To be Strong, Children need unconditional love, ab-

solute security, and a deep connection to at least one

adult.

Sometimes the best thing parents can do to help

children is to get out of their way.

Children live up or down to adults expectation of

them.

Listening to children attentively is more important

than any words parents can say. This applies to rou-

tine situations as well as times of crisis.

Nothing parents say is as important as what children

see them doing on a daily basis.

Children can only take positive steps when they have

the confidence to do so. They gain confidence when

they have solid reasons to believe they are compe-

tent.

If children are to develop the strength to overcome

challenges, they need to know that they can control

what happens to them.

Children with a wide range of positive coping strate-

gies will be prepared to overcome almost anything

and far less likely to try many of the risk behaviors

that parents fear.

Kenneth R. Ginsburg, MD MS Ed, FAAP

A Parents Guide to Building Resilience in Children

and Teens

BUILDING RESILIENCY IN CHILDREN

I N S I D E

T H I S I S S U E :

Building

Resiliency

Healthy Holiday

Recipe

1

Laugh Out Loud

Family Warrior

Weekend

2

Tori Says!!!! 3

BLOG CORNER 3

7 Habits Training 3

Go GUARD JOURNAL H O L I D A Y E D I T I O N 2 0 1 3 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 2

S P E C I A L P O I N T S

O F I N T E R E S T :

Building Resiliency In Chil-

dren

Healthy Holiday Recipe

Family Warrior Weekend

Schedule

7 Habits For Effective

Teens Workshop Series

1. Preheat oven to 350°.

2. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat; cook 6 minutes or until dark brown. Pour butter into a large bowl; let stand 5 minutes. Add granulated sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 2 minutes). Add egg yolks, and beat at medium speed until well blended (about 1 minute).

3. Weigh or lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, salt, and baking powder; stir with a whisk. Add flour mixture to butter mixture; beat at low speed just until combined. Turn dough out onto a sheet of wax paper; knead gently 7 times. Roll dough to a 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with a 2 1/2-inch star-shaped cookie cutter into 32 cookies; reroll scraps as necessary. Arrange cookies 1 inch apart on baking sheets lined with parchment paper. Bake, 1 batch at a time, at 350° for 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool cookies completely on wire racks.

4. Combine powdered sugar, half-and-half, and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract, stirring with a whisk until icing is smooth. Spoon about

3/4 teaspoon icing onto each cookie; spread to edges. While icing is wet, sprinkle each cookie with 1/2 teaspoon pearlized sugar. Dry

on wire racks

HEALTHY HOLIDAY RECIPE

ICED BROWN BUTTER SUGAR COOKIES

9 tablespoons unsalted butter 1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1cup granulated sugar 1 cup powdered sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 1/2 tablespoons half and half

3 large egg yolks 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon salt 1/3 cup pearlized sugar or turbinado sugar

P A G E 2

L.O.L...laugh out loud For each issue of the GO

GUARD Journal we will have a

section dedicated to laughing.

It is up to you, as readers, to

keep this section going. You

can submit your own personal

jokes at each yellow ribbon

event or submit them at

mark.d.richards17.nfg@mail.mil

For each issue four jokes will

be selected and published into

the next issue of the GO

Guard Journal.

HAPPY LAUGHING!!!!

Why were the early days of history called the Dark Ages?

Because there were so many Knights!!!

An Ideal homework excuse Teacher: Where is your Homework?

Student: I lost it fighting this kid who said you weren't the best teacher in the school.

What was Camelot ?

A place where people parked camels. Ha Ha!!!!!

For Transitioning Combat affected service members/Veterans

(in any way) during OEF/OIF/OND and their immediate families

(ALL AGES)

For more information and to register, please visit

www.camptwinlakes.org/FWW

Registration fee: Refundable $50 per family

(scholarships available)

QUESTIONS?

Contact Kate Lipton at (404) 295-5295

Or by email at kate@camptwinlakes.org

Family Warrior Weekends are provided in partnership with

The Scott Rigsby Foundation

2014 Schedule

February 7-9

February 29– March 2

April 11-13

August 15-17

September 12-14

November 7-9 CTL Will-A-Way in Winder, GA

&

CTL-Camp Dream in Warm Springs Georgia

G O G U A R D J O U R N A L

To all our military

youth thank you

for your sacrifice.

“Kids ServeToo”.

P A G E 3

THE GEORGIA NATIONAL GUARD J9 CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT

Things To Do During The Holiday

Go GUARD JOURNAL

We are delighted to share that

the J9 Christmas ornament is

proudly displayed on the

White House Christmas tree.

One Christmas ornament from

each JFHQ which represents

the Guard Families within the

state/territory/DC was hand-

crafted and placed on the

tree, alongside many other

participating National Guard

Programs throughout the

country.

This beautiful ornament was

created by our Georgia

National Guard State Youth

Program staff.

We extend our best wishes to

our Guard family during this

Holiday.

Disney Junior Live!

Join us for this brand new live show, Disney Junior Live On Tour! Pirate & Princess Adventure, featur-ing Sofia the First & Jake and the Never Land Pi-rates at the Cobb Energy Centre

Come celebrate the 2013 holiday season by taking a stroll through the glowing 21-acre Park or a spin around Atlanta's only outdoor ice skating rink located amongst the glittering lights on the Great Lawn.

Dr. Jill Biden decorating the National Guard Tree at the

White House. Our ornament (made by The State Youth

Program) representing the Georgia National Guard Joint

and Family Services is right next to the arrow in the pic-

ture above.

TORI SAYS….

P A G E 4 V O L U M E 2 I S S U E 2

On behalf of the Georgia

National Guard State Youth

Council, I would like to wish

everyone safe and happy

holidays! As the holidays ap-

proach and the school semester

comes to a close, students are

reaching the home stretch in their

classes. Everyone is trying to bring

their grades up, and the work put

into these last few weeks could

mean the difference between an A

or a B in the class! While many

students are paying for tutors,

buying study books, and even

joining study groups, a large

majority of military kids are unaware

of the resources available to them.

Tutor.com is an interactive website

available for free to military kids. It

offers real tutors all day, every day.

Help is offered for just about any

grade level and subject. So don’t let

bad grades turn you into

Scrooge this holiday season,

get the help you need to

raise your grade! The State

Youth Council hopes

everyone has a great holi-

day break!

Tori Socia

GANG SYC President

WORKSHOP SERIES

January 21, 2014

January 28, 2014

February 4, 2014

February 11, 2014

There is no story like another…. But

there’s mine. My dad is in the

GA National Guard . He was deployed

for 14 months to Iraq . This was when I

was in 1st/2nd grade and my brother

and I were so little the only memories

we have are either stories that have

been told to us or faint memories . They

did not have Yellow Ribbon Events like

today.

My dad also works with FEMA and is go-

ing to South Korea as a CHEMICAL

OFFICER . I hope everything goes well for

him! YEAH!!!

Chloe SYC

When my Dad deployed, I found myself

alone in my room a lot, isolated from

the world. During this time I found my-

self becoming more attached to certain

things. These things helped me clear and

ease my mind during this time of dis-

tress.

Even today, I still have attachments to

these things and even call upon them for help sometimes. I know now these

things helped me cope

Zachary SYC

BLOG CORNER

7 HABITS TRAINING, IT’S A “WIN WIN” LOCATION: DOBBINS ARB

TIME: 5:30PM –7:00PM

Youth Ages 12-17

PRESENTERS: Kara Coleman, MSW, LCSW

Mark Richards, BA, MA