Most Iconic SLANG Used For Every Generation

 

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PARENTS - GET YOUR KIDS ATTENTION WITH STAR WARS TALK!

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Modern Day Historical Figures - WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG!

 

1854-1929 THE ORPHAN TRAINS IN AMERICA!!

The Orphan Trains were a social experiment in the United States between 1854 and 1929, during which an estimated 200,000 orphaned, abandoned, or homeless children from crowded Eastern cities - mostly New York - were sent by train to rural areas across the country to be placed with foster families.

Organized by charitable institutions like the Children's Aid Society and the New York Founding Hospital, the movement aimed to provide these children with better lives through adoption or indentured labor.  

While many children did find loving homes, others faced exploitation or abuse, sparking debate about child welfare and leading to the rise of the modern foster care system.

Dad's Advice To Son After Getting His First Job After College -

 

HOT ROCKS ART!! Using CRAYONS!!

This is sooo cool!! 

Get your ROCKs HOT in the oven and 

then using crayons - decorate them -

Looks like this works so well!

 I always try to find these videos on YouTube - so you don't have to click a link. I really liked the one from Instagram the best, but it's not on YouTube.  So if you'd like to see a better video of this CLICK HERE

1959 First EVER Barbie Commercial

This is the first Barbie commercial that first aired during Mickey Mouse Club!

Ruth Handler watched her daughter Barbara at play with paper dolls, and noticed that she often enjoyed giving them adult roles. At the time, most children's toy dolls were representations of infants. Realizing that there could be a gap in the market, Handler suggested the idea of an adult-bodied doll to her husband Elliot, a co-founder of the Mattel toy company. He was unenthusiastic about the idea, as were Mattel's directors.

During a trip to Europe in 1956 with her children Barbara and Kenneth, Ruth Handler came across a German toy doll called Bild Lilli. The adult-figured Lilli doll was like what Handler had in mind, so she purchased three of them. She gave one to her daughter and took the others back to Mattel. The Lilli doll was based on a popular character appearing in a comic strip drawn by Reinhard Beuthin for the newspaper Die Bild-Zeitung.

Upon her return to the United States, Handler reworked the design of the doll (with help from engineer Jack Ryan) and the doll was given a name, Barbie, after Handler's daughter Barbara. The doll made its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York on March 9, 1959. This date is also used as Barbie's official birthday. Mattel acquired the rights to the Bild Lilli doll in 1964 and production of Lilli was stopped. The first Barbie doll wore a black and white zebra striped swimsuit and signature topknot ponytail, and was available as either a blonde or brunette. The doll was marketed as a "Teen-age Fashion Model," with her clothes created by Mattel fashion designer Charlotte Johnson. The first Barbie dolls were manufactured in Japan, with their clothes hand-stitched by Japanese homeworkers. Around 350,000 Barbie dolls were sold during the first year of production.

Barbie was one of the first toys to have a marketing strategy based extensively on television advertising, which has been copied widely by other toys. It is estimated that over a billion Barbie dolls have been sold worldwide in over 150 countries, with the well-known fact that three Barbie dolls are sold every second.
The standard range of Barbie dolls and related accessories are manufactured to approximately 1/6th scale, which is also known as playscale.

Barbie products include not only the range of dolls with their clothes and accessories, but also a huge range of Barbie branded goods such as books, fashion items and video games. Barbie has appeared in a series of animated films and makes a brief guest appearance in the 1999 film Toy Story 2.

Uniquely for a toy fashion doll, Barbie has become a cultural icon and has been given honors that are rare in the toy world. In 1974 a section of Times Square in New York City was renamed Barbie Boulevard for a week, while in 1985 the artist Andy Warhol created a painting of Barbie.

Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. In a series of novels published by Random House in the 1960s, her parents' names are given as George and Margaret Roberts from the fictional town of Willows, Wisconsin. Barbie has been said to attend Willows High School and Manhattan International High School in New York City, based on the real-life Stuyvesant High School.

Today the Barbie line is responsible for more than 80% of Mattel's profits.

When Your Daughter's Body Changes . . . She Needs To Be Prepared!!

 

Parents, you get the chance to take the lead on puberty conversations.

If you have a child ages 8+ it's important to have puberty discussions with them.
They need to see you as a trusted leader they can rely on, so they get their information about changing bodies from you!

From Sept 4, 2025 Instagram post on nurturedfirst