Minnesota Author Encourages Parents to Give the Gift of Primary Time to Children This Holiday Season

Nov. 29, 2007 - PRLog -- Contact Name:  Jill Schoenberg
Blue Sky at Night Publishing
Hillman, MN  56338
JillS @ JournalBuddies.com


Hillman, MN—September 29th, 2007—According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the more time parents spend with their children the more they “will be able to help them tune in to their abilities, skill-building activities, and healthy friendships.”

But not all time spent with children is the same.  

There is primary time, when a child is the sole focus of a parent's attention. There is secondary time -- helping with homework, for example, while cooking dinner.  And then there is a third category of passively being with children, such as watching TV.

Designed to be a primary time activity for parents of children 7 - 17, Journal Buddies takes journaling and its many positive benefits to a new level.  Unlike ordinary, blank or lined journals, “Journal Buddies: A Girl’s Journal for Sharing and Celebrating Magnificence”“ and “Journal Buddies: A Boy’s Journal for Discovering and Sharing Excellence” focus on self-expression and self-discovery through guided, creative, and interactive journaling.  

These journals include innovative and creative journaling tools such as creative journaling tips, daily lists of qualities, traits and talents each buddy admires about the other, a “thought for the day”, lined and unlined pages and a focus word of the day.

Parents and kids complete each of the 30 entries in Journal Buddies as a team AND are encouraged to write, draw, cut, paste, and create in their own unique journaling styles.  Visit JournalBuddies.com today to receive a copy of the report “89 Creative Journaling Ideas.”

“It's a celebration of qualities, traits and talents that parents like about their kids and that kids like about their parents,” says Jill Schoenberg, the author and publisher of Journal Buddies.  In addition to her books, Jill – an experienced Youth Worker -- also offers workshop to parents and kids on creative journaling.

With Journal Buddies parents make a BIG difference in the development of their kids self-esteem as they take the time to identify, share and record exactly which characteristics they value in their child.  And, according to Kidsource.com, "The extent to which children believe they have the characteristics valued by the important adults and peers in their lives figures greatly in the development of self-esteem."  

The Journal Buddies books are available at Amazon.com, bn.com and directly from the publisher at www.JournalBuddies.com.  For more information or to set up an interview with the author please contact Jill Schoenberg email at JillS @ JournalBuddies.com or visit the media room at www.journalbuddies.com/Author_Media_Pages/media_room.htm.  

About the Author:
Jill Schoenberg was born and raised in St. Cloud, Minnesota. She graduated from the University of Minnesota, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Youth Studies and Sociology. Jill has dedicated herself to improving the lives of young people and to helping them to understand and strengthen their self-esteem, creative talents, and life-skills. Jill is an avid book reader and journal writer. She currently lives in north-central Minnesota.

Website: www.Journalbuddies.com