So...you might be thinking...What's with all the dog pictures and Barb? and I have to admit that I just love an excuse to share personal pictures...and Blogger makes it so easy. When you click the button "new post," you will see a row of icons in the tan area above the box where you can type your text. When you hit the icon that looks like a picture (second from the end on the right), you will get another screen that offers a button to "browse," and that's where I can go to the pictures that I've uploaded to my computer... or you can also just "google" an image and paste the location in the URL box. I have a very cooperative dog -and grandbaby- who provide me just the illustrations I want (sometimes) for a point I want to visually make. So...in the picture above, Katie was a perfect model for a subject on beauty.
The topic of beauty comes up so many times in our culture, and I don't know about you, but it also comes up when discussing what happens to our students in school when they hit that "dress code distraction" age and their idea of beauty becomes a whole new issue. (When is that...about second grade now?) Sometimes the discussion comes up in my schools when we talk about classroom atmosphere. Last time I was in Waynesville, we talked about some of the clothes kids wore (or didn't wear). This led to a focus on body image and issues like that.
I forwarded them the web site on Dove's campaign for true beauty and self-esteem. It sure has a lot of relevance, and my own students really connected with it. (In fact, one boy's aunt saw this on our blog and used it in her Sunday school class! Several moms commented that they appreciated this lesson.) I actually introduced it when we were studying the gods and goddesses and discussing beauty. It just seemed to be popping up in our all shared literature... To Kill A Mockingbird (as Scout ages, they expect her to dress like "a lady")...Romeo and Juliet( the title to this post comes from Act I scene v. when Romeo first sees Juliet, and up to this point in the play all he can talk about is another girl's beauty...poor, shallow Romeo).
Anyway, I was wondering whether you had seen this site and the films on the site. It reminded me of the book Reviving Ophelia, a must read for anyone interested in adolescent girls...oh, heck...maybe anybody.
So...I just wanted to share this with you, fellow trainers. So many of us are mothers of daughters...or aunts...or some, like me, a grandmother!
Have a great weekend!
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2 comments:
Everytime I see this picture I crack up. Who else but KatiDog would play dress up with her puppy. You are too funny :-)
ps. did you notice how I finally figured out how to get my message and picture posted at the same time?? Refer to the picture of Judy which I previously posted alone.
Jennifer
You are a techno guru, Doodoo!
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