The Care and Feeding of Teenagers

Read along for some praise, advice, commiseration, and recipes for feeding both the stomachs and the minds of those not-quite-fully-developed young adults we call teens.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Fries with That??

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We have been talking about motivating our teens. Encouraging our teens. Expectations for our teens. At some point teens must also make th...

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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Why Did You Do That?

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Have you ever wished you could motivate your teen by offering him a sucker? What about gold stars on a chart? This may have worked whe...

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

I'm Listening

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Everyone knows those intuitive people who seem to know how we are feeling. They say the right things. They make us feel better by how th...

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Saturday, January 8, 2011

The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains

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http://sic.conversationsnetwork.org/series/education.html The Standford University Center for Social Innovation offers free podcasts in a va...

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Are You Glowing?

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I was walking down the aisle of a local grocery store this week and had to stop dead in my tracks. I hated to stare. I tried to l...

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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Loving our Teen

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As children ente r t he traumatic teen years, much is written about a positive self image. This is an extremely difficult and precarious...

Monday, December 27, 2010

Maintaining the Status Quo

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Did anyone read the syndicated editorial by Mona Charen in today's Muskogee Phoenix concerning Michelle Obama's plan to downsize sc...

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Melony Carey and Chrissie Wagner: Melony Carey has bachelors and masters degrees in Latin and Classics from the University of Oklahoma; she's been married for thirty-two years to Kevin and they have two college-aged children, Madison and John; she teaches at Muskogee High School, where over 6,000 exceptional people have passed through her classroom doors during the last 35 years. Chrissie has been married to her transplanted Texan, Warren for 34 years and they have 4 children, 1 son-in law,1 daughter in law and two grandchildren. Chrissie graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in English and a minor in Theater. She worked part-time as a caterer and event coordinator while her children were small and taught at Muskogee High School for ten years. Past member: Oklahoma Arts Institute, Oklahoma Community Theatre Association and Muskogee Area Arts Council. Board member- Education Foundation of Muskogee, Muskogee Area Arts Council. Activities-Handbells at St Paul UMC, Muskogee Garden Study Club, and New Century Book Club.

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