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Beautiful Disaster

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‘Twas the Night Before Kindergarten Part I: What Parents Can Expect from the School Year

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You’ve spent the summer calmly reassuring your nervous Kindergartener-to-be about the approaching school year. Together, you attended orientation and shopped for back-to-school clothing. Your child is ready to see what this “elementary-school thing” is all about, but what about you? As a parent, what can you expect from your child’s Kindergarten experience? (more…)

5 Ways to Talk with Your Daughter About Technology, from Rachel Simmons

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In her newly revised and updated  book, Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls, author Rachel Simmons suggests five conversation starters for parents to use to get their daughters to open up about social media use.  “Opening lines” and areas ripe for discussion include:

1.  What’s your favorite thing to do online or on your phone?

2. Would your friendships be better or worse without technology? Easier or harder? (more…)

Seeing Through “Perfect” Media Images

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Young girls see over 400 advertisements per day telling them how they should look. How can someone–especially a young person–not be effected by this?  Here’s a great article that tells about a glimmer of hope & a small bit of progress.

http://www.sparksummit.com/2011/08/08/pulled-perfection/

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Rachel Simmons Offers Tip for Parents on Teenage Girls’ Use of Social Media

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Click below to listen to Odd Girl Out author Rachel Simmons’ NPR interview on Teenage Girls & Social Media.

 

http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2011/08/08/139176817/teenage-girls-and-social-media-tips-for-parents-from-a-best-selling-author

Nothing Comes from Nothing: Looking Beyond a Child’s Surface Behavior

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by in anger, Being a Mom, building self-esteem in girls, Life Space Crisis Intervention, Parenting

I am spending my week with 150+ Trainers from the Life Space Crisis Intervention Institute, for our organization’s Trainer re-Certification Conference.  You can not find a more dedicated group of educators, social workers, counselors, or mental health professionals anywhere.  What an honor to be spending my days this way.

To celebrate, I am posting an article I recently wrote about using LSCI principles in parenting:

This morning, my 7-year old daughter was playing a game on one of her favorite child-friendly websites, when all of a sudden, the computer froze up. She tried practicing patience, assuming the squirrels who power our older machine were running slowly. She attempted a re-start—Mama’s trick for fixing any piece of technology. She even walked away for a bit, in an effort to soothe her frustrated nerves. Nonetheless, when I came downstairs, fresh from a shower and ready to start a great family weekend, her answer to my question of, “What would you like for breakfast, sweetpea?” was an angry “Nothing. I’m not eating. I don’t like anything we have here! Why can’t you ever buy waffles?” (more…)

Don’t Just Stand There; Do Something

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I love it when I stumble upon the right article at the right time!  I hope I can afford you the same great sanity-restoring experience.

Check out this great article from Daughters.com.  The author provides helpful insight into why our kids sometimes act so maturely one day only to follow up with childlike meltdowns the next.  Better yet, she gives practical advice on what we can do to keep our own heads from spinning in the process!

http://www.daughters.com/article/?id=70&page=1

Win a copy of How To Be Angry!

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Click below to visit ParentCentral.net and register to win a free copy of my book, How to Be Angry: An Assertive Anger Expression Group Guide for Kids & Teens.

How To Be Angry on ParentCentral

“Doing Nothing…Does Nothing:” One Principal’s “Do Something” Strategy for Coping with Bullying in School

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I love the non-traditional approach this Nevada Principal took to dealing with bullies and bullying at his school.  Sometimes “Doing the Right Thing” begins by just doing something…

 

http://newrochelle.patch.com/articles/taking-action-to-stop-bullying

 

 

“May I Please?” and “No Can Do:” Guidelines for Kids on Making and Refusing Requests Assertively

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Do you know a child who is a little on the timid side when it comes to asking for what he needs? Does the word “pushover” come to mind when you think of how he is treated by his friends? While most kids are unreservedly bold in making and refusing requests from parents and siblings, it is quite common for youth to have difficulty asserting themselves with non-family members. Adults can help kids develop skills to assert important needs and refuse unreasonable requests by teaching fundamental assertiveness skills. (more…)

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