Tween Parenting Blog
We all need a little bit of help being positive, especially when we feel like the weight of the world is on our shoulders. I came across something to share with you, which I hope you’ll share with others: The Positive Pledge I pledge to be a positive person and positive influence on my family, [...]
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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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Osama Bin Laden is dead and I found out about it on Twitter. I was glued to it last night while I was watching Celebrity Apprentice, where I get to see what keeps Donald Trump awake at night. Then my Twitter feed started going crazy. Of course Twitter is faster than TV news, so I [...]
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Who would think that a new hairstyle would help me get a new outlook on life? If you’re a woman, you may get that going from shoulder length hair to a short buzz cut is a huge change and can do things to your head figuratively and literally. From the time I met my husband, [...]
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My first Random Acts Of Zhu project was with Blessings In A Backpack at Spring Hill Elementary School. I was blessed in return with smiles of joy, hugs and the looks of surprise from the students I met. What is Random Acts of Zhu? The makers of Zhu Zhu Pets and Kung Zhu, Cepia, LLC, [...]
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It’s not easy to raise girls with a healthy self-esteem and that’s where the Dove Movement for Self-Esteem wants to help out. They’re providing suggestions for activities for women (especially mothers) to spend time with girls this coming weekend, October 22th – October 24th. These suggestions can be used as starting points for ongoing activities [...]
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I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me”? In my opinion, names can hurt a girl’s self-esteem and hurt it for a long time. Many girls, tweens and teens are emotionally fragile and the negative words they hear concerning themselves can override the positive [...]
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It’s OK to not be perfect. Scary thought for many of us, especially moms who want to do the best for their children, bloggers who set themselves up for goals that are unrealistic and women in general who expect to be employee, wife, mother, volunteer, fill in the blank, of the year. I’ve been there, [...]
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During the Inner Mean Girl Cleanse, Week’s 3 Lesson was about Living Obligation Free. Living with an “Obligation Violation” is a common thing for me. I live my life with these priorities: My Health My Family My Work My Health My health comes first, because if I’m not healthy, I can’t function. My family comes [...]
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As I work on my Inner Mean Girl Cleanse, I am learning how to stop comparing myself to others. This is not a quick, easy fix it, but a work in progress as is all of the real, deep personal work I am doing with this program. First here’s some tips on how to stop [...]
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I’m on the road to reinventing myself through the Inner Mean Girl Cleanse. My Inner Mean Girl (IMG) has been around way too long and has prevented me from being as happy as I want to be. Behind the smiles and laughs, there’s a lot of sadness because I judge myself all the time. My [...]
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I have a confession to make – I have an Inner Mean Girl and I hate her! She tells me that what I do isn’t good enough, that I’m ugly and fat especially when I look at photos and videos of myself. She yells at me too so I can’t hear the compliments that people [...]
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