BEAUTY WITHIN ~ TEEN ESTEEM ™

Make sure all the Trick Or Treaters and their escorts have flashlights. Flashlights will help you see better and to be more visible to cars and others. Make sure you have fresh batteries. Flashlights will help you see items in your path when walking on the sidewalk. Flashlights will help in locating items if you drop them. Other great alternatives to flashlights are glow-sticks and reflective tape on costumes and trick or treat bags. Carry cell phones so you can call home if needed. Teach children their home phone number and how to call 9-1-1 if they have an emergency or become lost. Remind them that 9-1-1 can be dialed free from any phone. Safety is a shared responsibility, not only for the kids to make sure they don’t run out onto the roadway but also for adults and drivers.  Tonight we have to be more vigilant because a lot more pedestrians will be out and about, especially young kids. Parents need to make sure their kids costume fits well so they don’t t...

  Why are friendships so important to us kids?  1. Interview your parents, family members, or neighbors about a time when they felt left out of a group. Ask how they felt about it and how they handled the situation. Did they have someone they could talk to about it? 2. Ask family members to tell you about a time when a friendship of theirs changed or ended because their friend moved, became part of a different group, went to a new school, or some other reason. How did they feel? 3. Ask your family members to describe a time when someone they met surprised them by being different than they expected. To The Parents: Your child is involved in learning-activities designed to develop good character and empower young people to make good choices for themselves. He or she may be asked to complete several tasks at home. Your cooperation with these activities will support our overall analysis. The current lesson is about friendship.  Above we talked ab...

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