PARENTING TOUGH KIDS - IDEAS #4
Stressed | Journaling | Dealing with Racism

Toolbox Parent

We are growing as a group of professionals and parents of tough kids.  Our goal is to join together and support each other during this tough economy.
Our Kids don't get easier!
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This weeks  TOUGH NEW TOPICS ARE: 
 
Are you feeling stressed?
Try the tips in this article
Progressive Muscle Relaxation 
 
Documenting difficult behaviors is important. Documenting or journaling behaviors can help parents pinpoint trigger and environmental factors in behavior. It is also a great documentation for professional. Try using the SOS Behavior Sheet or for more formalized journaling try our Day Journal .
 
Transracial Parenting has an extra set of parenting challenges.
This great article by Deb Reisner at Harambee Village at NACAC
describes how her family deals with racism. 
Email your ideas for a Million Minds March to jodee@connetworks.com  It has been really fun
to meet people from this newsletter in Victoria at
the 3rd International Conference on FASD... 
 
Join us and . . .
Million Mom March
* Pledge 9 months of sobriety as a support to another woman
that is pregnant.
* Consider a NON-ALCOHOLIC pub crawl in celebration of sobriety through pregnancy.
* RING THE BELLS in your community on 09.09 at 9:00
Schedule your bell ringing NOW! Can you imagine if we could get a million bells ringing!
 
THINK ABOUT ONE THING NICE YOU CAN
DO TO THANK YOU SIGNIFICANT OTHER ....
AND DO IT TODAY!!! We need to all stick together
Well we did it - I had
a wonderful time in
California teaching
and sleeping - I pretty much just disappeared after my classes and slept until the next morning. But I have to report my back is healing very well and I am down to 1/3 of my pain meds and muscle relaxers. Next week I will report on the trip to Victoria.
It is so wonderful to
see so many researchers and scientists working to help our tough kids!
BTW My husband reported I now owe him so many POINTS that the calculator broke as he added them up! Oh well he's kept me backed up when I've been backed out.
 
       - Blessings
             Deb & Jodee 
Sincerely,
 
Jodee Kulp and Deb Fjeld
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