About "Mojo Mom" Amy Tiemann, Ph. D.
Amy is author of the award-winning book Mojo Mom: Nurturing Your Self While Raising a Family and the young adult novel High Water, as well as Editor of the new release Courageous Parents, Confident Kids. She is also Center Director for Kidpower North Carolina.
Girl’s Escape from Kidnapper Shows the Power of “One Strong Move” to Stop Assault
The media are abuzz with news of second-grader Brittney Baxter successfully fighting off her would-be kidnapper by kicking and screaming until he let her go. What are the ongoing lessons of this incident? Irene van der Zande and I share our thoughts as seen through the lens of Kidpower teaching: Girl’s... Read the full post
Around the world to get back home again
I had a vivid dream last night that has stuck with me. I was at a school event, a picnic for all the kids from ages 2 to 12, with parents attending in a watching and helping role. Despite my desire to be helpful and enjoy the event, I was feeling very frazzled, and I sat down at a picnic table to collect... Read the full post
Parents: here’s a positive step you can take today to prevent child abuse
This week I feel completely overwhelmed by all the bad news about child abuse that is happening all at once. Between the Miramonte School abuse case and Josh Powell murdering of his sons, not to mention the continuing discussions about the Penn State abuse scandal and others, it can feel like too much... Read the full post
Doing Right by Our Kids–empowering parents to be child safety and abuse prevention advocates
It has taken me a few weeks to get my feet on the ground in the New Year, but I am excited about 2012. I an writing a new book with Kidpower co-founder Irene van der Zande, Doing Right by Our Kids: Protecting Child Safety at All Levels of Society. I have been doing much of my blogging over at www.DoingRightByOurKids.com... Read the full post
No Forced Kisses for Your Kids: A Holiday Safety Tip for Families
Cross posted from the blog at DoingRightByOurKids.com, my new site co-created with Kidpower Executive Director Irene van der Zande. As parents well know, the holiday season is both incredibly exciting and potentially overwhelming for kids, sometimes all rolled together into one. At gatherings with families... Read the full post
Amazon.com needs to add parental controls to the new Kindle Fire
I just set up the new Kindle Fire from Amazon.com and one of the first things I noticed while trying it out is that the new “free streaming video” feature for Amazon Prime customers does not have parental controls. R-rated movies and are available for unlimited free instant download. On... Read the full post
Blog Archives
Best of The Mojo Mom Blog, 2003 - 2009
The Mojo Mom Blog has been published continuously since 2003, and all posts are available at their original location, mojomom.blogspot.com. Below are links to reprints of some of the most popular posts over the years.
- Mojo Mom's thoughts on the 2000's--learning that we're all in this together.
- Caregiving is not a choice for any of us!
- Are you prepared for a Grandparent crisis?
- Work-life balance: Our ladder is up the wrong tree
- Motherhood is not a one-way street
- Cracking the Mom Code: Three Mental Health Pitfalls to Avoid
- Secret agent woman
- The Heart of the Mommy Wars...What Moms Really Want
Top 10 Courage Boosters and
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