Newly Published

The first weekly newsletter of 2009 has just been published. Here's what's included:'

• Top Ten Brain Foods for Children
• Parenting Resolutions
• Shopping Organic at Costco
• Free Online Courses
• Nutrition Data at Your Fingerprints
• Chasing Vermeer
• Space to Express Grief
• Get Connected

Please let me know what I can do to help support you in 2009!

Read All About It!

It's the end of October and the start of a holiday season that begins with the 2008 Presidential Election. Whether you're looking for ways to explain the election process to a child, or want to learn more about the candidates' positions from a non-partisan source, ePals will have the answers you need. You can also use this resource as a way to connect children with a PenPal from another country and introduce them to another culture or community.

Happy Healthy Hip Parenting is pleased to share with you an opportunity for growth and possibility for the New Year. 2009 is right around the corner and I want to thank you for being so supportive of one another and yourselves as a parent, business owner, or whatever role you choose to define yourself with.

Our community has grown over the last year, allowing me to evolve into the new technology of this new email program. This will allow me to better serve you and will provide you with the opportunity to customize the information you receive from me.

Please take a moment to manage your preferences or unsubscribe if you should no longer wish to receive correspondence from me. I do hope you prefer to continue to receive blog posts, Parenting News and event announcements directly to your Inbox each and every week.

In the next few weeks I will be sending out a Holiday Gift Guide as well as an invitation to an annual Happy Healthy Hip Holiday Party which I hope you will each be able to support by either attending or sponsoring.

If you attended the Parenting Party in May then you'll know that these events are a great way to meet and mingle with other parents, along with the chance to walk away with some great prizes. It would be great to have a sell-out event which would send a message to San Diego that the parents in our community work together and play together! Tickets will go on sale soon.

Have a safe and wonderful Halloween weekend and let me know what I can do to support you.

Weekly Parenting News

This week's edition of Parenting News You Can Use is now available! This week, find articles and insights on the following:

• Byron Katie on Oprah’s Soul Series
• Backpack Safety
• Getting Boys to Read
• There is More In You than You Know
• Is Reading On line Really Reading?
• A Bug’s Life is Still Hopping 10 Years Later
• Coping with a Spouse’s Negative Attitude
• Green Tip: The Impact of Body Care Products

If you would like to subscribe to the weekly edition of Parenting News You Can Use, please send me your email address so I can be sure to have the newsletter delivered directly to your INBOX. You can also find the latest edition on line.

You Can Use This

This week's edition of Parenting News You Can Use (published by INCAF) is now available! This week's articles include:

• Couples’ Communication
• Talk to the Animals
• Three Grin Salad
• Temperament in Infancy Indicates Later Behavior
• The Way We See It
• Marriage: Connecting Deeply
• Cholesterol Drugs and Children
• Family Meals Provide More than Just Food
• Nine Alternatives to Spanking

Don't forget to send me your questionnaire on sex. I'm seeking more responses so kindly forward this to anyone willing to help me prepare for my upcoming course on teaching sexual health and education to young people. Don't be shy. All responses will be kept confidential.

Parenting News

This week's issue of Parenting News You Can Use is now available. Included in this edition:

Complementary Parenting

Go from Tired to Terrific

Change Doesn’t Have to Be Hard

Can You Wait?

Adoption: Better Preparation Urged

Business Lessons Learned from Dad

Tips for Keeping Your Cool

What Does a Forest Look Like?

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The Morning After

Last night's party was a great success! It was so wonderful to meet the happy, healthy, hip parents who came out to mingle, celebrate family and enjoy a night out.

I want to give a big thank you to Alicia from Java Mama for her support and help during the drawing last night. The upcoming schedule for parenting workshops that Happy Healthy Hip Parenting offers at Java Mama will be announced soon.

Another thank you goes to Stacey from San Diego Bargain Mama for her support and promotion of the event. Stacey took pictures during the event and will be sharing those with our on line commUNITY shortly! Keep your eyes out for your face to appear.

Finally, a thank you is extended to Christine from The Neighbourhood for providing - and selecting - my attire for last night. She owns a fabulous boutique in University Heights which is a great place for men and women to discover wares from the latest designers. Christine hand selects her inventory and works with each customer to provide them with the perfect fit. She's great. Stop by.

The Airport Lounge was a fantastic venue for the event and we were all treated like First Class passengers so I look forward to heading there again to enjoy more great food and fabulous cocktails. The female DJ was a hit so a few of us took advantage of the dance floor and relieved some stress and worked off the drinks we were enjoying.

I was so pleased that everyone who came walked away with some great prizes. There are still several to be given away, so if you'd like the opportunity to win even more, we're creating an additional chance to win. SUBSCRIBE to this blog OR the weekly Parenting News You Can Use newsletter to be entered for this drawing.

Here are the additional prizes that will be given away:

from eBags.com
5 people will receive coupon codes to use on line

from Kaboost:
a Kaboost Portable Chair Booster

from Seal Press:
one copy of Literary Mama: Reading for the Maternally Inclined,
edited by Andrea J. Buchanan & Amy Hudock

one copy of Andrea J. Buchanan's
Mother Shock: Loving Every (Other) Minute of It

one copy of The Stay-at-Home Survival Guide: Field-Tested Strategies for Staying Smart, Sane, and Connected When You're Raising Kids at Home
by Melissa Stanton

5 people will receive a copy of Rebecca Woolf's
Rockabye: From Wild to Child

The biggest prize that was given away last night was the Enrollment (for 2) to the upcoming Parenting Retreat held at the La Jolla Marriott. You can learn more about this weekend course on the Happy Healthy Hip Parenting website or you can simply call or email me with questions and I will be happy to provide you with more details.

Thanks to everyone who joined the celebration last night. The Happy Healthy Hip Happy Hour is destined to become an annual event here in San Diego, and in other cities around the country.

I'm grateful that you have chosen to become a member of the Happy Healthy Hip Parenting commUNITY. Please let me know if you have any suggestions or ideas for next year.

Parenting News You Can Use

This week's Parenting News You Can Use commUNITY newsletter is now available! To SUBSCRIBE to this weekly mailing, simply SEND US A NOTE and kindly provide us with information on what parenting challenges you may be facing, along with the age of your child or children.

Happy Healthy Hip Parenting is dedicated to families and we look forward to working with you.

Parenting News

This week's Parenting News You Can Use newsletter is now available. To subscribe, send me an email and this weekly newsletter will show up directly in your INBOX.