I had this huge box from A Tupperware order (yes I sell Tupperware now). Savannah had the best time coloring and playing with it. We’ve had it for about a month now.
Why Buy It – When You Can Win It!! #win #giveaways
November 11, 2013 By
Getting Trophies Raises Self Esteem
November 9, 2013 By
This is a guest post.
For most, childhood can be a difficult chapter of life, and a period where positive reinforcement is important. Knowledge and other skills that a child will be able to use for the rest of their life are continually put into practice through trial and error.
A large part of whether someone will have high or low self-esteem throughout their life will be determined by their sense of competence and the appreciation shown for them by others in their childhood. Giving trophies to a child can have lasting positive effects on their achievements, confidence, and sense of self-efficacy.
Children Need to Know They are Appreciated
A child’s self-image is strongly dependent on whether or not they feel accepted and appreciated. We all sometimes fail to recognize our own strong points — no matter how prominent they may be — without recognition from others, and children are no different. With the pressure many kids feel to succeed in school, sports, music, and personal relationships, children have an especially difficult time seeing the qualities that make them so great. Trophies serve as an acknowledgement of a particular skill or aspect of a child’s personality, which helps them to see themselves in a more positive light.
Trophies are Observable Objects to be Proud of
Trophies act as a visual reminder of a quality for which they are admired. When they see their trophy, a child can fondly recall the event, activity, or attribute that earned them such praise. This constant positive reinforcement and sense of pride in a particular skill or trait will help encourage the child to perpetuate and further develop this aspect of their life.
Trophies Inspire a Great Work Ethic
Trophies are not gifts: rather, they need to be earned by putting a particular skill to use. Presenting trophies to a child can be similar to the financial bonuses adults receive in the workforce: both cultivate an understanding of the interplay between hard work and reward, and this can be a valuable lesson for children. Providing trophies as incentives in childhood will help give them an understanding of how their skills can be used to attain profit later on, wisdom necessary for succeeding in their later career path.
Trophies Encourage Children to Achieve Greatness
Everyone, including children, can be motivated to do their best with a little competition. When aiming for a trophy, and competing with other children, a child will have motivation and incentive to put their best foot forward. Instilling ambition during childhood and developing one’s desire to try their hardest are qualities that will stick with a child throughout their academic path, in their later professional career, and with their personal relationships throughout the course of their life.
Glass awards and plaques will help change a child’s self-esteem for the better, encourage further development in a skill or quality that they have pride in. It will also strengthen their desire to be the best person they can be.
Sponsored Video: Flutterbye Fairy @Toys “R” Us
November 8, 2013 By
I am working with Toys "R" Us on this campaign.
I talked last week about the wonder of toys and Toys “R” Us and how fun it would be to go on a shopping spree there.
The fact is Christmas is like right around the corner and I haven’t even started shopping yet. Last year we decided to do less presents and more family time. Last year we adopting a new way of giving for the children – Something you want, something you need, something to wear and something to read and something to donate. I will admit we did buy more than four gifts! The something to wear could be a full outfit with shoes. The something to read could be a movie. It’s so hard to only buy a set amount when I’m so used to buying a lot of presents. But we will be conscious again this year and we are definitely donating a lot this year as well.
Where can you get the hottest toys this year? Why Toys “R” Us of course. Toys “R” Us always has a list of the most wanted toys and they are a great price too!
One item that is on my daughter’s list this year is the Flutterbye Fairy. When she first mentioned it I had never heard of it. (Thank you commercials.) I sort of thought I knew what it was but still had not seen the commercial. Below is a video on the hottest toys at Toys “R” Us. Click through all the videos to see the years hottest toys!
This looks like a great toy to get a girl this holiday season. Usually the boys get the flying toys, but why not a girl?
Is the Flutterbye Fairy on your list this year?
To Know You – Book Review
November 8, 2013 By
Oh my, this was a great book!! I cried through most of it so if you don’t like a good dry don’t read it. Or maybe it was just me. I needed a good cry and couldn’t stop reading this one. The are two authors, Shannon Ethridge and Kathryn Mackel and they told this story well! It’s really a must read for readers. I can’t say enough good things about it.
It’s about a mother, Julia, whose 13 year old son is dying and needs a liver transplant. He’s needed this basically since he was born but made it through all the odds until now. No one is a match of they are they do not qualify. But..there may be two people that could be a match, the two daughter’s Julia gave up for adoption 25 and 23 years ago. How can she just show up after all these years and request a part of their liver? But a mother will do anything to save her child. There is so much more to the story than that. It’s about the reconnecting with the girls and the drama that they find themselves in. All the while, Dillon, Julia’s son is home dying and Julia can’t be with him.
Just a heart breaking story, but great at the same time!!
Julia Whittaker’s rocky past yielded two daughters, both given up for adoption as infants. Now she must find them to try to save her son.
Julia and Matt Whittaker’s son has beaten the odds for thirteen years only to have the odds—and his liver—crash precipitously. The only hope for his survival is a “living liver” transplant, but the transplant list is long and Dillon’s time is short. His two older half-sisters, born eighteen months apart to two different fathers, offer his only hope for survival.
But can Julia ask a young woman—someone she surrendered to strangers long ago and has never spoken with—to make such a sacrifice to save a brother she’s never known? Can she muster the courage to journey back into a shame-filled season of her life, face her choices and their consequences, and find any hope of healing?And what if she discovers in her own daughters’ lives that a history of foolish choices threatens to repeat itself? Julia knows she’s probably embarking on a fool’s errand—searching for the daughters she abandoned only now that she needs something from them. But love compels Julia to take this journey. Can grace and forgiveness compel her daughters to join her?
In To Know You, Shannon Ethridge and Kathryn Mackel explore how the past creates the present . . . and how even the most shattered lives can be redeemed.
About the authors: Shannon Ethridge is a best-selling author, speaker, and certified life coach with a master’s degree in counseling/human relations from Liberty University. She has spoken to college students and adults since 1989 and is the author of 21 books, including the million-copy best-selling Every Woman’s Battle series. She is a frequent guest on TV and radio programs and mentors aspiring writers and speakers through her BLAST Program (Building Leaders, Authors, Speakers & Teachers.)
Learn more about Shannon: http://www.shannonethridge.com
Kathryn Mackel is a best-selling author and acclaimed screenwriter for Disney and Fox. She was on the screenwriting team for Left Behind: The Movie, and Frank Peretti’s Hangman’s Curse. She is the acclaimed author of “The Surrogate”, “The Departed”, and “The Hidden” and resides in Boston, Massachusetts, with her husband.Learn more about Kathryn: http://www.kathrynmackel.com
I received the above book to review. Opinions are my always my own!
