How I Set Work-at-Home Boundaries with Myself and Family

I've been a WAHM (work-at-home-mom) since 2005. There are advantages to working at home. I see more of my family, I'm readily available. I don't have to go out to work every day. Oddly, those advantages are closely related to the disadvantages. Work-at-home perks caused many problems before I learned to set boundaries. Here's how. Read more

There's Solidarity with Mom Who Choked Facebook Bully

When first reading about Debbie Piscitella, the Florida mother who ABC News Blogs says choked a Facebook bully in her 14-year-old daughter's defense, I was inclined to pontificate. According to the article, the kid wrote on Facebook that Piscitella's daughter was a "fat (deleted) whale and didn't deserve to live because she is so nasty that he wouldn't even rape her." That makes the mother bear in me want to disassemble the kid like a jigsaw puzzle and leave few pieces out. Read more at There's Solidarity with Mom Who Choked Facebook Bully

Facebook is Right to Nix Teen Photo Competitions

Concerned parents have succeeded in getting a "Most Beautiful Teen in the World" Facebook page pulled. Kids were uploading photos of themselves, sometimes scantily clad in sexualized poses, for the approval or disapproval of the Internet masses, ABC News reports.

Now there's a recipe for disaster: Nubile youths throwing their images into cyberspace to be critiqued by who knows who. I'm bothered by kids splashing images of themselves about to start with. Mix in some shirtless or bikini-clad photos and that just escalates my concerns. Those photos of bare-chested boys with thin arms and concave chests are pitiful. It gets worse; there are "most ugly teen" contests too. Read more at Facebook is Right to Nix Teen Photo Competitions 

Parents Use Facebook to Monitor Kids: Spying or Safeguarding?

Parents Use Facebook to Monitor Kids: Spying or Safeguarding? A recent Laptop magazine poll showed 55 percent of parents admitted to monitoring their children on social network sites like Facebook. The term 'spying' was used; are parents overprotective and nosy or are they safeguarding their kids? Poll results said 41 percent of parents check their children's status updates, 39 percent check their children's wall posts and 15 percent have sent friend requests (4 percent were rejected). Another 13 percent say that they have used friends' accounts to check up on their children. Read more...

DailyStrength.org Online Support Groups for Parents

DailyStrength.Org Online Self-Help Support Groups
I write many articles on self-help, emotional health, physical health, relationship issues and 12 Step programs. In exploring these issues, I always want to provide support resources. DailyStrength.org is one such resource. Great for busy SAHM, WAHM and parents with no time or childcare for a support group.
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Safe Websites for Toddlers and Children

How to Occupy a Child with Safe Internet Fun
Sometimes there are tasks a parent needs to do and little ones cannot help. When these situations arise, you can be sure that kids are safe if you use these websites. Children can enjoy hours of safe, educational fun with these internet resources. Activities specifically for younger children.
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