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Engage: Please Join us...  MASK's Unity Community EMPOWER Lunch Hour
Join a passion-purposed community event where you can mix, mingle and meet new people who are making a difference. Tuesday, May 5th,11:30 a.m.
$25 per person
Carrabba's Italian Grill in Scottsdale.(17007 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale, AZ).
Be inspired by our featured speaker and sponsor, Dr. Lisa Jaacks. Dr Jaacks is a board certified obstetrician and gynecologist with Desert West OB/GYN. With a long-time commitment to adolescent health and the teen events at Banner Thunderbird and Banner Estrella, Dr. Jaacks has the ability to talk about the issues such as body development, sex, wellness and disease prevention with a comfortable and relaxed style. Dr. Jaacks will talk about having "the talk" with your children and communicating it with ease.
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Educate: I don't have time...
By // Rev. Teresa Logue, Center Director, Home of Hope
"I don't have time!"
I cannot tell you how many times while raising my children that phrase came flying out of my mouth. I was a single mom working 50-plus hours a week and raising four children on my own.
Not overly demanding, my children would ask me the normal adolescent questions:
"Can you help with my homework?"
"Are you coming to my game?"
"Can you take me to my friend's house?"
My first response to these needs soon became, "I don't have time." But what were my children really hearing?
READ ON...
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Empower: Family Connection
How to connect with your middle school child...
At this stage, children feel like they are in be-"tween". No longer a child, but not quite an adult, this is a time when your child will try to gain some independence, oftentimes pushing the envelope to get it. And although your child may act is if they don't want you around, this is a crucial time to be involved and aware of what is going on in their lives.
To subscribe to MASK The Magazine and receive the Time Issue: Making and Taking Time before It Runs Out, click here.
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