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Listen LIVE to Mike Domitrz

Tuesday, June 22nd, Mike Domitrz will be the featured guest on Parenting Unplugged Radio at http://parentingunpluggedradio.com/ at 1pm (Central Time Zone or 11am West Coast Time Zone). You can listen live from the website. Mike will share strategies for talking to your tweens and teens about dating, intimacy, and decision-making. Join this insightful, revealing, and powerful 30 minutes of MUST HEAR content!

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Share YOUR “favorite teacher” story

How many “story” or “chain emails” do you receive each day? You know the email filled with great life lessons. Have you received so many over the years that you’ve stopped reading them? Is your day too busy to read “those” emails anymore?

If your day is “too busy,” maybe you need to take a moment to read those emails. Find a smile or a moment of reflection at LEAST once a day. Below is a classic email shared around the internet.

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Stop blaming girls and their clothes!

In a recent article about a school in England, females are not being allowed to wear skirts as a “safety” precaution. However, Year 11 females ARE ALLOWED to wear skirts. The reasoning by the school is that skirts put the girls in more danger. If so, then why do the Year 11 females get to wear skirts? The school is willing to put the older students in danger on purpose (according to their logic, skirts create danger)?

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Are you a Matador or do you like the costume?

“Remember that there are many people who think they want to be matadors, only to find themselves in the ring with two thousand pounds of bull bearing down on them, and then discover that what they really wanted was to wear tight pants and hear the crowd roar.” ~Terry Pierce

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Parents Just Don’t Understand (especially parents of teens going to parties)

Remember the old Will Smith song, “Parents Just Don’t Understand”? Well I fell into that category last night (along with another Mom of a high school teenager hosting a party). One of my sons was going to a party at a house where we did not know the family. As we advice in our programs, we called ahead to talk with at least one of the parents – to find out their rules and policies for hosting a party. Do they allow alcohol and what are their expectations for the students?

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Students in Mosinee in Trouble over Sexual Assault Awareness

High school students in Mosinee, WI took action to speak out about sexual assault with a T-shirt concept often used on college campuses around the country. You can see a picture of one of the shirts speaking out against sexual assault in the full article here.

Here is a quote from the Acting Associate Principal at Mosinee High School in Wisconsin (as quoted in the Wausau Daily Herald):

“I’m all for educating students on this topic, but I think it should be done during the month of awareness using pamphlets and fliers from an established organization. That would add some substance to the cause,” Kaczor said.

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Follow vs Lead: FOLLOW in this case

While all of us as parents have talked to our children about being a “Leader,” what about being a follower? Often being a follower can be MUCH MORE productive and create amazing results.

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Progressive Insurance PULLS AD with sexual reference!

Recently, Progressive Insurance launched a new national TV commercial where their main character, Flo, refers to riding the Pink Pony. Upon our contacting them to inform them of this pornographic sexual reference, they responded quickly and in a very positive action. We give them KUDOs for taking decisive, positive steps to correct the situation. Here is their response:

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