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Emily again topped the list of most popular baby girl names last year, registering as No. 1 for the 12th straight time. Jacob led among names for boys for the ninth year in a row, according to the latest list released Saturday by the Social Security Administration.
Girls Boys
Emily Jacob
Isabella Michael
Emma Joshua
Ava Matthew
Madison Ethan
Sophia Daniel
Olivia Christopher
Abigail Anthony
Hannah William
Elizabeth Andrew
If you haven’t seen this yet, take a few minutes — it’s worth it, it’s perfect, it’s HILARIOUS! (If you have seen it before, it’s worth another listen)!
The lyrics are listed below.
HAPPY MOTHER’s DAY!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxT5NwQUtVM&feature=related
“The Mom” song, sung to the William Tell Overture, by Anita Renfroe.
What a mom says in 24 hours, condensed into 2 minutes and 55 seconds! Hilarious and talented!
Lyrics for “The Mom Song” is given below. (Thank you BelleFlower15!)“The Mom Song”
Get up now
Get up now
Get up out of bed
Wash your face
Brush your teeth
Comb your sleepyhead
Here’s your clothes and your shoes
Hear the words I said
Get up now! Get up and make your bed
Are you hot? Are you cold?
Are you wearing that?
Where’s your books and your lunch and your homework at?
Grab your coat and gloves and your scarf and hat
Don’t forget! You gotta feed the cat
Eat your breakfast, the experts tell us it’s the most important meal of all
Take your vitamins so you will grow up one day to be big and tall
Please remember the orthodontist will be seeing you at 3 today
Don’t forget your piano lesson is this afternoon so you must play
Don’t shovel
Chew slowly
But hurry
The bus is here
Be careful
Come back here
Did you wash behind your ears?
Play outside, don’t play rough, will you just play fair?
Be polite, make a friend, don’t forget to share
Work it out, wait your turn, never take a dare
Get along! Don’t make me come down there
Clean your room, fold your clothes, put your stuff away
Make your bed, do it now, do we have all day?
Were you born in a barn? Would you like some hay?
Can you even hear a word I say?
Answer the phone! Get off the phone!
Don’t sit so close, turn it down, no texting at the table
No more computer time tonight!
Your iPod’s my iPod if you don’t listen up
Where are you going and with whom and what time do you think you’re coming home?
Saying thank you, please, excuse me makes you welcome everywhere you roam
You’ll appreciate my wisdom someday when you’re older and you’re grown
Can’t wait till you have a couple little children of your own
You’ll thank me for the counsel I gave you so willingly
But right now I thank you not to roll your eyes at me
Close your mouth when you chew, would appreciate
Take a bite maybe two of the stuff you hate
Use your fork, do not burp or I’ll set you straight
Eat the food I put upon your plate
Get an A, get the door, don’t get smart with me
Get a grip, get in here, I’ll count to three
Get a job, get a life, get a PHD
Get a dose of,
“I don’t care who started it!
You’re grounded until you’re 36″
Get your story straight and tell the truth for once, for heaven’s sake
And if all your friends jumped off a cliff would you jump, too?
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said at least a thousand times before
That you’re too old to act this way
It must be your father’s DNA
Look at me when I am talking
Stand up straighter when you walk
A place for everything and everything must be in place
Stop crying or I’ll give you something real to cry about
Oh!
Brush your teeth, wash your face, put your PJs on
Get in bed, get a hug, say a prayer with mom
Don’t forget, I love you
And tomorrow we will do this all again because a mom’s work never ends
You don’t need the reason why
Because, because, because, because
I said so, I said so, I said so, I said so
I’m the mom, the mom, the mom, the mom, the mom!!
Ta da!!!
MySpace, a social networking site, has long been a place for sexual predators to reach out to our children. They are now taking a small but important step to help keep the bad guys out.
State attorney generals started mining MySpace accounts a few years ago in search of predators. In North Carolina alone, 29,000 were identified. MySpace took those names down.
MySpace has now agreed to work with 49 state attorneys to verify the identities and ages of people who use the site. There are over 300 million MySpace accounts that exist currently. There is a minimum age of 14 to open an account, but the challenge has been finding the adults posing as teens and luring unsuspecting children. Since MySpace is doing something about this, it might scare off predators from even thinking about using this website as a lure.
Kids need to show and receive affection from the time they’re born. As they grow older, they learn to demonstrate their affection in different ways. From a toddler’s sudden hug to a teen’s proposal of marriage to his first love - learn about the stages of emotions your children go through at different ages.
Preschoolers
Preschoolers love to imitate their parents. They are quick to hug and kiss a friend or preschool classmate — just like Mommy hugs and kisses Daddy.
Playing doctor is popular and natural at this age. Kids like to peek at and explore each other’s sexual differences.
During these years, many kids become very attached to their opposite-sex parent. So, don’t be surprised if you get a “romantic” marriage proposal from your four-year-old!
Elementary
When kids head off to elementary school, they start to form deeper friendships. They replace their best-friend-of-the-week for friendships based on similar likes and dislikes.
Girls take refuge in groups of girls, while boys seek out boys. This helps them learn the “male” and “female” roles society expects them to play.
Kids start to choose favorites. This leads to ganging up, and hurt feelings. To make things easier for your child, here are two tips:
–Keep your eyes peeled for bullying. Put a stop to it, and do some problem-solving with both sides.
–Be aware that the way you discipline your kids affects how your kids will fare among his peers. Parents who reason with their kids instead of punishing them tend to raise likeable children. But when parents act like dictators, they tend to encourage bullying in their kids.
Upper Elementary
Girls still tend to be friends with girls and boys with boys. Boys will have fewer friends, but their friendships last. Girls have more friends but they change more often.
Boys and girls are starting to notice each other and unsupervised boy-girl parties begin. Mostly these parties don’t work out because the kids are not ready for the group anxiety. Don’t push these parties on your kids. Wait until they are past sixth grade, and even then, chaperone! Go ahead and be obstinate about this. Kids don’t have the maturity to deal with these situations.
Middle School
And they call it puppy love… Kids this age are in transition. They’re feeling the pressure to move beyond their all-boy or all-girl social circles and start dating.
Young teenagers are concerned with being attractive to the opposite sex — how to talk and how to dress. They’re also figuring out whether they should date in groups or individually. Sex becomes a major issue at this age. Sex drives are increasing, and teens are now experiencing a new interest in satisfying them. They’ll have to decide how much sexual behavior, if any, to engage in. This is a tough time for teens, and their natural fears and anxieties are multiplied by peer pressure.
High School
During these years, teens need discussions with their parents about sex and sexuality more than ever. Romantic love gives birth to many more intense, confusing, and conflicting sexual feelings and behaviors. Older teen couples often view sexual intercourse as the best way to prove their devotion to each other.
Teen couples can become so consumed with one another that they neglect or abandon their families, friends, schoolwork, and extracurricular activities. They talk of loving each other forever and severe emotional crises occur when one or both leave for college. To make things easier for your child, here are two tips:
Love at this teenage stage is very serious at every level. Don’t belittle or condemn your teen’s romantic love. Such insensitivity may critically damage your relationship.
Broken hearts at this stage can lead to deep depression and self-destructive behavior. Be there to empathize, to catch them when they fall, and to help them heal.
Never fear! Sandy Spurgeon McDaniel, syndicated columnist