by admin on February 28, 2011
Hello, all you StrongMother friends! March is knocking on the door… and we’ve chosen our Strong Word of the Month. photo credit Sports is our word for March. With many school tryouts taking place during the spring months and because Lisa and I have made a career life around athletics, we want to hear from you… your [...]
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athletics,
courage,
family,
Inspiration,
motivation,
parenting,
resilience,
sports,
strong mothers,
teamwork,
values
by admin on October 20, 2010
All over the Internet, Wordless Wednesday is a blog post featuring a photo which conveys a message that speaks for itself without using words. After reading my post about The Media’s Impact on a Young Girl’s Body Image, a friend sent me this video of a song called More Beautiful You, by Johnny Diaz. (Thank [...]
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parenting,
raising children,
self esteem,
Wordless Wednesday
by admin on September 28, 2010
Before you read this post, watch this video. Click on picture above or Click HERE to watch video Thank you, Dove, for creating this video called “Evolution.” I think it is an important piece of media, especially after the results of a study called Real Girls, Real Pressure: A National Report on the State [...]
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motherhood,
parenting,
raising children,
self esteem
by admin on April 8, 2010
Strong Mothers welcomes guest blogger Amy Fenton Lee. It’s that time of year – prom dresses and swim suits. Imperfections become obsessions and the pressure to look photo-shop perfect is almost unbearable. It is tough to instill a “character counts” mindset in our children when they are surrounded by the societal message “looks matter”. Unfortunately and often unknowingly, we (adults) [...]
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Amy Fenton Lee,
Guest Blogger,
Inner Beauty,
strong self esteem and character over idolizing beauty
by Nif on February 9, 2010
Among my many roles (mother, wife, business owner, science teacher, runner, blogger, friend), I am a high school softball pitching coach. I have been giving pitching lessons for over 20 years and have probably worked with at least a thousand pitchers. A lot of what I do at this point is by intuition, as my [...]
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motherhood,
parenting,
raising children,
resilience,
strong mothers
by Lisa on December 17, 2009
Have you ever been accused of having selective hearing? Why is it that when we need it to work, like when someone is negative or mean, it seems to be broken? Teaching and coaching in middle school gives me the opportunity to help kids by asking them questions and letting them figure “it” out. Usually [...]
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children,
encouragement,
influence,
positive thinking,
raising children
by admin on November 29, 2009
Last Tuesday, Nif did a post on things to try with your kids during the holidays. I don’t have kids, but I do have a precious niece who is 3 1/2. I showed her all of the ideas on Nif’s post, and we decided to make Turkey Cookies. Adalyn’s a “doer”. She makes her bed, [...]
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child's need to create,
cookies,
holiday activities
by admin on November 16, 2009
(Quote above by Thomas Edison) In my 10 years of teaching science to high school students, one thing remains true… going to the lab provides a meaningful learning experience (provided the students are prodded, questioned, assisted during the lab experience). Going to the lab also provides an opportunity to teach a life lesson — persistence. Just [...]
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children,
courage,
motherhood,
persistence,
self esteem