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We Are All Doing Our Best

February 12, 2019 by not your average mom 5 Comments

This past Saturday a sixteen-year-old girl one town over from mine committed suicide by jumping off a parking garage at the local mall. Like many other teen suicides, mental health issues and bullying were cited as two factors. Some disturbing screenshots of horrible things said by a classmate appeared on social media after the news […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: bullying, Finsta, mental illness, social media and teens, standing up to bullying, teen suicide

The Tool Box Conversation

July 7, 2014 by not your average mom 7 Comments

The other day I was talking to a friend who has a daughter in high school. She was telling me how her daughter had a rough year this past year. My friend was telling me how she and her husband got their daughter into therapy, how the therapist explained to them and to their daughter that […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: bullying, cleaning the house, house, mental health, radar, sex, therapist, therapy, tool, tool box, tools

Sometimes you set an example for your kids. Other times, they set one for you.

November 6, 2013 by not your average mom 5 Comments

We try really hard to teach the kids about bullying. About how it takes many forms. About how even if you are not the one doing the actual bullying, but standing by and watching it happen, that you are doing it too. We have impressed upon the kids that you do the right thing. No […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: bullying, superheroes

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