I won’t drag you through the gory, girly details of when I went through puberty, but even growing up with three older sisters, I really had no clue. So, believe me when I say I was not quite prepared to give the talk to my daughter. My daughter is nine, I’m thankful that I still have a few years to prepare for the ‘body’ talk.

Umm… no! This mom lost her few years about 3 months ago.

Not puberty. Not a training bra. Her period. At nine, my daughter, a third grader, still my baby, started her period and I felt lost. You can read about my instruction to my daughter, but I knew that at nine and her body already changing, we were going to be having all kinds of talks earlier in her life, and much sooner then mom thought.

It’s a wonderful thing that I’m part of the book club associated with SV Moms Group and Deep South Moms because I have been opened to a whole level of reading that I normally would not seek out on my own. Our current book The Body Scoop for Girls by Jennifer Ashton was a no brainer for me to be a part of.

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Below, are this week’s list of links from around Twitter, blogs, and websites that buzz about social media, business, family and more! Plus, this week we have added a few links to spots we are reading that may not mention social media one iota… we liked’em… we added’em!

Social Media, Marketing, Business

• 7 Ways to Use Psychological Influence With Social Media Content – Social Media Examiner
• Swipely and Blippy Take On Amazon, Mint and Facebook – BNET
• The Art of Creating a Social Media Press Release – Social Fish
• Making Time For Evolution – Altitude Branding
• 5 Ways to Build Your Business without Competing on Price – Startup Nation

Family, Blogs, Reviews

• All I Got was a Lousy Chocolate Bar – Mommy Tracked
• Fraud + Lies for Free Products – She Posts

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If your teen boy is anything like mine, he is starting to remember to take a shower every morning, looking at himself in the mirror, and checking out the hair. He’s realized that it’s important to keep clean, even if it’s because he has discovered girls.

What’s his weapon to look good? AXE products.

AXE hair and body products are a staple on my shopping list with a teen boy in my house. Shampoo, body wash, body spray, you name it, it’s a mix n’ match of flavors that fill the air spilling out from underneath the bathroom door.

We are loyal AXE brand consumers, so it is a wonderful thing that I can share this brand of hair care product with you.

Thanks to AXE, I have been given two (2) AXE Hair Care product packages to giveaway on DannieSpeaks. Each package includes:

• AXE Deep Clean Shampoo & Hair Scrub features rock crystals and removes the gunky product build-up and oil – $4.99 (12 oz. bottle)
• AXE: Just Soft Conditioner leaves hair so soft you won’t be able to keep your hands out of it – $4.99 (12 oz. bottle)
• AXE Clean-Cut Look Pomade gives guys a polished look without appearing wet – $5.99 (2.64 oz. jar) Enough for 75 uses

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