Excerpt From the Revised & Updated Edition of My Feet Aren’t Ugly “When I was bullied I felt like an outcast, someone who no one would ever care about or didn’t even know existed. I feel very badly for kids who get bullied and I actually feel badly for the bully because obviously they have [...]
Read More bullying, communicate, confidence, connecting, Debra Beck, empowered teens and parents, family, friends, judgments, love yourself, My feet aren't ugly, parenting, parenting teen girls, parents teens, Self Esteem, teen girl self esteem, teen self esteem, teenage self-esteem, unconditional loveI talk a lot about teaching our teens to learn how to make good decisions for themselves. This basically starts with parents not making all decisions for their kids. Bring them into the decision making process. Teens that know how to make good decisions and consistently make good decisions have better self esteem. When teenagers [...]
Read More alcohol, communicate, confidence, Debra Beck, decsions, drugs, empowered teens and parents, friends, love yourself, My feet aren't ugly, parenting, self esteem activities, self esteem for teenage girls, teenage self-esteem, trustBullying is such a difficult situation for all kids involved, even the bully. This is a great video I want to share. Show it to your teen, if you are a parent. If you’re a teen show it to your friends. Lets work together to stop and prevent bullying. The feelings kids have from being [...]
Read More bullying, confidence, Debra Beck, disrespectful teens, empowered teens and parents, judgments, love yourself, My feet aren't ugly, parenting, Relationships, Self Esteem, Teen issues, worthlessnessIt’s getting close to Christmas and your scrabbling for the perfect gift for your teenage daughter. Every year you see the disappointment in your teens face when she opens the gift that you spent months looking for. After a few years of gift disappointments for both my kids and myself, I decided that it was [...]
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Read More celebrity haircuts, confidence, Debra Beck, empowered teens and parents, hair styles, haircuts, love yourself, My feet aren't ugly, parenting, Self Esteem, teenage girls, teenage haircuts, unconditional loveTeen body image is still a topic that deserves attention, actually I would say body image for all women is still an issue. I was looking for a video about body image and off to the right there was one on Britney Spears premiering a video of hers, so I watched it and I was [...]
Read More beauty, Body Image, Britney Spears, communicate, confidence, dad's, Debra Beck, disrespectful teens, empowered teens and parents, family, judgments, love yourself, mom's, My feet aren't ugly, negative thoughts, positive thoughts, Self Esteem, unconditional loveMost teenagers want to be loved and appreciated for being who they are. Not for what they could be when they grow up, and not what they should be now. Isn’t that all of our desires: to be loved just they way we are, with all of our good attributes and our shadow side as [...]
Read More Acceptance, communicate, confidence, connecting, Debra Beck, empowered teens and parents, insecurity, judgments, love yourself, My feet aren't ugly, parenting, teenage self-esteemDuring my last workshop, the subject of respect came up and 2 girls that were talking about how people just don’t have respect for anyone anymore. The conversation went on for a bit and another student raised her hand and I called on her and as she was speaking the 2 girls most upset about [...]
Read More Debra Beck, disrespectful teens, empowered teens and parents, friends, love yourself, My feet aren't ugly, parenting, Relationships, school, Self Esteem, students, teen social skills, teenage self-esteem, workshopsWow, so far I told you about two people in my life that were blaming me for their triggers and what I thought of that. Well my youngest daughter called me and expressed how she was in her little girls wounds and she was very sorry she behaved the way she did and that it [...]
Read More communicate, confidence, connecting, Debra Beck, family, friends, judgments, love yourself, parenting, Self EsteemThere are a ton of reasons why we have low self esteem, and when I say we I mean all of us. I have never met a teen or an adult with high self esteem. The only people I have met with high self esteem are little people below the ages of 5-years-old. Something happens [...]
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