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Must-Read Information on Bullying

This article sponsored by CHOC Children’s Hospital

In light of October as National Bullying Prevention Month, I had the opportunity to engage in an extremely eye-opening conversation with Dr. Christopher Min, PhD, a licensed pediatric psychologist at CHOC Children’s  about bullying and the mental health effects on children. This is a must-read for all parents! He shares bullying warning signs to watch for, how to talk to your children about bullying, and how seeking professional help can also be life-changing for the entire family…

Tiny Oranges Book Club Starts Next Week!

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In the spirit of Rising Strong, the first Tiny Oranges Book Club selection, I am going to be completely honest and vulnerable when I tell you  I really don’t know what I am doing. I am sure you are now completely compelled to join my Club. Right?

  
When reading it myself, I had so many AHA and TRUTH moments I felt I HAD to be in a forum talking about it with others. Next thing I knew I was writing this post about starting a book club.  I didn’t know how I was going to do a book club online, but I felt I had to put it out there and would figure out the “how” later.

 

 
And now I am going to give this a shot! I hope you will bear with me as we figure this out together. If you have suggestions or ideas on how to make it work better, believe me when I say, I am SO OPEN to suggestions.

 

 
For now, I thought I would give the Good Reads set-up as the forum for our first discussion next week.

 

 
As a reminder, we will be discussing Chapter One – Four. 

 

 
Here’s what you do…….

Story Angels

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The story of a chance meeting. The story of when you fell in love. The story of a life-changing trip.  The story about the time you made a decision that changed the course of your life. Our stories are our legacy, precious and unique, and play a large part in making us who we are.

Some family stories might get passed down through the generations, but no one tells the story better than the person who lived it, which is why capturing these stories on video or documenting them on paper is a priceless family heirloom.

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Last week I was invited to a special media event to experience a new program in the Fullerton school district. The fifth graders from Laguna Road School are the first to participate in the district’s new “Story Angels” program where students interview and film seniors about a life-changing event they experienced. 

The 5th grade students were paired with one senior in teams of four kids at the beautiful Morningside retirement community for this very special project….

Tiny Oranges Book Club!

disclosure: amazon link is an affiliate link Recently I started Rising Strong by Brené Brown and the book is so powerful and her message and research is so compelling, I can’t stop talking about it.   She is inspiring a movement that I believe will result in happier people, better parents, better friends and better spouses… Continue reading Tiny Oranges Book Club!

Cox Smart Home at Canopy at Esencia

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post to spread the word about the Cox Smart Home and Amazon links in post are affiliate links.

Did you know that the average household connects six devices to the internet these days? We are talking phones, laptops, tablets, gaming systems, etc. and that number is expected to increase to 50, yes 50, devices by the year 2022.

I don’t  know about you, but my Wi-Fi can be S-L-O-W at times and it drives me crazy. Lots of spinning rainbow wheels and error pages on dropped web searches. Lagging Wi-Fi can also result in a very irritated 5th grader when it inhibits her from posting one of her fabulous videos on Musical.ly.

With the need for internet connection and speed increasing and our tolerance for slow connection decreasing, Cox Communications and Warmington Residential are paving the way to the future of digital living at one of Orange County’s new master planned communities, Canopy at Esencia in Rancho Mission Viejo with gigabit-internet speed.

It’s the future people.  And it’s here.

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