A Quick Guide to Puberty
Published April 2010: ParentUSAcity.com
A Quick Guide to Puberty
Article Overview:
Puberty affects everything about teens, not just their bodies but their mental state, emotions, and social wellbeing. While teens are struggling with these experiences, parents struggle with how to help. The first step is to understand the changes that your child will undergo during puberty. Read more »
Set Clear Rules to Achieve Safe Parties for Young Teens
Published April 2010: ParentUSAcity.com
Set Clear Rules to Achieve Safe Parties for Young Teens
Article Overview:
If there’s ever a situation when parents need to set clear expectations and guidelines, it’s parties for young teens! A teen center in Illinois that’s been popular for more than 50 years offers strategies for safe and happy parties at your own home. Read more »
Raising Confident, ‘Hot’ Kids
Confidence is a double-edged sword. If you have too much, you’re labeled as a conceited jerk. If you lack enough, it can kill your drive to succeed and motivation to accomplish great things.
A lack of confidence promotes giant walls impossible to scale and negativity that convinces us that the world is against us – why try, right? Read more »
Reporters Can’t Be Shy
Reporters can’t be shy. Plain and simple – there’s no other way to put it. In order to report, you have to approach people, talk with people and gather information.
You can’t hide behind a computer hoping for an e-mail response from a source. You can’t base an entire story from online research and worse yet, trust all online sources. And, you can’t use the excuse – I couldn’t find any sources – if you want to stay employed.
However, if you have a shy nature, there are ways to prepare yourself mentally for the task of breaking out of your shell. There are online sources that can provide multitudes of information to prepare you to ask the questions to human sources that need to be asked. Read more »
Ghost of Easter’s Past
As a kid, I loved the excitement and anticipation of Easter. This mystical big-eared creature forced me to hunt through every part of the house to find my basket filled with stuffed toys, candy and eggs.
Sometimes I would find it in my room, other times the bathroom, and once in the stove.
To me, the Easter bunny was like a joyous ghost. Read more »
About Me
Three words to describe me? Passionate. Motivated. Curious. These traits help me as a college media adviser and instructor, freelance writer, and mom. From student journalism and higher education to parenting and freelance writing, this site, focused on writing, reflecting and teaching, offers a mix of blogs with a hint of humor, sarcasm, and inspiration, as well as my published stories on just about every possible topic.
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