, relationships, respect, sadness, safety, school, self doubt, sick and tired, stress, suicidal, suicide, support, teens on Aug 23rd, 2008
Suicide is not a pleasant subject. It is a word that makes most people cringe. People who have lost a loved one to suicide cringe too; they have more of a reason to be disturbed by the word. Most of us don’t stop to think about suicide death on a daily basis…but maybe we should. For [...]
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