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New parenting guide – Do I Look Like an ATM? – challenges African
American parents to raise fiscally savvy and responsible children
CHICAGO: Talking to America’s youth about being financially responsible has quickly become a hot topic in today’s economy. In order to do so, author Sabrina Lamb believes that African American parents must first reflect on their emotional attitudes and reeducate themselves about finances to make sure their children do not fall into the same spending trap that may become a family legacy.
Do I Look Like an ATM? A Parents Guide To Raising Financially Responsible African American Children (Lawrence Hill Books, March 2013) helps establish new financial behaviors for both African American parents and their children that will benefit them financially in the long-run. With step-by-step advice and exercises, Lamb’s guide to fiscal responsibility leads parents through self-examination of their own parent money styles while offering candid exercises that they can do with their children, revolving around how they can collectively become engaged citizens in the world of money. Using the knowledge gained from Do I Look Like an ATM?, the next generation will understand the true value of money and begin to use it wisely.
About the Author:
Sabrina Lamb is the founding and chief executive officer of the WorldofMoney.org, a leading provider of financial education for underserved youth in the New York City tri-state area. She has written for Ebony, Essence, Heart and Soul, and Black Elegance. She lives in New York City.
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Bullying and Girls: A Time for Discussion
The issues of bullying, harassment, teasing and intimidation were discussed, role played, and even acted out through artwork and acting. Twenty young ladies from elementary thru high school participated in the presentation: “I Will Survive Bullying”
Arranged by Journey Into Womanhood held at Community Connections in Jacksonville, Florida. A program designed by Mrs. Coleman-Moss (Empowerment Resources), the mission is
to “empower youth and their families, but to establish community partnerships and expose families to other community resources.”
Empowerment Resource's Journey Into Womanhood™ (JIW)
provided an interactive presentation by William Jackson (My Quest To Teach) to discuss bullying and cyberbullying, harassment, teasing and intimidation. Mr. Jackson a teacher,
presenter on Social Media, Internet Safety, Youth and Technology, and Guest Host on BlogTalkRadio “Courageous Conversations Ask A Teacher,” designed an interactive presentation called, “I Will Survive Bullying” focusing on self esteem, bullying prevention, nonviolent strategies, empathy, local laws and self confidence when dealing with bullying and other forms of harassment.
This presentation was attended by 20 young ladies from elementary to high school. The young ladies all had experiences with teasing and bullying, but at various degrees. Some were bullied because of their clothes, some their hair, some even because of the color of their skins (Colorism). Colorism is not a new form of bullying, but a dangerous form of inter-cultural racism.
This workshop provided an opportunity for the young ladies to talk about the seriousness of events happening at schools locally and nationally. The information shared was guided by a discussion from current school topics and questions that youth have about why they maybe picked out and bullied, the appropriate nonviolent responses to bullying, involvement of teachers and administrators and communicating with parents.
The use of Social Media was integrated into the discussion because of the increase of CyberStalking and CyberBullying through computers, Smartphones, and other devices that have access to online content. Teens major mode of communication is with electronic devices and
CyberStalking and CyberBullying along with Sexting are growing.
Educators and administrators are the first lines of deterrence for bullying in classrooms and schools, the young ladies shared their lack of trust for many teachers and administrators because as students they feel they are not taken seriously about this issue that is creating an atmosphere of fear, mental and emotional trauma and missing of school.
Studies of bullying by various organizations found that students threaten repeatedly suffer from various forms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) that is commonly associated with combat veterans. Several students in high school openly stated that teachers have disregarded
their reporting of bullying that students receive in schools and are fearful of violence because “no one takes it serious at my school” says one high school young lady. They do not want to be labeled as “snitches.”
Statistics show that students are stressed, Bullyingstatistics.org,
“77% of students experience bullying in some form: mental,
verbal, or physical.” The incidents that can be measured are determined by the regularity
of the events. If bullying is consistent and continuous there is cause for alarm and intervention at schools. Students may feel imprisoned if subjected to regular, consistent and continuous bullying.
They may feel no way out of what they perceive as a trapped situation creating stress that builds and may cause mental and physical challenges.
Through the efforts of organizations like Empowerment Resource's Journey Into Womanhood, young ladies can talk about incidents of bullying and build strategies to deal with and prevent potential incidents. A very important element is that students have a parent or guardian to talk to, to have a mature adult that values what the student feels and acts upon their stresses by inquiry and finding solutions. Stated by several young ladies the support from parents is very important. Knowing there is someone they can go to and share how they feel and values their feeling empowers them to be strong and confident.
Schools need to provide support in more ways because traditional strategies are not working.
Students are leaving public school to be home schooled or attending Charter Schools because of
bullying. One young lady, not to be identified said her teacher bullied her so bad she wanted to
stop school completely, but now is taking virtual classes working on graduating high school.
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With recent news around additions to her family, Jennifer Hudson knows exactly what she wants to add to her brood – a baby girl.
- Natural Gender Selection Specialist Michal Naim has reached out to Jennifer Hudson to offer her services and make this dream of conceiving a baby girl a reality for the songstress. -
Michal Naim, a leading expert in the Egg Cycle Method (ECM), launched her international consulting business in 2009 to help women naturally pre-determine the gender of their newborns. The Egg Cycle Method (ECM) is a natural method that does not rely on diet or positions during intercourse – just the woman’s body cycle and the timing the cycle so that the egg receives and fertilizes an X or Y sperm.
Michal currently consults thousands of women around the globe using the ECM Method, and for qualifying candidates; she has a 90% success rate in accurately consulting women of all ages and backgrounds.
“Ms. Hudson’s passion for starting a family and desire to have baby girl is exemplary of the many women I advise every day,” says Michal Naim. “These women come to me looking for a natural and uncomplicated way to start a family. My grandmother practiced the Egg Cycle Method, alternating genders with each of her eight children and I, myself, successfully implemented ECM in my desire to have two boys and two girls. I am happy to help women around the globe, like Jennifer Hudson, to conceive the baby they are so excited to welcome into the world.”
For additional information on Natural Gender Selection, please visit Michal’s website Girl OR Boy 4 U – http://www.girlorboy4u.com
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