As mothers, we often teach our young children about “Stranger Danger” and how to deal with the creepy man down the street. We instruct them on how to react to the man in the car who offers them candy or what to say to the person on the other end of the phone asking if their mommy or daddy is home. If our children are older, we are confident they will tell us if something is … [Read more...] about Protecting Kids From Sexual Abuse
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Help Your Baby Discover Their Hands
We use our hands all day. As adults, we don't even think about it on a regular basis - we just "do." But, when you watch your baby, you will notice that's it has not always been this way. Actually, you can seem them as a tool that we increasingly learn to use. You see, when your baby is first born, he doesn't even know that his hands exist, much less what they can (and … [Read more...] about Help Your Baby Discover Their Hands
Why My Kids And I Will Be Watching ’13 Reasons Why’
13 Reasons Why. I have so many thoughts on this new Netflix phenomenon and while you may not agree with me, I feel the need to share them anyway... just as Hannah shared her 13 reasons why with others that didn't agree with her feelings and her choice. And, when I say her choice, I say that lightly. Meaning I never have, and never will, believe that suicide should be an … [Read more...] about Why My Kids And I Will Be Watching ’13 Reasons Why’
This Final Goodbye From A Baby Twin To His Brother Literally Broke My Heart
Why Your Daughter Needs A Self-Defense Class
I have two teenaged daughters. I’ve worked in domestic violence advocacy for ten years. I am a woman myself. Yet I’ve never taken a self-defense class. Until last weekend, when I spent two hours with 10 fifteen year old girls and a female instructor who had a black belt in karate and years of self-defense training. Here are the grim statistics: one in three American women … [Read more...] about Why Your Daughter Needs A Self-Defense Class