tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6553249172967685212024-03-13T08:41:04.849-07:00Jola's World Jola's world is a space that encourages parents and adults to take on the responsibility of teaching the young ones good morals through reading, learning about cultures and art in general. Funmi Shoyomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06165145498356231110noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655324917296768521.post-44398589809392451382023-11-19T11:42:00.000-08:002023-11-19T11:42:19.606-08:00<p><a href="https://amzn.to/49Uhp5w">Early black Friday deals on Amazon, click the link below to check out all the awesome gifts.</a> </p>Funmi Shoyomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06165145498356231110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655324917296768521.post-63317409963058860732023-11-19T10:47:00.000-08:002023-11-19T10:47:19.462-08:00The happy friends<p><span style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 18pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Why is Skippy so happy today? </span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-34aaa075-7fff-33a9-5388-5658f82ab816"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"I guess he won a lottery" those were my thoughts. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“Oh Skippy, you look so happy this morning,” I said, “Is there any special reason for this that you would like to share with your friends?” I asked. </span></p><p><br /></p><p> <span style="color: red;">This is a good read for little kids. Its a friendly, good moral teaching book written by me. It specifically points out the importance of each other's appreciation in friendship.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: red;">Go check it out on Amazon, read it to or with you little ones, and please do not forget to be back to leave a review. Every thought of readers are welcomed. I especially want to hear what your little ones think. Happy reading.</span></p><div><br /></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.3800000000000001; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><div><span style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville", serif; font-size: 18pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/happy-friends-Funmi-Shoyomi-ebook/dp/B01BKZZCCE/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2GAN2SL3FSIIM&keywords=the%20happy%20friends%20by%20funmi%20shoyomi&qid=1690128905&sprefix=the%20happy%20friends%20by%20funmi%20shoyomi%2Caps%2C96&sr=8-1&fbclid=IwAR3JonGddivu7iNi88U4OEUDZKl1TaPk6EI4Vcgf-N0vKSajibi6HWIVXcY">https://www.amazon.com/happy-friends-Funmi-Shoyomi-ebook/dp/B01BKZZCCE/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2GAN2SL3FSIIM&keywords=the%20happy%20friends%20by%20funmi%20shoyomi&qid=1690128905&sprefix=the%20happy%20friends%20by%20funmi%20shoyomi%2Caps%2C96&sr=8-1&fbclid=IwAR3JonGddivu7iNi88U4OEUDZKl1TaPk6EI4Vcgf-N0vKSajibi6HWIVXcY</a><br /></span></div></span>Funmi Shoyomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06165145498356231110noreply@blogger.com0Dallas, TX, USA32.7766642 -96.7969878999999914.4664303638211535 -131.95323789999998 61.086898036178845 -61.640737899999991tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655324917296768521.post-75937891207193873752020-08-22T04:40:00.008-07:002020-08-22T04:40:55.413-07:00WORRY LESS<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dbnkv" data-offset-key="52t01-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="52t01-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><br /></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dbnkv" data-offset-key="cs928-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="cs928-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="cs928-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Am I still beautiful like I use to be?</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dbnkv" data-offset-key="5nsfb-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="5nsfb-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="5nsfb-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Are there lines decorating my being?</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dbnkv" data-offset-key="8ucg4-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8ucg4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="8ucg4-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Will I stay pretty like a pod still holding its pea?</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dbnkv" data-offset-key="caki0-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="caki0-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="caki0-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">or wither away trying to find meaning?</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dbnkv" data-offset-key="3jqk-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3jqk-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3jqk-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dbnkv" data-offset-key="apgci-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="apgci-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="apgci-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Handsome it is I use to be called.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dbnkv" data-offset-key="6ai89-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="6ai89-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="6ai89-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">My personality in life is unequaled,</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dbnkv" data-offset-key="9bra4-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9bra4-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="9bra4-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">but at years after years get installed</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dbnkv" data-offset-key="durb8-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="durb8-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="durb8-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">will I wither away trying to be restored</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dbnkv" data-offset-key="agj6-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="agj6-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="agj6-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dbnkv" data-offset-key="760l5-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="760l5-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="760l5-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Women and men worry a lot.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dbnkv" data-offset-key="3jbq1-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3jbq1-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3jbq1-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Here and there planning a plot,</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dbnkv" data-offset-key="e7mnt-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="e7mnt-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="e7mnt-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">to give life all they got.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dbnkv" data-offset-key="ci9vm-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ci9vm-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ci9vm-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">In exchange for just a shot</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dbnkv" data-offset-key="8p1rl-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8p1rl-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="8p1rl-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dbnkv" data-offset-key="b7o95-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="b7o95-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="b7o95-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Just know that</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dbnkv" data-offset-key="8n5gb-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8n5gb-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="8n5gb-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dbnkv" data-offset-key="55ugk-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="55ugk-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="55ugk-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Worry does not do a good thing</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dbnkv" data-offset-key="dm70k-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dm70k-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="dm70k-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">but to persist with an effort to cling</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dbnkv" data-offset-key="ej6g2-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ej6g2-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ej6g2-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">and when we give it a wing</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dbnkv" data-offset-key="8gas1-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="8gas1-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="8gas1-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">it establishes control as a king</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dbnkv" data-offset-key="3290o-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3290o-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3290o-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><p></p><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dbnkv" data-offset-key="7f8jb-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></div><p></p><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dbnkv" data-offset-key="f9c1k-0-0" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="f9c1k-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-offset-key="f9c1k-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-text="true" style="font-family: inherit;">By Funmi Shoyomi</span></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="dbnkv" data-offset-key="7f8jb-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></div>Funmi Shoyomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06165145498356231110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655324917296768521.post-57724646104767849292020-08-08T07:34:00.014-07:002020-08-08T07:35:38.084-07:00"Time itself"<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: gabriola; font-size: 18pt;">I have no time for that,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Angsana New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Time is running fast,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Angsana New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Time is money,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Angsana New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Time waits for no one,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Angsana New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lost time is never found
again,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Angsana New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Time is the most valuable
thing a man can spend,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Angsana New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Time is the wisest counselor
of all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Angsana New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These words I have heard
times without number, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Angsana New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">but what exactly is time?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Angsana New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt;">I have been faced with the
reality of dealing with "time itself", feeling like 24 hours a day is
not enough to work with. Always busy doing one thing or the other from morning
till night.</span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt;">Running against time itself or as I say,
running after time itself.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Angsana New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Are we ever going to catch up with it (time), it seem faster than we
anticipate, propelling us to run forward and towards our goals, which
eventually leads us either to achieving those goal or just getting old while we
are at it, because time does not wait.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt;">"Time itself”, does not
slow down. </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt;"> </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt;">So, what will it take for
human race to slow down a bit, take in deep breath, enjoy the scenery, knowing
fully well that we are made not to control time but to aim and achieve goals
while flowing with time itself.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Angsana New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
By Funmi Shoyomi.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Gabriola; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Angsana New";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Funmi Shoyomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06165145498356231110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655324917296768521.post-14035939483085235122020-08-01T05:17:00.002-07:002020-08-01T05:18:40.987-07:00I love me part 2<div>...............Are we there yet mama? </div><div>Turn to your right mama, and here we are, she screams with joy. </div><div>Okay baby, just calm down and let me make the order. I said.</div><div>Hello, 1 small vanilla ice cream, please.</div><div>Is that all madam, the cashier asked? yes, that's all for today, thanks.</div><div>Mama you were supposed to buy mine, why don't we buy three, J Joanne suggested. So that I can surprise my brothers with a gift of ice cream, and I know that will make them happy too.</div><div>Well, you sure know your brothers will ask for theirs when they see yours, you have a good idea, let's give them a surprise.</div><div>Thanks, J for being so nice, caring, and always wanting to share. I said, giving her a high five.</div><div>So, the journey home began, with J Joanne slushing away at the vanilla ice cream</div>Funmi Shoyomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06165145498356231110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655324917296768521.post-25215883774075812902020-07-25T08:17:00.001-07:002020-07-25T08:17:27.793-07:00I love me<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="80ipk" data-offset-key="dd892-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Well J, you know ice cream does not quench thirst, all you need is a full cup of water and you will be good. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Also, its raining, isn't it too cold for ice cream?</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ice cream, ice cream, she started to chant. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Okay, okay, I said, let us stop by the place BUT am only buying you a small cup of vanilla ice cream. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yea!!! thank you, mama, she said in her tiny sweet voice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">J Joanne, a little pretty girl who loves to talk, laugh, and dance. Friends and family call her mama"s mini, but as far as she is concern she is a princess who will one day treat and heal everyone.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Why not, all she needs to do is carry a little pink stethoscope around her neck and she is good to go.</span></div>
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Funmi Shoyomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06165145498356231110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655324917296768521.post-21555367757715470562020-07-25T07:32:00.001-07:002020-07-25T07:32:37.859-07:00What to do about covid-19 and schoolingLets start with a question today, which can help us to start a discussion. some of us are scared, confused and just wondering what to do with regards to kids going back to school. well, here is talk about it, you might be helping someone out without knowing.<div><br /><div>What are your plans like with getting through this school year, amidst the covid-19 pandemic?</div></div>Funmi Shoyomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06165145498356231110noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655324917296768521.post-13375815484032451762016-06-04T10:14:00.001-07:002016-06-04T10:14:26.521-07:00UN News - UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Katy Perry calls for increased focus on children in Viet Nam<a href="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=54105#.V1MMbGgnrEg.blogger">UN News - UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Katy Perry calls for increased focus on children in Viet Nam</a>Funmi Shoyomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06165145498356231110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655324917296768521.post-25344248827293977092016-05-31T06:40:00.001-07:002016-05-31T06:40:30.626-07:00UN News - UN children's agency 'alarmed' at refugee and migrant deaths in the Mediterranean<a href="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=54087#.V02UScphrIM.blogger">UN News - UN children's agency 'alarmed' at refugee and migrant deaths in the Mediterranean</a>Funmi Shoyomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06165145498356231110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655324917296768521.post-15945775082370178242016-05-30T05:26:00.000-07:002016-05-30T05:26:59.983-07:00Stressing over summer breakOkay moms, summer is here and you will soon stop loading your little ones into the car every day of the week like you normally do and dropping them off at school where you are sure they will be using half of their day there and you can at least do one thing or the other before you pick them up again.<br />
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Lets not pretend too much, some of us actually look up to Monday, when our children will go off to school again and you will have little time to yourself either as a stay home mom, a part time working mom or even a full time mom.( maybe not too much for a mom that has more younger once that still stay home) But one or twice we have breathe that sigh of relieve when we drop them off.<br />
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Either because we want a break from the ones that can not stop chartering away asking every type of question that you can never imagine, or the ones that will not stop whining about one thing of the other, or the ones with a very strong personality and will challenge you about everything all day long if you let them, to say a few.<br />
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Now you are beginning to wonder what you are going to do when they are home all day all summer long and deep inside you it's almost like you are going crazy thinking of what to do, how to do it, when to do it. Checking out every advert on any activities for kids and hoping to get ones that you can afford so that your babies can enjoy their summer but most of all that you still remain your whole self by the time summer break ends.<br />
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Well, unlike many people will give advice on what to do that will make things okay, i don't think there are much you can do because those things will not go away and the most important thing is that you gave birth to them, they are yours and the will remain your even after summer break has ended. It's easier to say do this and this when some of the advice givers don't even have kids yet.<br />
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WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS<br />
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<li>Just relax, take the day as it comes and before you can say Jack Robinson, time is gone.</li>
<li>Also try and do activities that they are interested in. When you engage them daily in things they really love to do, they are more excited and they are more in a relax mode.( Certify every activities first).</li>
<li>Be involve with them by doing fun things together.</li>
<li>Set goals for them, like reading some number of books for a particular period of time and seeing who read more, they will love it because children are competitive.</li>
<li>Reward good behavior and it will motivate them to be good<a href="http://previews.123rf.com/images/shalamov/shalamov1103/shalamov110300052/9087497-Mother-and-two-kids-silhouettes-on-beach-at-sunset-Stock-Photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://previews.123rf.com/images/shalamov/shalamov1103/shalamov110300052/9087497-Mother-and-two-kids-silhouettes-on-beach-at-sunset-Stock-Photo.jpg" height="213" width="320" /></a></li>
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I believe there are still more options out there but as you know i am not a professional when it comes to kids but one thing i am is that i am a MOTHER, and that counts. Thanks for reading and i hope you were able to relate to this a bit and gain something. See you soon like my 2 years old will always say.<br />
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<br />Funmi Shoyomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06165145498356231110noreply@blogger.com0United States37.71859032558816 -101.2512.19655582558816 -142.558594 63.240624825588156 -59.941406tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655324917296768521.post-47003611388112355992016-05-16T10:29:00.001-07:002016-05-16T10:29:22.937-07:00UN News - Colombia: agreement to reintegrate children from FARC welcomed by UN envoy<a href="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=53948#.VzoDatXpeL8.blogger">UN News - Colombia: agreement to reintegrate children from FARC welcomed by UN envoy</a>Funmi Shoyomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06165145498356231110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655324917296768521.post-11685175374448882372016-05-09T20:28:00.001-07:002016-05-09T20:28:36.836-07:00UN News - Nearly a quarter of the world’s school-age children live in crisis-hit countries – UNICEF<a href="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=53848#.VzFVWmAdv5s.blogger">UN News - Nearly a quarter of the world’s school-age children live in crisis-hit countries – UNICEF</a>Funmi Shoyomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06165145498356231110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655324917296768521.post-54853985793366525042016-05-04T14:36:00.001-07:002016-05-04T14:44:43.319-07:00Be Encouraged<span style="font-size: large;">Okay, i don't have to really think that deep before i know what i want to blog about today. Have you ever woken up and had those feeling of: hmm today is really going to be a hectic day and you started bracing yourself for what ever will come. Well that was the type of day i had yesterday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I woke up feeling really tired even though i have been sleeping for like six hours( actually maybe less because i have a six months old). I managed to drag myself up from the bed to get my son ready for school and i just made sure i went through the whole day not feeling like myself. I had to continue attending to my kids despite the fact that i myself needs attention. my priority those moments are my kids</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Enough of my story, what i am driving at is that, as parents, no mater how you feel, the little kids that we have do not stop demanding your attention or what they need from you. and its not really easy especially if you have more than one like myself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And that is where self encouragement comes in, for that fact that no one is around to be a source of energy, that is the more reason why you should push on, encouraging and believing in yourself every step of the way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Its actually easy for others to give you words of encouragement at the moment that you need it without checking back to see how you actually did. but if you are the one guiding yourself on, at the end of it all when you realized that you have scaled through, you will be able to give yourself a pat on the back because you understand where you are coming from.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">likewise we should apply this type of method not only to taking care of our kids or doing house chores but to those big projects that you have to face and accomplish during your down times.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Always remember that down times are not forever, its just but for a moment.</span><br />
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<br />Funmi Shoyomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06165145498356231110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655324917296768521.post-56118165770657992382016-05-02T07:24:00.000-07:002016-05-02T08:25:53.991-07:00Help for moms 2<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I wrote about the situation of moms all over the world some few days ago and i want to believe most mothers understand my point and can relate to the contents of my writing.But rather for me to be the analyzer of what the problem is and how its affecting most people including me, i will rather think of a way out that will be beneficial to both myself and everyone that has the opportunity of reading this write up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The questions that most of us ask are; </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">What can i do? </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">How can we help one another to achieve our aim?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In my own words i will like to tell us what we can do and how we can actually help our self and one another.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">What can i do? </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I have always believe that there is a way out of every situation even though the situation may be different and there are things i can do to better my situations but all we just need to try. Don't be defeated before the war starts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">One thing i know for sure is that women are strong both physically and mentally and are capable of achieving a lot by them self. You are already doing a lot by juggling all your activities so do not break down because you have it in you, bring out that strength in you, set out your priorities and try to achieve them one after the other without thinking too much of what is still left to be done. Take one step at a time.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">How can we help one another to achieve our aim?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 27px;">As much as everyone is busy with their lives, we can still come together as moms to help each other live a life void of stress.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 27px;">Lets create care groups among ourselves and alternate who watches the kids at what time so that others can have a day off . Or if your circle of friends are the ones that prefer baby sitters, u can collectively hire one or two to babysit your kids together there by reducing the financial stress(which i will still blog about in details) </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large; line-height: 27px;">Rely on your circle of support for advice, relief, and help with some of your hardest tasks. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large; line-height: 27px;">Lets ask for help whenever we need it from the few people around us that are still willing to help. It may be</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large; line-height: 27px;"> family members, friends, neighbors, community groups and organizations or just anyone we truly know( please do not for any reason give you kids to strangers to watch) who is genuinely interested in a positive relationship where you both can help each other out.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: large; line-height: 27px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I also want to say even when you ask for help and cant find non, keep your head up and just go on with your life, if anything or anyone at all have told you or still telling you that you cant achieve without outside help, just go on and show them you can.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: large; line-height: 27px;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">And that is the greatest help you can find. YOU.</span></span></div>
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Funmi Shoyomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06165145498356231110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655324917296768521.post-43798750504628016122016-04-29T09:20:00.003-07:002016-04-29T09:28:03.157-07:00Help for moms<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: #fefefe; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 21px;">Hi everyone, i woke up this morning thinking of what moms go through each and everyday, trying to balance work with home with kids( including their husband) if you understand what i mean with a tone of humor because they tend to behave like babies sometimes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 21px;">Anyway, back to my point. In the society that we are today, women take up more roles than it used to be with our parents in the olden day. Dont get me wrong, our fore parents( mothers) do a lot during their time but there is that element of help from families, friends, neighbors etc that is not available in today's society.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 21px;">In the now society, nobody cares to even offer to help you with watching or playing with your kids so that you can have sometimes to yourself. Not because they do do wish to help, everyone is just busy either with their own kids or just with something else trying to make ends meet.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 21px;">And for some of us that have families willing to help, we may actually be living far from them.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 21px;">Its so tough on career moms and even stay home moms are not exempted as many people thinks, it actually feels like they do more sometimes than the ones that goes to an office to work. Only difference i believe is the office and home environment</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large; line-height: 21px;">So i just thought to myself today, there must be a way out to relieving the stress on women generally, what can we do for each other to help balance our lives so that we can better impact our kids in positive ways?...........to be countinued</span></blockquote>
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</span></span>Funmi Shoyomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06165145498356231110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655324917296768521.post-42023717418833463312016-04-26T13:11:00.003-07:002016-04-26T13:11:55.107-07:00Encouraging reading in kids<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I found it very interesting when parents or
adults says that children or even teens should be left alone to do what they
need to do at their own time. Yes, its very good to let them be independent and
take their time achieving milestones but its also a reality that no kid want to
do anything except to play. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Well, maybe
not everyone but I can speak for myself growing up, I love to play and it takes
the help and intervention of my mom who stood her ground at all times insisting
that I read before I realizes that I need to be more diligent about my studies
and it finally paid off. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">As a mother myself, i find it sometimes challenging and its like a tug of war sometimes getting my little ones to sit down and read or let me read to them. as much as am trying to help, i wouldn't mind learning myself and getting one or two tips on how to start having a better experience reading with my kids</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I will be
uploading books that will be of great help to you and your kids and also short
children stories from me and other writers. Its not too late for you or your young ones
to start reading, lets do it together. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The question i will like to ask is, </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">what do you do to help and encourage your young ones to read?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lets try and answer the question and use our answer as a medium to help and encourage others with little kids</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">see you soon</span></span>Funmi Shoyomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06165145498356231110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655324917296768521.post-35404336434394123322016-04-25T08:07:00.000-07:002016-04-25T08:07:42.778-07:00Parents: Here's how to stop the worst of social media 2<div class="zn-body__paragraph" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; font-family: CNN, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin: 0px 0px 15px;">
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So what is a parent to do besides screaming and longing for the days when "tag" was just a game on the playground?</div>
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There are actually some steps parents can take, the experts say, such as signing up for the social networks your teens are on and following them. Talking to your kids about social media is effective, too. If your teen gets off the phone and seems sad or upset, ask them about it. An encouraging finding from the CNN study showed that kids whose parents were more involved in their social media lives were less likely to remain upset about something that happened online.</div>
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"Kids who were experiencing some conflict on social media, be it with a friend or schoolmate, had very elevated levels of distress but that experience was mitigated if their parents were highly involved with monitoring their accounts," said <a href="http://sociology.ucdavis.edu/people/rwfaris" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006598; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Robert Faris,</a> a sociologist with the University of California, Davis and another child development expert who collaborated with CNN on the study. "So parent monitoring effectively erased the negative effects of online conflicts."</div>
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Parents would also be well served by spending some time on the same social networks their teens are using just to get a sense of how they work and what impact they might be having on their children, said Underwood. She can relate; after she received a grant to study Facebook and began to post more often, she realized how excited she was when people "liked" what she said.</div>
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"It is really reinforcing to a middle-aged mother, so think how it feels to a young person," she said. "So parents need to get on these platforms."</div>
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Teens have always been concerned about popularity, but it takes on a whole new dimension when they can measure their status in likes, shares and comments. Parents can help their kids keep it all in perspective, said Faris, who is an associate professor of sociology.</div>
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"Encourage them to try not to keep score," he said. "Don't sweat the small stuff. Don't worry if you're not tagged. Don't count likes. Don't exclude other people. There are a lot of things that could make social media a little healthier for kids."</div>
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And there's another thing parents can do -- encourage our teens to put their phones down from time to time and do something else, go shopping, head outside, have fun in other ways.</div>
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"Help them steer away from it because it's really hard for them to do it on their own," said Underwood.</div>
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Jay, a 13-year-old who participated in the study, said social media is addicting -- but her grades went up once she put her phone down more often: "A lot of kids are going to be like, 'She's talking gibberish. I can totally multitask,' and that's what I thought until I put my phone away and I'm the happiest person I could be right now."</div>
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<em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.0001px; margin: 0px;">What do you think is the best way for parents to monitor teens' social media use? Share your thoughts with <em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://twitter.com/kellywallacetv" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006598; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank"></a></em><a href="https://twitter.com/kellywallacetv" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006598; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Kelly Wallace on Twitter @kellywallacetv<em style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px;"></em></a> or </em><em style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.0001px; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cnnparents" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006598; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">CNN Parents on Facebook.</a></em></div>
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Funmi Shoyomihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06165145498356231110noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-655324917296768521.post-26401612431704912882016-04-23T10:30:00.004-07:002016-04-23T10:30:56.423-07:00Parents: Here's how to stop the worst of social media by kelly wallace<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #262626; font-family: CNN, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30.0001px;">As the mom of two girls, ages 7 and 9, there are countless reasons why I'm freaking out about the teen years. But topping that list, at the moment, is the thought of parenting in the social media age.</span><br />
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My kids won't be allowed to have smartphones until middle school at the earliest, but once the genie is out of the bottle, how will I possibly be able to keep tabs on everything they're doing on Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook and all the other yet-to-be created social networks?</div>
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Short answer: I won't. But the findings of a new "CNN Special Report: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2015/09/09/anderson-cooper-reporters-notebook-being-13-ac.cnn/video/playlists/atv-best-of-tv-original-series/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006598; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;">#Being 13: Inside the Secret World of Teens,</a>" shows why we parents should try to do a much better job of understanding what's happening online. ( The documentary, <a href="http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2015/09/10/cnns-anderson-cooper-360-breaks-news-about-teens-and-social-media-in-provocative-two-year-long-investigation/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006598; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;">#Being 13, airs at 9 p.m. ET Monday. </a>Watch to find out the results of the first large-scale study of its kind on teens and social media.)</div>
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"(Parents) just don't get the impact that social media has on, like, teen's lives," said 13-year-old Morgan, one of the 200 eighth-graders from eight different schools who agreed, along with their parents and schools, to allow CNN and two child development experts to monitor all their posts on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook over a six-month period.</div>
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Even for parents who try to control their children's social media use, the CNN study found a disconnect between what their parents think about their kids' posts and how their children are feeling. Sixty percent of parents underestimated how lonely, worried and depressed their kids were and 94% underestimated the amount of fighting that happens on social media.</div>
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<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/02/health/acronyms-teens-social-media-being13/index.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006598; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;">Related: The acronyms kids really use on social media</a></div>
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"Even the parents who would be the most vigilant about monitoring, I believe, most often, wouldn't know enough to know the small hurts that sort of pile up on kids over time," said <a href="http://bbs.utdallas.edu/people/detail.php5?i=591" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006598; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">Marion Underwood,</a> a child clinical psychologist with the University of Texas at Dallas and one of the two experts who collaborated with CNN on the study.</div>
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We parents often don't have a clue as to how subtle the aggression can be. I just learned that young people might post a group photo and intentionally not tag someone included in the picture, or, they might share a photo from a party or outing with the goal of hurting those who weren't invited.</div>
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"When we were young, I didn't know every party I wasn't invited to. I didn't see pictures every time friends, good friends, got together without me. Now they see all of it in real time," said Underwood, who is also dean of graduate studies at the University of Texas at Dallas and a professor in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences. "And I think that's very hard to take. And we maybe haven't prepared them as well ... to deal with it in the best way."</div>
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so what can parents do..........to be continued</div>
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