How do you see yourself? Glee! What’s it like to be a geek, nerd, well, any walk of life in High School? Nay, what’s it like to be different? What is it like to walk in someone else’s shoes? Glee, a fictional TV show (just wanted to put that out there first), is a show that explores many different things that teens go...

Hippo Inclusion In The Classroom Walking into the room, fifty eyes were staring at me. The teacher told me to take a seat as she resumed taking roll call. All summer I had waited for this day, but when it finally arrived, I was scared to death. After my first four years of schooling in a special school, I was being mainstreamed into a...

Job Security In Growing Industries Better start putting more handicap parking spaces, more spots in movie theatres for people with disabilities, more ramps instead of stairs, and well, just more. The disability population is growing. Not only from more accidents due to inattentive driving (texting or talking on a cell phone), but from lack...

Parents How To Book? Just the other day I was looking through the library for a book. I looked under self-help, inspirational even humor. No matter where I searched, I couldn’t find The Book on raising children. There are books on almost every other subject, but when it comes to a how-to book on raising children, it...

Self-Esteem Top 5 We’ve talked about a glass of water, appearance, and emotions. Here is my top five list of ways to keep yourself and others on a positive high of self-esteem, while keeping it realistic. Remember, anything you do, including those you do for others, has an impact on your self-esteem. You choose the...

Cherishing Teens Raises Self-Esteem Something we each cherish is to feel loved, valued, and a sense of worth. Most of us grow up being told treat other like you want to be treated. I agree with this, almost. If someone has a low self-esteem and has had this for a very long time, they will use this saying to keep treating others around them the...

Super Bowl Of Self-Esteem For Teens So we have the spotlight on the big dance in Florida, the Super Bowl. People all around the world are watching. If you were on the field, could you imagine all eyes on you? That is what a lot of teens feel when they walk through the doors of their school. Guess what? When you feel good about yourself,...

Self Esteem Major Cause Of Teen Suicide The heading actually says a lot. Growing up with a disability and being mainstreamed in 4th grade I found out first hand what happens when you mix a lot of different people in a building and forget to tell them about the many differences people have. Unfortunately, there is a big trend of not explaining...

Taking Yourself For Granted Part of our self-esteem has to be remembering what we do well. It is very easy to take them for granted because we do them all the time. Cherishing what we do well and keeping that in mind will keep positive thoughts going. For example, I take for granted my writing and speaking abilities, yet am told by...

Spilt Water Lowers Self-Esteem OK, here’s the thing. You think your self-esteem is good and you’re cruisin’ through your day. You’re concentrating only on you. Oh, no, that’s your exit and you’re two lanes over. No problem, you’ll just cut over and take your exit. You’re OK now. If you were...