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Birds & Bees Connection

Birds & Bees Connection

Parent-child courses that celebrate the transition between childhood and adolescence.

Bullying, Cyber Bullying & Self-Esteem Reflections

March 2, 2018 By Leslie Dixon Leave a Comment

bullying cyber self esteem

Due to everything that has been going on in the news lately we decided to focus on bullying and cyber bullying in February. Our Newsletters have addressed the issue through blogs, especially the one by the Cyber Safety Cop and passing on resource materials that parents can use in future conversations with their children. We’d […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: bullying, cyber bullying, cyber safety cop, cyberbullying, Leslie Dixon

Facebook Live: Boys, Bullying, Self-Esteem and School Shootings

February 23, 2018 By Leslie Dixon Leave a Comment

Facebook Live: Boys, Bullying, Self-Esteem and School Shootings

Inspired by Michael Ian Black‘s opinion piece for the New York Times and a video from Next with Kyle Clark featuring an adult man reflecting on how easily he could have become a school shooter in his teens, Nurse Leslie and Leona Laurie address what we can do for boys to help with the issues […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: boys, bullying, facebook live, Leslie Dixon, parkland, school shootings, self-esteem

From Cyber Safety Cop- 10-Year-Old Commits Suicide After Being Bullied: How to Prevent & Respond

February 17, 2018 By Leslie Dixon Leave a Comment

Clayton Cranford

A mother and father in Colorado say their 10-year-old daughter committed suicide over video of a fight with an alleged bully. Preventing a tragedy like this comes down to knowing the signs and know how to respond. Ashawnty Davis, was only in fifth grade. Her parents said she was a happy girl until everything changed […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: bullying, Clayton Cranford, cyber safety cop, self-esteem

Facebook Live: Got a bullying problem? Get good self-esteem!

February 2, 2018 By Leslie Dixon Leave a Comment

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Nurse Leslie and Marketing Director Leona Laurie talk about the connection between bullying and self-esteem in this 23-minute Facebook Live video.  Some resources mentioned in this video: Delaney Ruston’s Screenagers movie Bodies in Motion, our class for parents of young children Nurse Leslie’s private coaching sessions Additional resources Emailing Nurse Leslie with questions

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: bodies in motion, bullying, cyber bullying, Leslie Dixon, screenagers, self-esteem

Rebecca Woolf’s Feminist Take on Peter Pan Hopes for Greenlight via Kickstarter

May 10, 2017 By Leslie Dixon Leave a Comment

Rebecca Woolf Pans Film

This post, by our Marketing Director, Leona Laurie, originally appeared on GeekGirlAuthority.com. We requested permission to republish it because the film Rebecca Woolf is trying to make deals with bullying, sexual assault and a number of other issues relevant to our courses.  You may know Rebecca Woolf because of her popular “mommy blog,” Girl’s Gone […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: bullying, girls gone child, kickstarter, pans film, rebecca woolf, sexual assault

Mean Girls Grow Up To Be Mean Moms

June 24, 2016 By Hiromi Hiraoka 2 Comments

Mean Girls Grow Up To Be Mean Moms

Recently, I joined this moms’ group online. Actually, let me clarify, I got added to a moms’ group online. I did not request to join this group and suddenly found myself thrust into the middle of a bizarre, artificially-created world of mean girls – style drama and petty complaints. I had been a “lurker” for […]

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