parenting • ages and stages
by Morgan Sims on February 5th, 2014 | No Comments »
Social media is everywhere. It’s very popular among adults, but practically essential for preteens and teenagers who enjoy sharing their opinions and keeping up with their friends. The unfortunate truth is that the combination of kids and social media gets a horrible reputation because of certain behaviors in the relatively…
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parenting • education
by Melissa Northway on October 10th, 2013 | No Comments »
Many of us experienced being bullied at one point in our childhood. It could have been something as simple as being teased about a new haircut to something more severe where you dreaded going to school because you didn’t want to come across the person or people bullying you. Children…
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giving back • bettering communities
by Adrian Gentilcore on May 12th, 2013 | 5 Comments »
As the mother of a bullied child, bullying is something I take very seriously. I'm glad that bullying is getting a lot of attention in the news lately. Anti-bullying ideas are greatly needed. It affects a lot of kids, either as participants or observers, and I think a few
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parenting • education
by Russ Warner on October 4th, 2012 | No Comments »
Cyberbullying—Charlotte Dawson, TV personality from New Zealand, was recently hospitalized after a suicide attempt because she was harassed by numerous people on Twitter, some of whom went as far as to tell her to kill herself. Then there was the more recent event where news anchor Jennifer Livingston in…
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giving back • moms making a difference
by Mom It Forward on April 16th, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Megan Faulkner Brown has one sweet job. She is the founder of The Sweet Tooth Fairy, a confectionary known for its delectable cupcakes and cakebites. A relatively new shop, it has seen great growth over the past few years, developing from a basement business to a franchise of nine stores…
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