Posted in Education, Fear, Threats, Threats, abuse, addiction, anger, attitude, authorities, awareness, bullying, children, church, commitment, communication, compassion, crime, culture, danger, depression, depression, elderly, emotions, family, grandchildren, health, help, kids, law enforcement, leadership, legal, life, loneliness, loss, love, media, mental and physical health, mentoring, murder, news, observations, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, protect, rape, relationships, religion, respect, safety, school, schools, stress, suicidal, suicidal, teens, trust, unhappiness, violence on Feb 2nd, 2010
Bullying doesn’t just happen on school grounds; kids are surrounded with bullying through technology. Parents,educators & advisors need to protect & educate about the danger.
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Posted in Advocating for special needs, Blogging, Fear, Impact, Teen Pregnancy, Twitter, awareness, baby, birth, charitable organizations, charity, children, death, donate, family, fathers, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, giving, health, life, loss, love, mom, mother, news, organizations for special needs, parenting, pregnancy, pregnancy, protect, support, well-being on Nov 3rd, 2009
Parents expecting a baby can’t wait to meet their child; however, premature babies can suffer birth defect or die. March of Dimes is trying to help prevent premature births to help ensure a health delivery at birth.
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Posted in Marie Osmond, Models, attitude, awareness, baby, children, controversy, culture, emotions, family, kids, learning, life, mental and physical health, mom, mother, parenting on Aug 8th, 2009
A Spanish doll maker has designed a doll to imitate breast feeding. It is controversial, is it appropriate to have a child role modeling breast feeding at a young age.
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Posted in Education, Frustration, Impact, Opportunities, Patriotism, abuse, armed forces, authorities, commitment, compassion, crime, danger, emotions, encouragement, environment, expectations, failure, family, finances, friendship, future, hero, history, home, leadership, learning, legal, life, medical, mental and physical health, military, news, observations, of connections, opinion, organizations for special needs, pain and misery, parenting, 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 Fear, Threats, abuse, anger, attitude, baby, birth, children, compassion, crime, elderly, emotions, family, future, grandchildren, grandparents, grandparents, hospital, kids, life, love, loyalty, mom, news, observations, of connections, pain and misery, parenting, relationships, sadness, sensitivity on Jul 8th, 2009
Having a loving relationship between grandparent and granchild is joyful. A recent news story sheds light on the cruel, abusive treatment of an elderly grandparent.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 12th, 2009
David Letterman has made himself uncool in the eyes of some. He is often controversial…but this time, he really may have just gone too far while trying to get a laugh. This week David joked about a recent visit to the city of New York, by Alaska’s governor, Sarah Palin and her daughter Willow. He had [...]
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Posted in Blogging, Education, Fear, Fun, Uncategorized, children, communication, crime, death, disaster, disease, emergency, emotions, family, 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, 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 a [...]
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Posted in Education, Faith, Fame, Good Morning America, Impact, MONEY, Passion, Uncategorized, abortion, anti-abortion, baby, birth, celebrity, children, communication, culture, emotions, family, fathers, finances, future, goals, grandchildren, health, help, history, home, kids, leadership, life, love, media, medical, mental and physical health, mentoring, mom, mother, news, observations, of connections, parenting, politics, pregnancy, relationships, sex, stress, support on May 7th, 2009
This morning on Good Morning America it was announced that the Candies Foundation will have a town hall meeting today at 1pm to create an awareness for their Event To Prevent (and discuss preventing teen pregnancies). Their new teen ambassador is none other than Bristol Palin. Bristol is of course the daughter of Sarah Palin, [...]
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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 Education, Fear, Impact, Passion, Teen Pregnancy, anti-abortion, baby, birth, children, communication, death, emotions, family, future, government, health, kids, legal, life, medical, news, observations, opinion, parenting, physician, pregnancy, relationships, religion, respect, responsibility, sadness, sex, support, teens, values on May 1st, 2009
I dont know why this product is called Plan B; however, most people have heard the old saying…”Let’s Go With Plan B”. That sounds like anytime someone hits a roadblock in their path…they simply decide to change course, choose another direction…it sounds like an innocent phrase. Today, Plan B is one of the least innocent phrases [...]
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