Posted in Advocating for special needs, Faith, Frustration, abortion, abuse, accountability, addiction, anger, authorities, awareness, bullying, children, church, comfort, commitment, communication, compassion, control, controversy, culture, custody fight, custody fight, diet, disappointments, divorce, emotions, expectations, family, health, pregnancy, spiritual on Mar 27th, 2010
This past week I’ve been made aware of a few instances of what I consider typical situations of alienating parental rights or authority. I began thinking of all of the different ways in which American society subtly and not so subtly allows this to happen and I realized that it is not isolated instances but rather [...]
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Posted in Celebration, Fear, Fun, Holiday, Threats, Threats, abuse, accountability, anger, authorities, awareness, bullying, children, crime, danger, death, drivers, kids, law enforcement, missing, missing and exploited children, murder, news, observations, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, protect, rape, responsibility, safety, spiritual, teens, trust, violence, well-being on Oct 31st, 2009
Halloween celebrations are fraught with danger & violence. Parents need to make safety for their kids & teens a priority. Proper supervision is a must to keep their kids safe.
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Posted in Fear, Frustration, Threats, abuse, accountability, advertising, anger, authorities, awareness, children, compassion, control, culture, dance, danger, drinks, emotions, help, horror, law enforcement, marketing, memories, mental and physical health, news, observations, opinion, pain and misery, power, responsibility, safety, teens, trauma, violence on Oct 28th, 2009
The case of the California gang rape of a 15yr old female minor after a high school dance is a clear warning flag of our deteriorating standard of acceptable behavior.
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Posted in Impact, Threats, animals, authorities, awareness, baby, children, comfort, communication, danger, disaster, disease, elderly, emergency, family, government, health, help, ideas, illness, law enforcement, medicine, mental and physical health, military, news, observations, organizations for special needs, parenting, pets, power, responsibility, safety, schools, service, special needs, stress, television, trauma, utility companies, violence, water shortage, weather, well-being on Sep 23rd, 2009
September is National Emergency Preparedness Month; there are things you can do to prepare for an emergency with your family’s survival in mind. Are you ready?
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, Business, Dreams, Education, Faith, Fame, Frustration, Fun, Impact, MONEY, Models, Opportunities, Uncategorized, accomplishments, career, celebrity, charitable organizations, children, coaching, commitment, communication, compassion, competition, confidence, culture, emotions, encouragement, failure, family, finances, friendship, future, giving, goals, help, hopes, inspiration, kids, law enforcement, leadership, learning, life, loneliness, loss, mental and physical health, mentoring, observations, of connections, organizations for special needs, parenting, personal development, poverty, power, relationships, religion, responsibility, school, service, special needs, success, support, talent, teens, 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 Fear, Frustration, Uncategorized, abuse, anger, children, crime, culture, death, domestic violence, elderly, emergency, emotions, family, finances, grief, health, kids, law enforcement, life, loneliness, loss, mental and physical health, murder, news, observations, organizations for special needs, pain and misery, protect, sadness, safety, television, trauma, violence on Mar 31st, 2009
When are people going to wake up to the fact that we need to stop allowing instances of evil and violence to be glorified on television, movies, books and in our music? Isn’t it obvious that the world has been turning this garbage into “entertainment” and that it is having a terrible influence on [...]
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Wow, I can’t imagine, as a parent, how horrifying it would be to me to have one of my daughter’s move in with someone who was suspected of killing not one but possibly two of his wives. However, that is the exact scenerio that Ernest Raines, father of Christina Raines-Drew Peterson’s fiance, is facing [...]
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Posted in Impact, MONEY, abuse, attitude, children, crime, culture, family, finances, kids, law enforcement, legal, news, opinion, power, relationships on Dec 24th, 2008
Here is an interesting story in the news…it seems that people who annoy others are now being held legally responsible and can receive fines for their annoying behavior. Those who have been annoyed now have legal recourse against those who continually display behavior that is alarming, annoying, or serves no legitimate purpose. Wow! That is interesting. [...]
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Posted in children, crime, encouragement, family, fathers, future, goals, home, law enforcement, legal, life, marriage, news, politics, publicity, relationships, sex, support, wife on Oct 29th, 2008
Spending twenty three hours a day with yourself, in jail…would lead most people to do some real introspective deep thinking about the reasons you find yourself sitting behind bars. Especially for a person who had been living the high life as Mayor of Detroit; it is a big lifestyle adjustment. Kwame Kilpatrick will have [...]
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Posted in children, crime, death, emotions, family, grief, law enforcement, loss, murder, news, pain and misery, sadness, support on Oct 27th, 2008
The authorities have now confirmed that the young child found in the white SUV this morning on the west side of Chicago did in fact contain the body of Jennifer Hudson’s sister Julia’s child, Julian King. It is terrible that someone not only took the life of Julia and Jennifer’s mother and brother; but [...]
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