Fourth Up: Grief Moderator and Entrepreneur for Kids and Teens, Tracy Cullen

This week on Heroes At Home TV – http://www.heroesathomeradio.com – Traci interviews entrepreneur, Tracy Cullen. Tracy Cullen was inspired by her own family’s tragic loss to launch Albums of Love. Watch and listen as Tracy Cullen talks passionately about the importance of allowing kids to not only grieve the loss of a parent, but also how they can heal and move forward by seeing and creating a collage of memories of their parent.

As we (my hubby and I) jet off on a short vacation to take a few days of rest and “fun in the sun”… I wanted to direct your attention to an article I ran across that is pretty interesting. Check out:

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/parenting/surefire-ways-to-turn-off-your-teen-1954428

While, as I think back to my own tween and teens years, some of the questions and scenarios Dr. Michele Borba outlines do not ring a bell for me personally, the article is overall VERY informative and can truly help in bettering the communication in your household (or in the household of someone you may know). It is definitely worth a good read!

Enjoy and I will “chat” with you all next week!

Blessings!

Traci

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First and foremost Happy 2010 to you all! Wow … it is hard to believe that not only is this a brand new year, but a brand new decade has been ushered in. Most endured a rough 2009 full of trials and tribulations. It is now time to let go of the past in order to regroup, refocus, and reinvent ourselves!

In 2009, our focus was primarily on launching “Heroes At Home Radio”. We also launched this blog, started work on a brand new website (to be announced very soon), and did LOTS of research and study on issues related to not only to single parents but teens and pre-teens from single parent homes as well. And last, but definitely not least, in early 2009 I started work on my first book. Whew…what a busy year!

In 2010, the focus will slightly shift. While “Heroes At Home Radio” will continue to bring you great and informative guests around single parent issues and topics, the main focus will be on the mental and emotional health of pre-teens and teens. Products will be introduced to help in battling some of the alarming statistics recently released:

1)      Teen pregnancy is on the rise from 2006 by 3-5% (depending on the geographical area)

2)      Gang violence and adolescent deaths have increased steadily since 2007

3)      Anxiety and depression are plaguing youths today more than in previous decades

Stay tuned as we roll out new information that will, hopefully, continue to support and bless our single parents, but will also strengthen our youth as well. With the things going on in the world today, I am sure we ALL can agree that we have a lot of work to do to keep the next generation on the road to success! Let’s commit to working together to make sure that happens!