Teens and Myspace

Yes, there's that dreaded thing called "myspace". I have heard so much controversy about it, and yet it's more popular than ever. Does my dear daughter have one? Yes, you guessed it. However, it is really possible to have one and NOT have any problems. My daughter has made up a really nice profile, and in order for me to kind of keep a handle on things, I have one too. But all of my grown kids(4) have them too.. so, I have all of my 5 kids on my-myspace. It's much easier to keep track of who is on their friends list. It is better to monitor who's saying what. I believe that teens need to have a place to talk to their friends, as long as they aren't getting into any trouble. Now, I am not talking about spying on them or anything, just keeping a watchful eye on things.

Your local library

Today is Sunday, and like most Sundays, life seems to slow down a bit, and give me a chance to rest some. At times I feel like the day goes slower than the rest of the days of the week. I know for my dear daughter, this is the very day of the week that she seems to find herself bored. I decided to take her to the local dollar store, and we took a ride to our local library to return her books in the outside slot as they were due. Well, much to my suprize, that library was OPEN----wow. We came back home after returning the books and she seemed like she was searching for something to do. I told her that I would take her and my 2 granddaughters back to the library if they would like to go. Sure enough, an hour later, I drove them back and they spent an hour there, going through the books and checking some out. Now, some libraries are not open on Sundays, and I am shocked ours was, but libraries really do offer our youngins alot these days. Not only can they browse the books, they have magazines as well. What a great deal and it also encourages them to read more. In my daughter's case, it has really helped her reading, especially since she didn't like to read....now she does. yippeeeee.