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There is no question that the first day of kindergarten is rough. It’s a very emotional thing for most children and their parents. The parents play a huge part in feeling seperation anxiety from their
children. None of us are amune to it, not even celebrities.
Jessica Simpson shares how she is going through it with her daughter Maxwell. Jessica posted a few cute pictures of Max on Twitter with a less than enthused caption…”Someone is excited for kindergarten! How do all you moms do it? I need help,” A tearful emoji followed. It’s okoay Jessica…it will all fall into place. This really does go to show you though how hard this can be hard for anyone. They grow up so fast and this day comes before you even know it.
Watching them grow up and spread their wings is hard enough to do, but now you also have all of these thoughts about schedules, school, bed times, sitters….ugh. It’s almost overwhewlming. Everything was in it neat, organized little place when they were home with you all day, or half day at preschool. Now there is so much more to worry about. Don’t worry, it will all work out – it always does and you are not the only one going through it.
It’s funny to think someone that consider “having it all” like Jessica Simpson experiences the same emotions and fears we do. Her daughter sure looks happy enough to be heading to kindergarten in the photo though.
For the entire article at Cafe Mom….CLICK HERE.
I’m sure you have heard of the new Wonder Woman movie by now. It’s sweeping the world as one of the best superhero movies ever. Not only is it an action packed, nerdfest for comic fans, but a positive rolemodel for our little girls to look up to. Wonder Woman is a strong, independant woman that knows no bounds and to make it even better, she’s killing it at the box office. Again…not just with the nerds.
Kids pay attention to and soak up everything. Even when we don’t even realize it, they are processing what’s going on around them. There is so much negativity out there in the world today, it is nice to know that Wonder Woman movie director Patty Jenkins has given our children something positive to absorb – especially the girls – but not just the girls.
Jenkins tweeted a list of kindergartners’ reactions to Wonder Woman, and no pun intended…but it is wonderful.
My producer just sent me this… ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE! This makes every hard day worth it. Thank you to whomever wrote it!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/3DzIaMueIh
— Patty Jenkins (@PattyJenks) June 11, 2017
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As a parent it is our job to make sure that we prepare our children for their inevitable journey into the real world for someday when they fly the coop. There are so many things that we think we are 
just born knowing, but that’s not true at all. At some point, someone somewhere taught us these life skills we have hopefully honed as adults. Probably your parents, or legal guardians as you were growing up. Some of these daily, typical skills sounds so simple and you’ve been doing them for so long that you don’t even think about it as your doing them.
Are you ready to stop helicopter parenting and prepare your kid for life as a young adult? Julie Lythcott-Haims, former dean of freshmen at Stanford University and author of “How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success, says these are 12 important life skills that every child should know before high school.
Make a Meal
You don’t have to stop making meals for your kids entirely, but it’s important for them to feel confident enough to know how to do it. Maybe start with them making breakfast for themselves a couple times a week or on the weekends. Let them help with dinner, or let them make their own lunch for school.
Wake Themselves up on Time
This is a really tough one because it’s rough enough trying to get these kids out of bed banging a stick on a trash can. Now we have to trust that they are going to get themselves up. Again, the best way to do this is to baby step it. Start maybe a couple times a week…not completely letting go of the rains just yet. But make sure that by the time high school rolls around, they should be able to get up and get ready by themselves.
Do Laundry
Not only will this be an important life skill, but I guarantee it will show them just how busy you have been washing their clothes every 10 minutes. They will probably stop tossing shirts in the laundry after wearing them once for 3 hours.
Pump Gas
This was an exciting one for me when I was a kid. It looked so interesting when my Dad was at the gas station pumping gas into the car. The smells, the cool looking gas pump – not to mention the thought of someday your going to get to drive that car! I don’t think you will have a problem with this one. If you do have a child that has dirty hand or germ phobia’s, assure them with baby wipes and antibiotic hand wash.
Pitch In
“Kids need to learn how to contribute for the betterment of the whole,” she says. “Maybe they have siblings and one is stressed out about something, and the other says, ‘I’ll do your chore for you. Because I see you’re stressed out and you need some help.’ That’s building a sense of it’s not just about me. I can do for others.”
To read the rest of the important life skills…CLICK HERE.
If you are a parent of a big kid, or a tween, this is probably something your going to want to be aware of. This is some pretty scary stuff. It seems like these type of things are becoming more and more popular with youngsters on social media. You may not be an advocate of banning your youngster from social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, but it is so important to be involved in your kids lives to know what they are actually doing on these sites.
This particular social media challenge is called the Blue Whale Suicide Challenge. The “game” is said to have been originated in Russia, but has made it’s way to the United States. The game gives players a series of tasks which includes things like cutting the shape of a whale into your skin, or waking up in the middle of the night to think about death. The very last task on the list requires the kids to kill themselves. This is no joke. Even talking about suicide is no joke so PLEASE take the time to read this article and be aware of what your kids are viewing on social media and pass this along to other parents.
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