How Fathers Can Play an Active Role in their Teen Daughters Lives

Sugar and spice and all that’s nice. That’s what little girls are made of.

by Erica S. Gould

Father-daughter relationships are complicated. One minute she is your little girl in pigtails, following you everywhere. You’re the only man in her life. Then, she grows up. She spends more time with her friends, starts wearing makeup, and GASP–she goes on her first date. Suddenly you feel left behind and shut out. But wait–you don’t have to take a back seat to the teenage years in your daughter’s life. Instead of becoming a passive observer, try to play an active role. Studies have consistently shown that girls who have good relationships with their fathers have healthier relationships with men, have increased self esteem, and fewer overall mental and emotional health concerns.

Kids for the Cure 2012

Kids can support the cause – Plano Race for the Cure, Saturday June 9th


You don’t have to be a grown-up to help fight breast cancer!  Kids up to the age of 12 may register as Kids for the Cure participants. Registration is $18 for children up to twelve years old.  Participants ll get a specially designed Kids for the Cure Race T-shirt and Race bib, and will be able to enjoy the fun activities in the Kids for the Cure area, sponsored by Tom Thumb.  It includes a 50-yard dash, crafts and other entertainment.

Clowns take Reading Seriously!

  Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey presents Clowns take reading seriously at Dallas / Ft Worth Libraries   Want to learn what it takes to soar on the flying…

Let your Kid Runaway to Circus Camp for a Week

Discover the thrill of becoming a circus star!

 

Lone Star Circus School summer camp is a day-camp experience designed to introduce children at any level of physical development and skill to the excitement of circus arts including aerial silks, aerial ring, trapeze, juggling, contortion, rolla bolla, trampoline, clowning and balancing. We inspire campers to discover their unique sense of creative expression by providing opportunities to reach new potentials and expand skills.

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Kid Friendly Recipe: Jello Sailboat Treat

Blue Jello + Mandarin Orange =

Fun Sailboat Treat

 

Here is a quick, easy and cute treat for a special snack day at school or a nautical theme birthday party. My daughter was studying ocean and water this week. I made blue jello in a cup for the ocean water and topped it off with a mandarin orange sailboat.

Reading with Ringling Bros.

Library Reading Program Allows Kids to DREAM BIG and Earn Circus Tickets!

Kids, are you interested in reading some cool library books?  Are you interested in earning a circus ticket at the same time?  Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey and area libraries will be hosting some serious fun with Reading with Ringling Bros! beginning in June.  All branches of the Dallas Public Library System will be participating, along with many of the outlying suburban cities.