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Ten Extra Minutes

Apr 28, 2010 By elinwaldal 2 Comments

This morning’s rain fall found me driving my daughter to school-although merely a sprinkle she asked and I said yes. Upon arrival, the school was a beehive of activity…cars lined up in the carpool drop-off lane and waited patiently for a turn to part with their raincoat wrapped children. When it was our turn my […]

Filed Under: On being a parent Tagged With: lessons learned, Parenting, Safety, setting an example, Time

Parent of the Twilight Generation

Nov 22, 2009 By elinwaldal 1 Comment

Given Stephanie Meyer openly shares with all who visit her website that a dream served as inspiration for her first book, Twilight, I think it is safe to say that she did not write the Twilight Saga as a means to educate young people on the subject of teen-dating. Having read all four of her books […]

Filed Under: On being a parent Tagged With: Opportunity to Teach, Parenting, Teen Dating Violence, Twilight Saga

Fort Hood, the silence is deafening.

Nov 13, 2009 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

Along with the rest of the country I am deeply saddened and disturbed by the tragic massacre that took place at Fort Hood. The many articles that have been spawned since this heinous act remind me how as a nation we do things backwards: responding to crisis versus effectively working on prevention. Now that the […]

Filed Under: Women's Health & Wellness Tagged With: Abuse, Cost of War, Fort Hood

When this was my life ‘movie’, I had no voice.

Nov 13, 2009 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

After previewing this video I am drawn backward, apart from the fact that I was never an actress… this film rolling before my eyes could be me, could be anyone who has been trapped in the paradigm called abuse. I am painfully reminded that I have a daughter now and little else but preventing that […]

Filed Under: Women's Health & Wellness Tagged With: Domestic Violence, Life Movie, Teen Dating Violence

Why We Must Teach Boys

Nov 13, 2009 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

I agree wholeheartily with Raina Kelley in her article, Why We Must Teach Boys About Dating Abuse, it is imperative that preventing abuse starts with teaching. All children need tools to grab onto to help them navigate, be kind, make good choices. We live in an era where there are myriad messages being sent to young people, […]

Filed Under: On being a parent Tagged With: Abuse, Newsweek, Parenting, Raina Kelley, Raising Boys, Respect

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