Buried

It’s Veteran’s Day: If I Have To Tell You One More Time…

November 11, 2011 by Amy Jussel 8 Comments

Nov. 11, 2011 As schools let out for the Friday Veteran’s Day holiday, I double-dog dare you to ask each child why they get the day off and submit the answers here for a positive parenting prize... ...The helpful new book by Amy McCready, “If I Have to Tell You One More Time…” Founder of Positive Parenting Solutions, author McCready is partnering with Blue Star Families, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Product Placement, Shaping Youth Tagged With: #milfam, 11-11-11, Amy McCready, anti-war, armed forces day, battlefields, Blue Star Families, branding veterans day, Buried, Call of Duty, cause marketing, combat, conscience, deployment, duty honor, Five Point Snacks, flags of our fathers, gears of war, Glory, hawks and doves, healing, heroes, homecoming, honoring fallen, honoring troops, If I have to tell you one more time, Kids, kids grief, kids stress, line of duty, living peacefully, materialism, memorial day, mental health, military, military families, My Vetwork, nagging, National Holidays, operation gratitude, patriot, pay it forward parenting, peace, pester power, platoon, Playing War, Positive Parenting Solutions, PTSD, reach and teach, reverence, ROTC, salute, Saving Private Ryan, Sears Heroes at Home, servicemen, servicewomen, sesame workshop TLC, soldier care packages, soldiers, stress, Students, support veterans, teach your children well, USO, veterans, Veterans charities, Veterans Day, Veterans Day 2011, virtual healing, war, wounded, Wounded Warrior Project

Memorial Day Salute: Reverence, Reflection, Resources

May 28, 2010 by Amy Jussel 9 Comments

May 27, 2024 I can't believe it's been over a decade and now more than ever, this post still holds up. Thinking about my dad today and wondering what he'd think seeing how divisive our nation has become with the January 6th insurrection and the degradation of democracy amidst the tawdry 'reality tv' tripe of Trumpian tactics. It makes me shudder to think how far we've … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity Tagged With: anti-war, armed forces day, battlefields, Buried, combat, conscience, Daniel Inouye, democracy, deployment, flags of our fathers, Freedom, gears of war, Glory, hawks and doves, healing, heroes, History channel, homecoming, honoring fallen, honoring troops, Kids, line of duty, living peacefully, M*A*S*H*, memorial day, Memorial Day 2010, Memorial Day 2024, mental health, military, My Vetwork, MyVetwork, Narada Michael Walden, National Holidays, operation gratitude, patriot, peace, platoon, Playing War, PTSD, reach and teach, reverence, ROTC, salute, Saving Private Ryan, servicemen, servicewomen, sesame workshop TLC, soldier care packages, soldiers, stress, Students, support veterans, teach your children well, USO, veterans, Veterans Day, virtual healing, war, wounded