I have been blogging now for several years. In the beginning I blogged to help promote my concerts, and to share my insights about my life as a mother and artist. Since that first post my brand has grown and so has my coverage. Now a full blown Marketainer I blog about everything from tech to parenting, to social causes and cars! It is a very rewarding development. But I am not one to stand still. [Read more...]
Miss Lori’s daughter got detention and Miss Lori couldn’t be more proud
June 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
My daughter had to stay after school for detention a few weeks ago and I was so proud. No, I haven’t gone a little crazy. The reason my daughter received detention was not for acting up, or acting out, it was for acting too much. [Read more...]
Miss Lori thinks an open campus would open up the minds of our children for more learning
May 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
My daughter was really excited to goto school today. Why? Because she got to wear her pajama pants. No this isn’t about some 2nd grade fashion statement, it’s a school fundraising effort. Her schools’ student council decided to raise some money for Japan relief by charging students 50 cents to wear their pajama pants to school today. Pretty ingenious huh? They have a few more initiatives this week as well, but this is the one that got my youngest the most excited. Why, again? Because it broke up the monotony of her school life. My child who absolutely loves to learn and explore, despises going to school. Why for the third time? (You sound like my kids!) Because she doesn’t feel like she gets to go deep with her learning. She would rather spend every day at a museum or zoo. That’s the kind of student I was. Hungry with curiosity. I loved digging into a subject at school; learning something new in the morning, and coming back in the afternoon to go deeper. But that is not the experience children are having this generation. [Read more...]
Miss Lori says teach your kids to ACTIVATE Summer all year long
April 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I’m getting ready for my fourth annual WTTW PBS Kids Summer Great Food Fan Van tour. I love touring in the Summer because it feels so good to be outside and active. But one of the lessons I try to teach kids during the Summer is that you can be active healthy and fit during any season of the year. [Read more...]
Miss Lori believes that school arts programs inspire dreams
April 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Education is at it’s worst in this country. Schools are closing. The remaining one’s are overcrowded, yet staff is being cut right and left. All of the emphasis is on teaching tests and so classes and afterschool programs of sports recreation, language, art, music, dance and especially theatre are disappearing, and so is the imagination of our young people. Dreams are inspired by small seeds of reality that then blossom with possibility. If we don’t show kids what’s possible how will they ever realize their potential? [Read more...]
Miss Lori says teach kids manners with words and actions
March 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Miss Lori suggests 8 things to do if your child is a victim of cyberbullying
November 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The world wide web is a wondrous place, full of infinite possibilities for communication and progress. That’s the Ying side. The Yang side is darker and full of malice. Last school year my family experienced the Yang effect when one of my children was the victim of cyberbullying. We were stunned and unprepared. But that didn’t last long. Instinct took over and I acted. We were completely successful in shutting down the bully. Today I want to share a list of recommendations I have if you have to deal with a similar threat. [Read more...]
Miss Lori points out what bullying isn’t
November 14, 2010 By 4 Comments
- A right of passage
- just about taking someone’s lunch money
- a stage of maturation
- easily forgotten
- something you can shrug off
- something that only happens to kids
- something that only happens to weak people.
- funny
- the victim’s fault
- no big deal
- just happening to other people’s children
- justifiable
- fair
- someone else’s responsibility
Miss Lori says, Dear World, what’s going on?
November 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I’m known as a multi-faceted artist on Miss Lori’s CAMPUS and MissLori.TV, but I think of myself as a mother, daughter, sister, friend and community member. Like so many others these days I am plagued with the question, “what’s going on in our World today”. Having traversed my own personal struggles with the broken healthcare system, high mortgage interest rates, diminished real estate market and a failed economy I know all too well the intense fear that citizens are living with on a daily basis. To help process my own feelings I am expressing myself through my original song Dear World.
SMILE On!
ML
