Category: Awesome Moms

My Lucky Day

Post author By Deborah Davis
Post date 2016-08-13
Categories In Awesome Moms, Deborah Ann Davis, Life Is Funny, Living Better
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Officer Mandel wasn’t terribly excited about my plan to go sit under the biggest tree this side of the Mississippi (some silliness about trying to run in flip-flops across three lanes in the middle of rush hour traffic, and leaving behind my AC). The officer sat behind me, flashing lights providing a buffer against the traffic that had been previously zooming around the curve.

Final Exams Prep

Post author By Deborah Davis
Post date 2016-06-01
Categories In Awesome Moms, Deborah Ann Davis, School Stuff Tips and Recommendations, Tell Your Teens + Tweens
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If you are a teenager, your thoughts need to turn towards Final Exams Prep Again. You know that yucky feeling you get in the pit of your stomach at the mere mention of exams? I have a way to minimize it.

10 Prom Prep Tips for Parents

Post author By Deborah Davis
Post date 2016-05-10
Categories In Awesome Moms, Deborah Ann Davis, School Stuff Tips and Recommendations, Tell Your Teens + Tweens

Have a Prom Plan. Lay down the rules, and define the consequences if they are not followed. This allows kids to play the parent card. (“My parents will take away the car until I graduate if I do that.

Sex Myths Believed By Inexperienced Teens

Post author By Deborah Davis
Post date 2016-04-26
Categories In Awesome Moms, Deborah Ann Davis, School Stuff Tips and Recommendations, Tell Your Teens + Tweens
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Warning- This post does not handle this conversation delicately. It is frank and to the point. As a teacher, I’ve heard it all (okay, maybe not all, but I’ve heard […]

Inner Tigress by Priscilla Wainwright

Post author By Deborah Davis
Post date 2016-04-14
Categories In Awesome Moms, Deborah Ann Davis, Living Better, Tell Your Teens + Tweens
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I met a remarkable woman last month. Priscilla Wainwright was smart and sassy…and fighting an illness. She was on a mission to help women reclaim the inner feminine strength with […]

5 Ways to Build Good Homework Habits

Post author By Deborah Davis
Post date 2015-09-27
Categories In Awesome Moms, Deborah Ann Davis, School Stuff Tips and Recommendations, Tell Your Teens + Tweens
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2. Work in a public area of the house. Avoid disappearing into a back bedroom somewhere. A measly two hours of homework can easily morph into a labor that extends into the wee hours of the morning, concluding when you fall asleep over the computer without completing your assignments.
Why? Because there are too many distractions.
External Distractions: Instagram. Tumblr. Twitter. Facebook. Pintrest. Email. Chats. MySpace. Music. TV. Gaming. World-building… Internal distractions: Daydreaming. Musing about a crush. Plotting against a foe. Worrying about finishing…
And what about the distraction of legitimate research? Once you delve into the unknown, countless worlds open up to you just waiting to be explored. It’s very hard to stay on course.

Happy New Year! Setting Goals for School

Post author By Deborah Davis
Post date 2015-08-28
Categories In Awesome Moms, Deborah Ann Davis, School Stuff Tips and Recommendations, Tell Your Teens + Tweens
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FYI, it takes about a month to create a new habit. If you pursue The Plan with determination, at the end of the month it will become an automatic, comfortable part of your day.

Final Exams Study Schedule

Post author By Deborah Davis
Post date 2015-06-05
Categories In Awesome Moms, Deborah Ann Davis, School Stuff Tips and Recommendations, Tell Your Teens + Tweens
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You know that yucky feeling you get in the pit of your stomach at the mere mention of final exams? I have a way to minimize it.

10 Reasons To Shovel In The Middle Of A Nor’easter

Post author By Deborah Davis
Post date 2015-02-15
Categories In Awesome Moms, Deborah Ann Davis, Living Better

10 Reasons To Shovel In The Middle Of A Nor’easter. Wiggle Writer says, “This is how you turn shoveling from an overuse injury into a full body workout.”