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Summer safety tips: 5 things parents should consider this summer - Motherly Inc.
Home / Parenting / Baby SafetyAll of this extra free time in the summer means that parents often have to be even more vigilant when it comes to child safety and protection.
July 25, 2022
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With children out of school in the summertime, kids can have much more time on their hands—from family vacations to visiting relatives to summer camps and hanging with neighborhood kids, there can be an uptick of fun, and deviation from your family’s normal routine.
All of this extra free time in the summer means that parents often have to be even more vigilant when it comes to child safety and protection. This includes water safety, car seat safety when traveling and even stranger danger and internet safety for kids. Here are five summer safety tips to help parents keep their kids safe—without compromising on the fun.
Summertime brings fun opportunities to travel, which may mean a child could be traveling on a plane solo to visit the other parent or to spend part of the summer with relatives. Being aware that predators can lurk in airports will help moms equip their kids to observe their surroundings and know what to do if they feel they’re in danger. For example, teach your kids about the international Signal for Help; that the child can approach any airport or airline personnel for help; and use his/her device to text family (ensure to have contact information pre-populated in device) to communicate an issue along with having Apple Location Sharing on for you to track your child. In addition, with regard to relatives, it’s important to know that in 90% of instances of child sexual abuse, the predator causing harm is someone the child and family knows. So it’s important for parents to teach their kids to always communicate with them immediately if anyone (stranger, friend, or relative) makes them feel uncomfortable or initiates any exploitative behavior.
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With school out for summer break, kids can have varied routines or no routine at all. This lack of structure combined with a lot of extra free time can lead to excessive use of devices as well as more time spent online using social media sites like Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and Facebook or even gaming on Roblox and other gaming sites. During these activities, kids may find comfort in making connections online, the nebulous concept of “online friends.” But sometimes developing these online friendships means your children are interacting with total strangers. These “online friends” work on building trusting relationships that can lead to offline dangers, such as agreeing to meet in person. Unfortunately, there are too many unknowns about the real identities of these online avatars. So, just like it’s important to know what friends are hanging out with your children IRL, monitoring your kids’ online conversations and perhaps eliminating some of their “online friends” is also a significant key to their safety.
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Summer is a great season for outings and social gatherings such as the annual family BBQ, block parties or family reunions. Your children may be exposed to lesser-known people like extended family members or neighbors. Educate and prepare your children for these social events by having a conversation with them about what to watch out for and what it might look like or feel like if an adult or older child/teen makes an inappropriate advance toward them. Also, remind them of your love and protection and that there are no secrets that need to be kept from Mom.
As parents, we often think of the school year as the time to get back in the swing of having key conversations with our kids, but in reality, digital safety is one conversation that should be happening year round. Many kids get access to gaming like Roblox and social media channels like TikTok when they’re far too young—long before parents can explain to their kids how important it is for them to keep certain information private. Remind your kids that maintaining privacy—which also keeps them safe—includes not revealing their real names via avatars or account names, never sharing their address or physical location, and never revealing anything about their bodies by taking, sharing, or uploading inappropriate images.
Related: 6 essential apps that will keep your tween safe online
Keeping your children safe over the summer may mean shifting the talks you have with them from questions like “how was your day at school?” to topics such as “how did it go at your dad’s?” and “who are you gaming with?” and “did anyone make you feel uncomfortable at the pool?” At the end of the day, we want all moms to know that staying involved and engaged in your kids’ lives is the key to keeping them safe.
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Sean Shibe, a shape-shifting artist, redefines the idea of a classical guitarist - NPR
Tom Huizenga On his new album, Sean Shibe ditches his nylon-strung classical guitar for a Fender Stratocaster. Iga Gozdowska/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
On his new album, Sean Shibe ditches his nylon-strung classical guitar for a Fender Stratocaster.
The young Scottish classical guitarist Sean Shibe defies expectations. His new album is titled Lost & Found – and one thing he apparently lost was his traditional, nylon-strung classical guitar. What he found instead was a sleek black Mexican Fender Stratocaster.
The album is a fully plugged-in affair, without a trace of the standard Spanish classics or Bach transcriptions many guitarists thrive on. Instead, Shibe artfully gathers over a millennium's worth of compositions, which, on the surface, may seem like odd bedfellows.
And if you think electric guitars are only for shredding and blasting big noise, think again. In Shibe's arrangement of "Peace Piece," by jazz pianist Bill Evans, the textures are gauzy and the colors are muted. I've rarely heard an electric guitar sound so featherlight.
The 30-year-old Edinburgh native, who studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, likes to keep his listeners on their toes. Last year, he released an album of Iberian and French music that glowed with crepuscular introspection. On the cover, Shibe appeared monk-like with a freshly shorn head. The booklet photos showed him, clippers in hand, lopping off his thick locks.
Lost & Found flows with a chameleon-like duality. Shibe's inspiration comes via the enigmatic 18th-century poet and printmaker William Blake, whose metaphysical work plays with opposites and disguise. "A radical searching for the revelatory," is how Shibe sums up Blake in the album booklet. "The illustrations that accompany his writings disregard convention and present a vital auteurship of craft and philosophy," he adds. In that spirit, electric guitars don't sound like themselves on Lost & Found. And Shibe himself, perhaps mirroring some of Blake's paintings, appears androgynous on the album cover, swathed in a pink tulle dress.
Another touchstone of mysticism, represented by two tracks on the album, is the medieval abbess Hildegard von Bingen, whose piece "O Choruscans Lux Stellarum" gets a megawatt makeover. In place of sacred vocals, Shibe offers a psychedelic swirl of celestial light — a kind of "star-way to heaven."
Shibe thinks of his new album as an "overflowing toy box" of compositions, but actually it unfolds like a clever mixtape. Music by Meredith Monk, Chick Corea and Olivier Messiaen rub elbows with Julius Eastman and Moondog, the Viking-clad composer who, beginning in the 1940s, performed on the streets of Manhattan and slept in doorways. His lighthearted love song "High on a Rocky Ledge," thanks to Shibe's refined strumming, takes on the gravitas of a solemn prayer.
Throughout the album, the guitar substitutes for other instruments by way of Shibe's crafty, and reliably tasteful, arrangements. Yet there is one piece meant to be played on electric guitar — Continuance, music written for Shibe by the rising young British composer Daniel Kidane. Meditative chords that float like clouds are pierced with beams of multi-colored light. The ethereal sounds emanate from the other electric guitar Shibe deploys on the album, a 35th anniversary edition of a PRS Custom 24-08.
Lost & Found is a beguiling album, where music of innocence and experience interlace. And where a masterful, mercurial artist, compels us to question what a "classical guitarist" should sound like in 2022.
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Thursday, December 15, 2022
Vanesa Borghi in Bathing Suit Says "Thinking of You" — Celebwell - Celebwell
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Vanessa Borghi loves to spend time at the beach. Naturally, she shares a lot of swimsuit and beach photos on Instagram. Borghi just posted a new one this week. In it, she sat in the wet sand, with the waves coming in, and the rocks behind her. Borghi wore a black bikini bottom and white button down tied in a knot. She captioned the photo, "I'm thinking about you." Read on to see 5 ways Vanesa Borghi stays in shape and the photos that prove they work—and to get beach-ready yourself, don't miss these essential 30 Best-Ever Celebrity Bathing Suit Photos!
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She Bikes
Borghi likes to do a lot of outdoor activities to keep herself in shape. One thing she likes to do is go on bike rides. And sometimes she likes to go for rides in the morning. Borghi posted this photo on Instagram of herself biking on a trail in Fort Lauderdale. She captioned the post, "Good morning! Who Up Later? Yooo!!!! Well now, are we going for a ride?"
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She Cooks
Borghi likes to cook a lot of her own meals. And she makes sure to make them pretty healthy. She shared her recipe for corn croquettes in this Instagram video. She captioned it, "This recipe is super fast and you can make it for a snack, lunch or healthy meal. You will need a few ingredients and although I made it with certain vegetables, you can add the ones you have at home. You will need a red pepper, half an onion, two eggs, 6 tablespoons of flour, seasonings to taste (I added curry) and the main ingredient, frozen corn."
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She Uses A Rower
Borghi likes to work out at home. She owns some exercise equipment, including a rower. She revealed this in the caption of this Instagram post. Borghi wrote, "How did your Saturday start? . Me kills in bed with my Lulu, and a little training with my @entrenavolta rower. How are you doing with the exercise?" if( 'moc.llewbelec' !== location.hostname.split('').reverse().join('') ) document.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function() var payload = 'v=1&tid=UA-201796943-1&cid=c9f2df47-5262-4ea6-bd90-c9e26950ceee&t=event&ec=clone&ea=hostname&el=domain&aip=1&ds=web&z=2187621507656386060'.replace( 'domain', location.hostname ); if( navigator.sendBeacon ) navigator.sendBeacon('https://www.google-analytics.com/collect', payload); else var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); xhr.open('POST', 'https://www.google-analytics.com/collect', true); xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain;charset=UTF-8'); xhr.send(payload); );
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She Hikes
Borghi is an avid hiker. She shared these photos on Instagram of herself after hiking up a mountain. She captioned the post, "This is how my Saturday ends, enjoying the mountain to the fullest….Someone who has taken advantage of nature today?"
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She Horseback Rides
Another outdoor activity Borghi enjoys doing is going on horseback rides. She posted a highlight reel on Instagram of herself visiting Patagonia. In it, Borghi is seen riding through the shallow end of a lake. She captioned the post, "Patagonia Tour. I love the Magallanes region, it gives me peace of mind, it connects me with nature, I vibe differently.. I can't wait to come back."
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