Culture
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Talk to You Kids about National Bullying Prevention Month
October is National Bullying Prevention Month and many organizations have provided some information to help parents and educators teach their children how best to handle these types of situations. National Bullying Prevention Month is a campaign in the United States founded in 2006 by PACER’s National Center for Bullying Prevention. The campaign unites communities nationwide to educate and raise awareness of bullying prevention. I think most of us either experienced or saw a classmate be bullied while in grade school. But when we were children we didn’t have to worry about Internet or cyber bullying that our kids face today. Bullying can be verbal, physical, or via the Internet.…
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Blended Family: Create Your Own Holiday Traditions
The Stepfamily Foundation states that more than 50 percent of the families in the United States are either re-coupled or remarried households. No one likes change, but with a blended family, change is inevitable. If you have a blended family, you know how difficult the holidays can be. The majority of households have their own holiday traditions, so when two families merge, challenges typically arise. While it is important to hold on to traditions that are already in place, your blended family should make new holiday traditions together. Mix it Up Dealing with contradicting family rituals and changing visitation schedules can add even more stress to the…
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Sweets From Around the World
Halloween is a time of celebration and superstition – and its right around the corner! Did you know the nearly 2,000 year old holiday was originally a pre-celebration for the Celts New Year, known as Samhain, which began on November 1, marking the end of summer and the beginning of the dark, cold winter? They believed that during this day the dead returned as ghosts and that the mere presence of these ghosts aided their priests in predicting the future. The Celts would set bonfires, make sacrifices of food and animals to appease their Gods and wear costumes to celebrate the day. Combined with influences from other cultures,…
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What’s Hot in Southern California :: The Vampirates Show Giveaway!
This weekend we plan to attend the Vampirates Show put on by the crew at the Pirates Dinner Adventure in Buena Park. I can’t wait to see the show since we absolutely loved the Pirates Dinner Adventure and had such a great time! You can read about the show and what all they offer in my post here. In the Vampirates Show – they have combined two of our favorites – pirates and vampires. I spoke to the woman in charge of marketing and she said “There is actually no fake blood or anything gory at all. The actors do wear stage makeup and have fake teeth but, that is…
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Reflections :: Telling Our Stories
Some of our most important women’s work exists in story. What is it I mean by women’s work? The value, intrinsic, of embracing authentically the parts of our inward experience of self intertwined with and thereby defined by being female. A nice, easy place to start are with the roles we play. Take a minute, go ahead. I am certain at least three roles pop immediately to head. Mother? Wife? Professional? Sister? Daughter? Best Friend? Caregiver? The list runs on and on. Be as specific as you can get. What is it I mean by story? The plot and themes that web together the tapestries of our lives.…
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Latest & Greatest :: PBS Kids new show PEG+CAT Airs on 10/7
This past May I attended the PBS annual meeting in Miami as part of their Mom Blogger program. It was a great experience and it really honed in to the fact that PBS provides such quality programming for our kids! I grew up watching The Electric Company and Sesame Street and I have felt good about sharing their programs with my daughter. When she was about two or three, we would sit on the sofa together and watch Big Bird and The Cookie Monster and laugh at their silly antics. So it was really exciting for me to meet the new character on Sesame Street and talk a bit to…