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“Tuesday Tucks Me In” Awarded Best Amazon KidLit 2014

November 10, 2014 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

Nov. 11, 2015 Update: This Veteran's Day I'll be with my own dad, USN Ret. Capt. A.R. Jussel sharing time and tranquility in an eldercare community in the Sierra Foothills saluting several who have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Positive Picks, Pro-Social & Positive Picks Tagged With: ACEs study, Adverse Childhood Experiences, Best Childrens Books 2014, Bret Witter, can video games help PTSD, children PTSD, Connect, Dogs of War, empathy, first person narrative, flipping the brain script, Golden retriever, hero dogs, kidlit PTSD, Listen, Luis Carlos Montalván, mental health PTSD, military families, Playing War, PTSD, sesame street workshop, soldiers and dogs, soldiers PTSD, Start Empathy, storytelling, Talk, Tuesday Tucks Me In, Until Tuesday, Veterans Day, video games PTSD, virtual healing, VR exposure therapy, war after the war, War Games, war play dilemma, Wounded Warrior

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 … [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: Teach Your Children Well

May 28, 2007 by Amy Jussel 15 Comments

May 26, 2014 Memorial Day Since people have continued to confuse Memorial Day and Veteran's Day I wanted to add one more simple comparison/contrast to help sort it out. Also, on Twitter, there will be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Consumerism, Media Literacy, Pro-Social & Positive Picks, Shaping Youth Tagged With: #milfam, Academy of Country Music Awards, anti-war films, Call of Duty, Carrie Underwood Keep Us Safe, flags of our fathers, Joystick soliders, media literacy Memorial Day, memorial day, Memorial Day 2014, Memorial Day resources, Militainment, military brats, military families, military service, Playing War, Salute our troops, Salute to the Troops, teach your children well, war and peace, Wounded Warrior Project

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