I'm coming back!!!!

Greetings All, Please for give me for being gone for so long, but I'm here to tell you.... I'm BACK!!!! I'm working on improving my blog, and coming up with tons of idea's and information for this blog, so please look out for that. I really want to encourage all african american children & teens to please, get your education, read every single day, nothings is more important then reading and learning. I will stress this alot on this blog, you may get very upset, but I don't care.. Cut of your TV, step away from the video games, hang out with your friends later. Whatever it is, that's distracting you from reading, get rid of it!!!! Until next time, Live, Laugh, and Love!

I'm sorry!

I have been so bad with my blog here, I really do apologize, please forgive me, but please look for something later on this week....


Let me leave you with something about Positive Thinkers....

Positive Thinkers have less stress.
Positive Thinkers are lovable people.
Positive Thinkers master their emotions.
Positive Thinkers tend to heal faster.
Positive Thinkers have good self-esteem.
Positive Thinkers usually do better with tests.
Positive Thinkers feel worthy of asking for what they want.
Positive Thinkers attract positive and supportive friends.
Positive Thinkers have "staying and praying" power.


So, please always think positive!

God Loves You and So Do I!

Delonda Burns

It's My Birthday!

Happy Birthday To Me!

Children Book Store

So, I'm thinking about opening up a Children Book store in Chicago, on the Westside of course, I love reading and I want all children to love to read, especially mines since they are my children.
Besides that, we don't have any book stores or children book store in Chicago, that I'm aware of.

I would like to bring something positive into my neighborhood, something for children to learn and educate themselves with. My bookstore will have other things going on besides books, I'm still working on that part, but I do know that I want a bookstore.

What I need to do now is plan for it, see where I can get the money to fund it and all that good stuff:-) I'm thinking very hard about this and I'm very serious about this business, watch yall will see how serious I am.

Anyway, I'm get back to yall about this later, I just wanted to share my thoughts:-)

Talk 2 ya later!

Peace!

MIA

Please forgive me for not posting in awhile, please look for something real soon, like tomorrow:-)





Peace and Blessings!
Brown Sistah

"I Have a Dream" & "Yes We Can"

Peace & Love,
Brown Sistah

How TV Affects Your Child

Most kids plug into the world of television long before they enter school. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF):

• two-thirds of infants and toddlers watch a screen an average of 2 hours a day
• kids under age 6 watch an average of about 2 hours of screen media a day, primarily TV and videos or DVDs
• kids and teens 8 to 18 years spend nearly 4 hours a day in front of a TV screen and almost 2 additional hours on the computer (outside of schoolwork) and playing video games

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that kids under 2 years old not watch any TV and that those older than 2 watch no more than 1 to 2 hours a day of quality programming.

The first 2 years of life are considered a critical time for brain development. TV and other electronic media can get in the way of exploring, playing, and interacting with parents and others, which encourages learning and healthy physical and social development.

As kids get older, too much screen time can interfere with activities such as being physically active, reading, doing homework, playing with friends, and spending time with family.

Of course, television, in moderation, can be a good thing: Preschoolers can get help learning the alphabet on public television, grade schoolers can learn about wildlife on nature shows, and parents can keep up with current events on the evening news. No doubt about it — TV can be an excellent educator and entertainer.

But despite its advantages, too much television can be detrimental:

• Children who consistently spend more than 4 hours per day watching TV are more likely to be overweight.
• Kids who view violent acts are more likely to show aggressive behavior but also fear that the world is scary and that something bad will happen to them.
• TV characters often depict risky behaviors, such as smoking and drinking, and also reinforce gender-role and racial stereotypes.

Children's advocates are divided when it comes to solutions. Although many urge for more hours per week of educational programming, others assert that no TV is the best solution. And some say it's better for parents to control the use of TV and to teach kids that it's for occasional entertainment, not for constant escapism.

That's why it's so important for you to monitor the content of TV programming and set viewing limits to ensure that your kids don't spend too much time watching TV.

My 7yr old love watching TV, especially horror movies, he had a bad dream the other night and it scared the mess out of him and so I believe that he will not have a liking for horror movies to much any more:-)

I believe education is very important, especially for me and I want my children to know that also, I want them to live education, breath it, eat it, do whatever, but know that it's very, very important to get a education.

So, therefore I will be eliminating TV time for my children, because my 7yr old wants to watch TV before doing his home-work and that's not happening in my house. He really need improvement in his math so I would have to remove him from the TV and I believe I would see some improvement with his school work:-) Week-ends I will give him the opportunity to watch, but doing school days I will get rid of it. I also print out educational sheets for him to do at home, to keep him busy with learning. He gets upset sometimes but, he'll thank me later:-)

I want smart educated children, that's really important to me and I'm have it my way.

Parents let's eliminate a little TV from our children and replace it with books, I'm not saying totally remove TV watching, but slow it down some.

Let's make the world a better place and educate our children, it's not all up to the teachers, it's up to the Parents as well...Let's do it!

Can we do that?

Yes we Can!

Peace & Blessings,

Brown Sistah