: About Me

Committed to excellance in writing and providing up to date and pertinent information for parents and other caregivers, and information on family relationships, education, especially for parent of children from infants through highschool.

I share my work with my data base of friends, colleagues, and the Early Head Start and Head Start Community so that the information encapsulated in my articles can be provided to anyone needing parenting or related information.

Early Childhood Education Consultant for 10 years.
Three children: 31, 18, & 17
Five grandchildren: 12, 7, 6, 3, nineteen months

Published work: 129 articles for demand media and eHow.com on topics as diverse as parenting, family and relationships, business, health, mental health and disabilities, education primarily related to K-12 issues for both children and parents, safety, domestic abuse, etc.

Job duties related to Early Childhood Education Consulting, 1996 - 2007

Developed and wrote resource materials for workshops on Using Library Resources to teach children 3-13 healthy conflict resolution and to apply it to situations with other children, attachment, understanding the political process and its paralells with the Head Start Parent Policy Council, and health MH practises for young children.

I am a grassroots advocatefor children and families at the local, state, and national level.

My passion is ...

Grassroots advocacy and writing

I know too much about ...

Suicide through the death of my children's father, a friend of my 18 & 19 year old who recently took his own life, and the suicide of a neighbor.

My parents always told me ...

To never forget where I came from or who I am, to be objective and non-judgmental, to respect others even if I disagreed with their beliefs, and to not engage in hyprocrisy or gossip.

My childhood ambition ...

To be a writer

My favorite memory ...

Watching the life long connection between my parents and learning from them how to have a sustainable relationship

Why I write ...

I love the feel and sounds of words, I enjoy providing information to others which I have garnered from research and/or my life and wok experiences, and to explore the nuances of life and experience .,

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I like to watch LMN's Army Wives, Rita Rocks, Ugly Betty, Psyche, and Tyler Perry's House of Paine, reading Stephen King and Joyce Carol Oates, and listening to alternative music and Death Cab For Cuties Recording "Into the Dark" which my daughter, then 17 chose for her father's service following his suicide

My first job ...

Working at the local amusement park during high school

My best moment ...

The birth of my children

My inspiration ...

My father, God bless him, deceased this last nine years and my mother, both of whom has loved all six of us unconditionally

Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Tips Monitoring what children watch on television for content and effect

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Do You Know What Your Children are Viewing on TV or the Computer? - Setting Guidelines for a Child's Television Viewing Turn the television on any night of the week and most shows, regardless of genre; contain varying amounts and degrees of violence, sex or sexual innuendo, and profane language. There is a growing concern that television and movie content is affecting how children and teens perceive the world around them. Some psychologists, sociologists, and other professionals have researched and compiled data showing a direct link between sexual and violent behaviors and television prog...

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