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 "With Heart, Humor & Optimism, All Things Are Possible" (Margo Judge)
 

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Getting to the Heart of the Matter should be Our Goal...
 
 
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2013-The Year of Exploration!
One of the most amazing developmental gifts we can give our children is travel.
Travel opens the mind to curiosity and questioning.   It heightens awareness and awakens the senses. 
It takes us outside our comfort zone, and offers an opportunity to observe with fresh eyes,. 
It teaches and/or adds to our greater knowledge and insights.

Travel does not have to be far--it just has to be different.
Travel does not have to be expensive-just rich in sights and sounds.
Travel does not have to take a lot of time--just enough to make it a memorable experience.

By exhibit, or book, by road trip or train ride--by flight to visit relatives, or to a foreign land,
travel will grow curious, insightful, resilient and knowledgeable beings!
Happy Explorations and safe and wondrous Travels!
Margo Judge, CPC
Life & Family Coach
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Two Books of Note for the New Year,
For All who Dream and Seek New Adventures:
 
NOT A BOX, by Antoinette Portis- (Theordre Suess Geisel Honor )
 
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce
(The Story that inspired the Academy Award winning short-go to MorrisLessmore.Com )
 

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 “If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together... there is something you must always remember.
You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
But the most important thing is, even if we're apart... I'll always be with you.”
― A.A. Milne, Winnie the P                             

 

Let's honor our mistakes by allowing them to teach us.

Let's consider our failings to be gifts, and share them humbly with others.

Let the cracks in our perfect facades let in light and air so that new life can grow through them.
-Molly Gordon

 
 
A lot of growing up takes place between "It fell" and "I dropped it." - Unknown                                   

 

 

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First things first-Look up--not at the ground. You know what shoes you put on, but what is the sky wearing?

(margo@MomOpinionMatters.Com)

 

 

This is the future of Education!  Great Concept!  
Watch this TED Talk-
TED Talk- Khan Academy--Future of Education

 

*Book-On-Line      

H20 to Go!
Growing Emotional Resilience & Navigating Through Childhood
With Heart, Humor & Optimism
by
Margo Judge
Copyright 2004,2009
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STOMP Out Bullying™ announces the launch of its Help Chat Line for youths 13-24 ONLY who are victims of bullying and who are at-risk for suicide.
The Chat is manned by trained volunteers. The Help Cat Line is NOT available to adults. To Chat with a trained counselor visit www.stompoutbullying.org
and click on NEED HELP?
(The best Child Abuse & Safety Website!)
(Absolutely a must for all teenage girls and mothers!)
(Terrific for all sorts of specific issues.  Very Informative)
MomOpinion Radio Podcast:(August 3, 2009) H20 to Go! How To Raise An Emotionally Healthy Child on Heart, Humor & Optimism
(An Overview of the H20 Philosophy) 
Love Our Children USA (follow updates on Twitter)     
Mom Logic.Com
Children and Homeopathy  (Autism)
Parent Dish
Great website addressing serious mental health issues on college campuses
Stomp Out Bullying
Every Teenage Girl Should see this: Click EVOLUTION
www.studiokothari.com   Alka Kothari-A Piano Teacher in DC with Heart!
'It's a pity how many people tell me that they didn't enjoy lessons as a child, and found their teacher too strict or unapproachable.  
I've never understood why power over someone is more appealing to people than the power to excite them over something.'
Alka Kothari

 
 
 

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