Confidence: Spiderman Backpacks Increase Teen’s Self Esteemme • beauty & fashion • parenting • ages and stages
Confidence—Before the first day of school each year, I give my four children the chance to go through a bin of recycled backpacks. My daughter, a ninth grader, informed me that she didn't need one. She had taken the initiative to buy her own and this backpack proudly displayed …
mom • family fun & traditions • family fun • family fun-traditions
Teens—My 10-year-old son was just a baby yesterday. The growing pains must have been tremendously painful, because, in what felt like overnight, he's above my shoulders in height and can almost look at me eye-to-eye. What's worse is he talks back every chance he dares—all signs he is leaving…
The Girl Effect: Helping to Change the Lives of Adolescent Girls Part 2giving back • my world • global causes • bettering communities
“The Girl Effect is the unique potential of 250 million adolescent girls in the developing world to end poverty for themselves and the world.” (Source: Julie Addicott, the Nike Foundation). This excerpt comes from an interview with Julie Addicott, the Communications Specialist from the Nike Foundation. I had the privilege…
As adults, we know first hand that the world can be a very stressful place at times. Unfortunately, our children also face many challenging situations on a daily basis, whether it’s peer pressure, the college application process or the search for a prom date. Many people turn to drugs and…
MTV’s controversial new series Skins is receiving a lot of attention for portraying rampant teen drug use and sexual behavior without any inclusion of consequences. It has set the stage perfectly for this week’s post on the top conversations to have with your kids in 2011, which is the…
