Huge reality check in this video....everyone should watch! Pass it on!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYhCn0jf46U
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
Have you gone into each room lately?
"There is an Indian Belief that everyone is in a
house of four rooms: A physical, a mental, an emotional, and a
spiritual. Most of us tend to live in one room most of the time, but
unless we go into every room everyday, even if only to keep it aired, we are not complete." - Rumer Godden
Thursday, April 15, 2010
End Cyber-Bullying!!!
Recently, Phoebe Prince, age 15, took her own life in South Hadley, Mass. Phoebe had moved from Ireland to the U.S. last fall—and was allegedly bullied by other teens at her school via text messages, Facebook and other social-networking sites. Her suicide highlights the tragic number of adolescents who have been cyber-bullied and see no recourse other than death.
What can we do to stop this? Parents? Teens? This growing epidemic needs to be halted before more terrible situations like Phoebe's repeat.
The following can be useful for parents or teens....
* It is vital for parents to discuss appropriate and inappropriate online behavior. Parents should warn children that bullying and harassing behaviors, including sending or posting information that is hurtful and defamatory, is unacceptable. And children need to know that because they are minors their parents could be held liable for their actions. Parents should caution their children that despite the illusion of intimacy that comes with one-to-one interactions via technology, words and images shared can be recorded, are usually permanent, and can be disseminated widely.
* How can a parent do a better job monitoring the situation? You can watch for signs that your child is under more than usual stress. Look for changes in the way your child approaches or avoids technology. Keep abreast of technology trends by staying current on the social uses of technology by teens. Additionally, you may want to have a written agreement with your child that makes explicit acceptable and unacceptable uses of technology — and follow through on consequences for noncompliance with such written agreements.
* Discuss your child’s experiences with technology in an open manner.
* Talk about dangers associated with technology and use incidents reported in the media as teachable moments.
* Avoid knee-jerk reactions when parental help is sought, including blaming your child or preventing access to technology.
* When young people are cyber-bullied, they often do not seek help from their parents. Instead, their top three strategies are to seek help from a friend, keep it to themselves or try to ignore it. If friends encourage retaliation, this could actually worsen the situation.
* Parents must actively put themselves in the mix, and should not wait for their children to come to them. After all, trying to deal with issues such as cyber-bullying alone can be a very heavy burden for a young person to bear.
Teens.....remember the lesson we learned in Kindergarden....
***TREAT OTHERS AS YOU WISH TO BE TREATED***
DO NOT tolerate bullying....tell someone, ask for help and stay strong!
What can we do to stop this? Parents? Teens? This growing epidemic needs to be halted before more terrible situations like Phoebe's repeat.
The following can be useful for parents or teens....
* It is vital for parents to discuss appropriate and inappropriate online behavior. Parents should warn children that bullying and harassing behaviors, including sending or posting information that is hurtful and defamatory, is unacceptable. And children need to know that because they are minors their parents could be held liable for their actions. Parents should caution their children that despite the illusion of intimacy that comes with one-to-one interactions via technology, words and images shared can be recorded, are usually permanent, and can be disseminated widely.
* How can a parent do a better job monitoring the situation? You can watch for signs that your child is under more than usual stress. Look for changes in the way your child approaches or avoids technology. Keep abreast of technology trends by staying current on the social uses of technology by teens. Additionally, you may want to have a written agreement with your child that makes explicit acceptable and unacceptable uses of technology — and follow through on consequences for noncompliance with such written agreements.
* Discuss your child’s experiences with technology in an open manner.
* Talk about dangers associated with technology and use incidents reported in the media as teachable moments.
* Avoid knee-jerk reactions when parental help is sought, including blaming your child or preventing access to technology.
* When young people are cyber-bullied, they often do not seek help from their parents. Instead, their top three strategies are to seek help from a friend, keep it to themselves or try to ignore it. If friends encourage retaliation, this could actually worsen the situation.
* Parents must actively put themselves in the mix, and should not wait for their children to come to them. After all, trying to deal with issues such as cyber-bullying alone can be a very heavy burden for a young person to bear.
Teens.....remember the lesson we learned in Kindergarden....
***TREAT OTHERS AS YOU WISH TO BE TREATED***
DO NOT tolerate bullying....tell someone, ask for help and stay strong!
An amazing message from a fellow Paper Doll....
The following is a blog post I read recently. I was incredibly touched and inspired by it. A 17 year old high school senior girl wrote this and I hope that it can be a message to other girls and women out there. be who you are and be proud of her, no matter what!
"listen to the music of the moment.
i cried last night. i cried for the first time in a week and, embarrassingly enough, that’s a long time for me. there’s this thing about crying. everyone thinks it’s a sad thing, when really, crying is the best escape i can think of. when you start crying, there’s something there that’s making you feel sad or sentimental. but when you stop crying, there’s a reason there too. there’s this huge sense of relief when you finally realize that there’s no reason to cry anymore. catharsis- it’s kind of the only way I know how to clean my mind out. and, trust me, my mind needs a lot of cleaning (or more organization, i guess). sometimes, all you can do is cry. you can’t take on the world, because you have to take on yourself first. the thing is, you are your world. the world doesn’t revolve around one person, right? but our lives are our own. the only thing that will, no matter what, always stay constant in your life is you. so finding oneself might as well be taking on the world. right now, the only thing i know to do is live for now. if i’m happy, i’m happy, not worried that tomorrow i’ll be sad. if there’s a goal i’m trying to accomplish, i’m working on that goal, not thinking about all the other ones i can’t be working on. when i was little, i would cry because my friend was being mean to me. now, when i cry, it’s because i’ve lost trust in the world, because i can’t understand what some of my friends are going through, because i don’t know how to control my own life. it’s never going to be simple again. but sometimes, all you can do is cry. learn who you are and learn to understand."
“i shall pass through this world but once. any good, therefore, that i can do or any kindness that i can show to any human being let me do it now. let me not defer or neglect it, for i shall not pass this way again.”
jerry lewis
"listen to the music of the moment.
i cried last night. i cried for the first time in a week and, embarrassingly enough, that’s a long time for me. there’s this thing about crying. everyone thinks it’s a sad thing, when really, crying is the best escape i can think of. when you start crying, there’s something there that’s making you feel sad or sentimental. but when you stop crying, there’s a reason there too. there’s this huge sense of relief when you finally realize that there’s no reason to cry anymore. catharsis- it’s kind of the only way I know how to clean my mind out. and, trust me, my mind needs a lot of cleaning (or more organization, i guess). sometimes, all you can do is cry. you can’t take on the world, because you have to take on yourself first. the thing is, you are your world. the world doesn’t revolve around one person, right? but our lives are our own. the only thing that will, no matter what, always stay constant in your life is you. so finding oneself might as well be taking on the world. right now, the only thing i know to do is live for now. if i’m happy, i’m happy, not worried that tomorrow i’ll be sad. if there’s a goal i’m trying to accomplish, i’m working on that goal, not thinking about all the other ones i can’t be working on. when i was little, i would cry because my friend was being mean to me. now, when i cry, it’s because i’ve lost trust in the world, because i can’t understand what some of my friends are going through, because i don’t know how to control my own life. it’s never going to be simple again. but sometimes, all you can do is cry. learn who you are and learn to understand."
“i shall pass through this world but once. any good, therefore, that i can do or any kindness that i can show to any human being let me do it now. let me not defer or neglect it, for i shall not pass this way again.”
jerry lewis
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Wednesday Affirmation
Women are Angels
And when someone breaks our wings....
we simply continue to fly.........
on a broomstick...
We are flexible....
And when someone breaks our wings....
we simply continue to fly.........
on a broomstick...
We are flexible....
Monday, March 22, 2010
Flaw or Asset??
What do you *THINK* is your greatest physical flaw? For a moment, imagine that this so-called "flaw" is actually your greatest asset. What if it is? You are uniquely beautiful. You only need to realize it. ♥
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