Supernanny Rules

August 31st, 2007

Born before 1980? You are a survivor

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED the 1930’s 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s…
# First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.
# They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn’t get tested for diabetes.
# Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on […]

By Gayla -- 6 comments

August 30th, 2007

Teens, Challenges at School and Verbal Warfare

Yesterday afternoon one of my boys came home from school feeling quite depressed. According to him, he’d endured a day of rejection, humiliation, teasing and isolation. Can you even imagine experiencing all that in a single day and at the age of 14?
According to my son, a girl at school began picking on […]

By Gayla -- 3 comments

August 30th, 2007

Jennie Garth and her daughter help build a playground for under-privileged kids

It’s great to see celebrities doing something to help the children within our borders.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying helping the global call is bad, but when there are kids inside the U.S. that need help, I believe our call should be to our own first.
I applaud Jennie Garth and her daughters for doing […]

By Gayla -- 4 comments

August 28th, 2007

Prevent Delinquency Launches The Gang Prevention Program

Gangs promise you money, but are really saying, “GIMMIE your future.”
Gangs promise you power, but are really saying, “GIMMIE your freedom.”
Gangs promise you protection, but are really saying, “GIMMIE your safety.”
Gangs promise you a family, but are really saying, “GIMMIE your loved ones.”
Gangs promise that you matter, but are really saying, “GIMMIE who you are.”
Gangs […]

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August 27th, 2007

Childhood and Adolescent Immunization

My kids are due to have maintenance vaccinations in the near future and while thinking about scheduling their appointments, I found myself wondering about the parents that are taking a more different approach to vaccinating then I am. Given the hype over Gardasil and the vaccinating teen girls for HPV - I thought it […]

By Gayla -- 0 comments

August 23rd, 2007

Should Boys Hit Back?

I created a post on Dating Dames today called When She Slaps Him - bringing the whole girl hitting the guy topic into discussion, however, I’m hearing more and more about girls hitting boys at school and getting away with it, while the boys aren’t allowed to ‘get even.’
Now, let me paint a little scenario […]

By Gayla -- 3 comments

August 23rd, 2007

The 6 most annoying things kids say…

Ever wonder how to respond to any of the following?
“Mine!”
“It’s not fair.”
“You’re not the boss of me.”
“I want it now!”
“You never let me do anything.”
“I don’t like you.”
Now, I’ve found how the professionals say parents should respond to these types of statements, but I’m curious as to how parents actually do respond.
We all know that […]

By Gayla -- 2 comments

August 23rd, 2007

Do You Want Supernanny’s Help?

In an effort to increase greater positive parenting and the strengthening of families, Love Our Children USA has partnered with Supernanny.com to search America for families to be featured in their own episode of ABC’s SUPERNANNY , premiering its fourth season later this year.

Casting producers are searching the country to find families from a variety […]

By Gayla -- 1 comment

August 21st, 2007

Should Mattel Inc. Pay Up?

Toy maker Mattel Inc was sued on Monday in an attempt to force it to set up a fund to pay for testing children who may have been exposed to lead poisoning from its toys, according to a Los Angeles-based attorney.

Is it really enough that Mattel recalled millions of toys, including 436,000 die-cast toy cars […]

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August 20th, 2007

Shields blames parents for troubled stars

Brooke Shields has put the blame on bad parenting for so many young celebrities going off the rails and getting themselves into legal troubles.
The actress has claimed stars like Lindsay Lohan, Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton would behave better if they had been correctly brought up.

It’s funny that one of Hollywoods most watched mothers is […]

By Gayla -- 1 comment