Provocative Blog Asks the Question "What do You Wish Your Parents Would Say to You?
Blog pushes people to consider the impact their words have on others and invites children of all ages to answer the question: “What do you wish your parents would say to you?”
Alexandria, VA, July 15, 2009 --(PR.com)-- What do you wish your parents would say to you? That is the provocative question that Stephanie Partridge poses in her blog, “Words are Powerful” (http://wordsarepowerful.wordpress.com) which preempts her upcoming book of the same name. Peppered with thought provoking bits of wisdom regarding parent-child relationships and readers' answers to the question, the pages of this blog will definitely make you think.
“I realized that there are a lot of hurting people out there,” says Partridge. “Many times that pain stems from the parent-child relationship. Parents tend to go into “parent mode” and fail to see their children as individuals who are affected by their actions. They forget to say 'I'm sorry' or 'I'm proud of you.' It isn't that they don't feel those things, they just don't think to say them. The children are left hungry, sometimes for years. So, I am giving them a place to voice their needs, to begin to heal and hopefully parents will hear these plaintive voices and make adjustments to their own parenting styles. If it helps just one family, it is worth it.”
The words here, however, are powerful and can touch many families. “This blog alone made a huge impact on how I parent my son,” says Wes Crowder, a regular reader of Words are Powerful. “I can't wait for Ms. Partridge to write the book. If she keeps with the format of the blog, it is going to be even more powerful and moving than the blog.”
She does, indeed, intend to write the book in a format similar to the blog. Each chapter will take a different angle at parent-teen and parent-child relationships. At the end of each chapter, several contributors talking about what they wish their parents would say to them will be featured connecting parents to kids in a way that has not been done before anywhere.
Partridge also has plans to soon unveil a line of greeting cards for parents to give their kids. Sentiments such as, “I'm proud of you,” “I love you,” “I am sorry” and many others will be featured, complete with Partridge's original photography. The cards will be a compelling follow-up that allows parents to reach out to their children in a special, meaningful way. “A lot of times parents forget to say the simple things to their kids like 'I'm sorry' or 'you make me proud,' things that kids need to hear,” says Partridge. “Maybe they are uncomfortable. Maybe they forget, I don't know. What I do know is that when a parent acknowledges that their child is a person worthy of respect, it makes all the difference. It can heal broken relationships between parents and children, regardless of how old the children are, whether they are young children, teens or adult children.”
Word's are Powerful can be found at http://wordsarepowerful.wordpress.com and visitors are invited to submit their own versions of what they wish their parents would say to them. As this project grows, Partridge expects it to not only help those who long to hear certain things from their parents, but also help make parents aware of how words can impact their children's lives. Words are indeed powerful.
Contact:
Stephanie Partridge
starving_writer@usa.com
202-455-3761
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“I realized that there are a lot of hurting people out there,” says Partridge. “Many times that pain stems from the parent-child relationship. Parents tend to go into “parent mode” and fail to see their children as individuals who are affected by their actions. They forget to say 'I'm sorry' or 'I'm proud of you.' It isn't that they don't feel those things, they just don't think to say them. The children are left hungry, sometimes for years. So, I am giving them a place to voice their needs, to begin to heal and hopefully parents will hear these plaintive voices and make adjustments to their own parenting styles. If it helps just one family, it is worth it.”
The words here, however, are powerful and can touch many families. “This blog alone made a huge impact on how I parent my son,” says Wes Crowder, a regular reader of Words are Powerful. “I can't wait for Ms. Partridge to write the book. If she keeps with the format of the blog, it is going to be even more powerful and moving than the blog.”
She does, indeed, intend to write the book in a format similar to the blog. Each chapter will take a different angle at parent-teen and parent-child relationships. At the end of each chapter, several contributors talking about what they wish their parents would say to them will be featured connecting parents to kids in a way that has not been done before anywhere.
Partridge also has plans to soon unveil a line of greeting cards for parents to give their kids. Sentiments such as, “I'm proud of you,” “I love you,” “I am sorry” and many others will be featured, complete with Partridge's original photography. The cards will be a compelling follow-up that allows parents to reach out to their children in a special, meaningful way. “A lot of times parents forget to say the simple things to their kids like 'I'm sorry' or 'you make me proud,' things that kids need to hear,” says Partridge. “Maybe they are uncomfortable. Maybe they forget, I don't know. What I do know is that when a parent acknowledges that their child is a person worthy of respect, it makes all the difference. It can heal broken relationships between parents and children, regardless of how old the children are, whether they are young children, teens or adult children.”
Word's are Powerful can be found at http://wordsarepowerful.wordpress.com and visitors are invited to submit their own versions of what they wish their parents would say to them. As this project grows, Partridge expects it to not only help those who long to hear certain things from their parents, but also help make parents aware of how words can impact their children's lives. Words are indeed powerful.
Contact:
Stephanie Partridge
starving_writer@usa.com
202-455-3761
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