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More Beautiful You (A Wordless Wednesday post) 10/20/2010

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 [...]

Tagged as: parenting, raising children, self esteem, Wordless Wednesday

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The Media’s Impact on a Young Girl’s Body Image

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 [...]

Tagged as: motherhood, parenting, raising children, self esteem

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Successful people understand their talents and build their lives upon them: StrengthsExplorer for Youth

by admin on June 25, 2010

Today’s Casual Friday recommendation is for something I discovered this week. I haven’t tried it yet, but was wondering if maybe some of you have and could let us know what you thought…. I was looking for the book, How Full is Your Bucket for Kids… and I came across StrengthsExplorer for youth This [...]

Tagged as: casual friday, children, motivation, parenting, raising children, self esteem, strong mothers

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Do You Let Your Kids Win?

by Nif on April 12, 2010

The picture above is from a miniature golf outing that our family had during Spring Break last month. (We were in Gulf Shores, Alabama, but notice the sweatshirts and warm clothes!) I posted this picture to my Facebook page along with the comment that I had won the golf game (for Hubs’ sake, because he [...]

Tagged as: competition, effect of competition on self esteem, letting kids win, losing, self esteem, winning

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I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.

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 [...]