‘Mom, I’m bored! ’
‘You don’t want to tell me you’re bored because I can find a lot of things to keep you busy!’
Kids today, most of us for that matter, are overstimulated. My daughter makes ‘mini bead people, animals and flowers’ and bracelets out of colored string. If she runs out of beads or [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Add new tag’
‘I’m Bored – The 21st Century Disease’
Posted in Family, Life Skills, Moms, Parenting, tagged Add new tag, being busy, bored, Crafts, over stimulated, swimming, XBox on July 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A Day in Public School
Posted in Education, Family, Moms, Parenting, tagged Add new tag, public schools, spelling, misspelling, appropriate dress on May 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My husband and I went to our daughter’s middle school as she was one of the students receiving The President’s Award for Educational Excellence, for students with a 3.5 GPA or higher.
She was told to ‘dress appropriately’, whatever that means-different things to different people, I guess. We saw everything from dresses with heels and [...]
Sex Education in Public School
Posted in Education, Family, Health, Life Skills, Moms, Parenting, tagged abstinence, Add new tag, birth control, dating, gonorrhea, HIV, HPV, Sex, Sex Education, STD's, syphilis, teens on April 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »
My 8th grade daughter came home yesterday and told me about her ‘sex education class’ at public school.
The following is what our 13-14 year olds are being taught about sex in school.
One half of all new HIV infections are among 15-19 year olds.
One in four teens have an STD.
One in two cases of STD’s are [...]
