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Kids believe they are invincible, nothing can happen to them. This is normal I am told but the question is how do we make them realize the seriousness of such things such as texting or drinking and driving? Nothing seems real to a teen until it actually happens to someone close to them or themselves, [...]
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Did you know that by age two 80-percent of kids now have a digital footprint. Already! Two years old and out there for the world to see – all because of proud innocent parents who are putting their pictures up on places such as Facebook. I heard the other day today’s parents being referred to [...]
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I’m guilty. Guilty of torching my young fragile skin with artificial cancer provoking light bulbs. As a teenager, I had no idea. No idea about the severe consequences of tanning. Each year before vacationing in Florida I would set up about two weeks of appointments at the tanning salon. For two weeks straight I would [...]
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Lots of buzz today about Abercrombie and their push-up bras for kids. I have actually heard more about this today than Japan and the tsunami! I mean, really – do you think sometimes these things are made into more because of all the buzz? Yes, Abercrombie has a history of marketing these sorts of things. Yes, [...]
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Maybe I am a bit sheltered living where I do in my simple little life, but when I heard about this woman who is suing her child’s preschool calling it “a big playground” I almost choked on my lunch. You have got to be kidding. This mother in New York says her 4-year-old’s preschool didn’t [...]
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Yet another thing to talk to your kids about. Bath salts. I am not talking about that stuff you sprinkle into your bath tub to make you feel better. I am referring to a very powerful drug. If you have not yet heard of bath salts, make sure you learn all you can. They are [...]
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Things like this make me wonder where we will be 20 years from now. Did you hear about the new way to find out if your kid will be good at sports? Scientists actually spent their time figuring out a gene that can tell parents if their kid will be a good athlete. Yup! No, [...]
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Yet another thing to talk to my kids about – vodka eyeballing. What will they come up with next? Seriously, pouring alcohol into your eyes. What are they thinking? Probably not thinking – as most teens don’t seem to do. Apparently teens don’t think they are getting drunk fast enough and pouring vodka into their [...]
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Can we not just be moms? Our own kind of mom? I am really getting sick of the labels. It is almost as if we have to be some type of mom. The overload of the Tiger thing has just gotten to me. That is all we are hearing lately. What kind of mom are [...]
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We all know the world is changing and big brother is watching. But when does it become too much? I am all for keeping my kids safe. Trust me, I would keep them in a bubble if I could – no lie. But as kids, we lived – and we learned. Are parents today relying [...]
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