This weekend was certainly an eye-opener for me regarding teen activities when parents aren’t around. I work with youth all of the time, I am the parent of 6 children-three of which are adults and three are under the age of 18. I took my younger three children, plus 3 ten year old girls [...]
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PG-Parental Guidance or Pregnancy?
Posted in Celebration, Frustration, Impact, Teen Pregnancy, birthday, children, comfort, culture, emotions, entertainment, excitement, family, fathers, kids, life, mental and physical health, mom, mother, observations, opinion, parenting, relationships, respect, responsibility, stress, teens, values, tagged birthday, Celebration, chaperone, children, hormones, movies, parental guidance, parenting, pregnancy, responsibility, society, supervision, teens on March 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Sperm Donor For Nayda Suleman Gets Ok For Paternity Testing
Posted in MONEY, baby, birth, children, emotions, family, fathers, finances, kids, legal, love, media, mom, mother, news, observations, parenting, poverty, pregnancy, relationships, support, tagged babies, biological, children, Denis Beaudoin, donor, embryos, ethics, father, finances, history, invitro, media, mother, Nayda Suleman, news, ovarian cancer, parenting, paternity, questions, relationships, sperm, support, testing, Time on February 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Denis Beaudoin who believes he may be the father of some of the children that Nayda Suleman (Octo-mom) gave birth to has gotten the ok to have DNA testing done to determine whether he is in fact the father of any of the children. Nayda has 6 older children as well as the 8 [...]
Suspicious Sperm Donor: I Knew Nayda Suleman When
Posted in Fame, Good Morning America, MONEY, anger, baby, birth, cancer, children, custody fight, emotions, family, fathers, finances, future, help, kids, legal, life, love, marriage, media, medical, mental and physical health, mom, mother, news, observations, opinion, parenting, pregnancy, relationships, responsibility, support, taxes, values, tagged anger, babies, biological, California, children, Chris Cuomo, custody fight, Denis Beaudoin, DNA, donated, family, father, fatherhood, Fun, Giggles, Good Morning America, help, honesty, invitro fertilization, love, malpractice, married, media, mother, Nayda Suleman, news, nickname, octomom, ovarian cancer, parenting, paternity, relationship, responsibility, sperm donor, support, suspicious, tax dollars, testing, values, wife on February 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
A man, Denis Beaudoin, who donated sperm for Nayda Suleman during a 3 year relationship, that they shared 10-12 years ago, suspects that he maybe the father of ,at least, her older six children; not to mention the possiblity of being the father of her 8 newborn babies. Nayda has been the focus of much speculation [...]
Nicole Richie Adds To Her Family
Posted in Faith, Fame, adoption, baby, birth, celebrity, children, divorce, entertainment, family, kids, life, marriage, music, news, observations, opinion, parenting, pregnancy, relationships, tagged adopted, baby, band, blessings, celebrity, children, commitment, divorced, Fame, family, foundation, God, Harlow, joel madden, life, married, news, nicole richie, Oscar, parenting, parents, pregnancy, role models, young people on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today it was announced on Joel Madden’s bands website that he and Nicole are adding to their family. Their daughter Harlow is going to have a younger sibling. Having children who are close in age is good for the children; but, can be a little rough on the parents. However, Joel says that finding out [...]
Special Needs-Growing Up Special Isn’t Easy
Posted in Advocating for special needs, Blogging, accomplishments, adoption, children, encouragement, mental and physical health, organizations for special needs, parenting, special needs, tagged acceptance, blog, children, experience, growing up, independence, love, parenting, peers, special, special needs, struggles, successes, support, website, young adults on January 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you are the parent of a special needs child then you know that growing up special in today’s world is not easy. Finding ways to help your child be successful and to be as independent as they can be is often a challenge. Too often those children, or young adults, are shuffled off [...]
Yes, Britney Is Talented…But…
Posted in Good Morning America, celebrity, children, emotions, life, mental and physical health, music, observations, pain and misery, parenting, publicity, religion, sadness, talent, television, values, tagged audiences, Beauty, birthday, Britney Spears, career, celebrities, children, emptiness, entertainer, Fame, fans, Good Morning America, happiness, image, material things, music, parenting, photos, sadness, singer, talent, values, vulnerability, womanizer on December 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yes, Britney Spears is talented…but, after the roller coaster year she has had and the struggle to pull her life together…i guess I expected a bit more of her. She is beautiful, she is talented and she has the drive to become anything she wants to be. That is why i was disappointed by [...]
An Attitude Of Thankfulness
Posted in emotions, family, life, tagged attitude, children, choices, divorce, encouragement, family, friends, fullness, future, gift, grattitude, happiness, healing, joy, life, love, marriage, misery, parenting, rebuilding, regrets, relationships, resentment, sympathy, Thankfulness, thanksgiving, wallowing, wishes on November 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Have you ever noticed that people who have an attitude of thankfulness in their heart are much more pleasant people to be around? That fact was brought home yesterday, when I knew that we would be surrounded with family who has that view on life. It is not so much that life is perfectly happy [...]