Tween Parenting Blog
Speak Now for Kids is an advocacy campaign of the National Association of Children’s Hospitals (N.A.C.H.) created to help us communicate with congress about children’s health programs. They need our help now because two very important programs are facing cuts: Medicaid – funds health care coverage for one in three children in the U.S. and [...]
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For many of us, the upcoming holiday season is a busy, but happy time spent with family. For parents with children addicted to Meth, the holidays are just like any other day, when you fear that you’ll learn your child is arrested, in the hospital or dead. The Meth Project is a nonprofit that is [...]
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Another Blogblast for Peace, this November 4th 2011. I choose to believe in and work towards the goal of peace and am grateful to Mimi of Mimi Writes, who organizes this each year. Her post about remaking peace will inspire you to join us, the dreamers and doers of peace. You have all day to [...]
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Those of us with young children may have forgotten what it was like to party for Halloween. That partying consisted of drinking and getting buzzed or drunk. Did you know that Halloween night is often one of the deadliest nights of the year? “In 2009, 48% of all traffic fatalities on Halloween night involved a [...]
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The Dove Self-Esteem Weekend is October 21 – 23. You can find information about activities for tween and teen girls that will inspire them to learn the real meaning of beauty. The goal of the Dove Movement for Self-Esteem is to bring together woman and girls who will talk about feelings, learn about role models [...]
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Dove is holding their Self-Esteem Movement this month, where a community of women and girls get together to inspire each other and learn about the real meaning of beauty. I’m pleased to be a Dove Self-Esteem Champion again this year and share their initiative with you, my readers. My goal is to get you involved! [...]
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Child Passenger Safety Week (Sept. 18 -24) focuses on keeping children of all ages safe while in motor vehicles. The National Highway Safety Transportation Administration (NHSTA) wants to increase awareness of the proper use of child seats, booster seats and seat belts to help prevent the thousands of children who are tragically injured and killed [...]
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Because of medical problems, my daughter attends school for 2 classes in the morning and the rest of her education is done through the Special Education’s Hospital Homebound program. The school district made a big change to this program this school year. Instead of using full time teachers that teach during the day, they hired [...]
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Thanks to the help of the Central Florida Parent Center, my documentation and my persistence at being an advocate for my daughter, the special education evaluation process has begun. After making a complaint to the state of Florida for no response to my request for an evaluation last school year, my daughter’s need for Homebound [...]
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As the mother of a child who sees five doctors on a regular basis, I’m learning how to build and keep positive relationships with each doctor. My child has special needs. Along with a diagnosis of anxiety, she has narcolepsy and cardiac issues. But, this is important for any parent whose child may need a [...]
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Love Is Not Abuse is a new app that educates parents about teen dating abuse. It’s also a coalition requesting education about teen dating abuse in schools. As parents, we may be more aware of the signs of teen drinking, drug abuse and of bullying than we are of dating abuse. I’m one of those [...]
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And so bravely, she got out of the car and went back to school on Monday after being taught from home for part of last school year and most of the summer. She had to stand among the crowd of students and wait for the bell to ring, just after saying she felt sick to [...]
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