What Month Is It??
June? It's June, right? Geeez .... could've fooled me! When it gets to be 100 degrees outside it feels more like July! 
How come we never have Spring anymore?? Well I guess we do - for about 3 weeks! 
I've been thinking about something that's actually pretty serious. Is it a combination of things that makes teenage girls so miserable??? Is it TV? Movies? Magazines? Music? Peers? What the hell is it that makes them think they have to fit this tiny little mold, and if they don't then they want to kill themselves! Seriously! Not naming any names here, but my daughter has friends right here in our little town who are cutters. Now, at first glance, these girls seemingly have everything going for them. They have good friends, they get good grades, they have a good family life, etc. So what is it?? And WHY do so many of our teenagers today have to take antidepressants?? What the hell is going on?? My daughter doesn't know. I don't know. What is this pressure they feel? Is it self-inflicted? Or does the world hammer it on? Or both? I don't know. *sigh* I do know that my daughter is always talking about how she's not this or not that. I tell her to focus on what she IS!! Damn ... if we were all supposed to be the same, God would've done it for us!! I'm just sick to death of all those TV shows and movies with their skinny, flat-stomached, big-boobed teenage girls in them, making our girls think that's what they're supposed to look like or they're losers! It's an epidemic, people. So what are we going to do to make our young people - especially our teenage girls - feel comfortable in their own skin?? And what are we going to do to make them happy and not want to mutilate the body they were born in? It's up to us, the adults ... the PARENTS .... the GRANDPARENTS. If you have a teenage girl in your family ... or in your neighborhood ... or in your Church ... talk to her. Tell her she's beautiful. Tell her she's smart. Tell her you're PROUD of her. And when she asks why, tell her for the most important of reasons - because of WHO SHE IS!
Thoughts from others
Posted by: Roxanne
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June 5, 2006 7:17 PM
I guess it all begins at home. I believe love, contentment & understanding creates happy, healthy, well-adjusted teenagers and adults.
Being a role model parent really does make all the difference. ;) :)
It's sad when kids are subject to abuse. That's what's really destroying our teenagers. :(
Geez, I wish all kids of today had a happy, carefree childhood just like mine.
You're a GREAT mother, Leigh. Me too. ;) LOL
Posted by: Debbie | June 6, 2006 10:55 PM
The ocean is full of Jacks and Jills,
With the little tail a-swishing
Every lady fish is wishing
That a male would come
And grab her by the gills!"
Or something like that... we had to learn that darn thing in glee club (high school)
Anyway, here it is the 8th day of June and before you know it it will be the 4th of July. Where exactly does the time go?
Enjoyed the pictures of your kiddo and such, always have such a good time visiting your blog, (even if it's been a while), because I know you have something posted that will have me wishin' I was sittin' right there beside you chattin' up a storm.
Have a great Thursday Leigh! xoxoxo
Posted by: CJ
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June 8, 2006 6:44 AM
as the step-father of one who has battled with an eating disorder in order to be 'pretty,' i second your intent.
Posted by: Theo
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June 8, 2006 1:01 PM
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