Onto day three…hasn’t it been fun so far? We are just a few days into this event and already, we’ve learned so much about our little ones; it’s fantastic, really!!!!

Gotta Love his humor...

Today is all about the MR STRONG in your home. To me, MR STRONG can fit into a whole number of categories and can come from girls and boys alike. The “strength” I’m talking about isn’t just a physical attribute. It can be a cognitive or emotional strength too.

For today’s post; I’m going to take the cognitive approach…

The MR STRONG in my home is a sixteen year old smarty that feels he’s never “good enough for anything” (his thoughts). This could be solely my fault because he’s heard me down myself time and time again. I am trying hard to refrain from showing any self-doubt around my kids because I see what it’s done to my oldest- CJ. I understand, now, that the way I torture myself trickles down to them- my three kids and how they perceive themselves.

We as parents do all that we can to boast our children’s self confidence. We encourage them to do their best and I’m sure we all praise them as much as possible, but, no matter what, sometimes it’s hard. It’s unfortunate really, because these kids can do so much if they just believed they could.

CJ, my son, has a gift for being the smartest “history buff” I know. He’s also one handsome young fellow and he deserves all the world can give him. But how can I possibly make him realize the strengths he has if he doesn’t see these strengths himself? It’s hard, but I do all I can to continue to talk him up, to praise him and remind him, daily, about his greatnesses. I feel that this is something that I can do as a parent.

Back in the day...

Every kid has that MR STRONG within them; whether they’re three or thirty three- fifteen or fifty five. Sometimes we just need to help them find it.

For an entry into TODAY’S GIVEAWAY (Mandatory):

                TELL ME: Do you have a child that doesn’t know his/her own strength? What ways do you help them realize their greatnesses?

Do you really want to win? You can gain an additional entry by doing any, or all, of the tasks below (OPTIONAL):

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6. * Leave a comment thanking the wonderful people at Target, General Mills and Chorion for the fun gifts they have provided. *

These are just a few ways you can gain “extra entries”. Just make sure you leave a separate comment for each task so that it counts. To make it easy for you, simply click on the little “share this” tab at the bottom of this post. You can choose from there where you’d like to add your shout out.

CONTEST INFORMATION:

 This giveaway starts now/today and will run for 24 hours: starting (12 MIDNIGHT CST on OCT. 7^th) and ENDING AT 11:59PM CST, OCTOBER 7^TH at which comments will no longer be accepted. I will randomly draw a winner from that day’s entries and post the winner in the next day’s post (as UPDATE). As well, I will also be emailing the winner and that winner will have just 12 hours to reply (or another winner will be drawn).

For more information on this event/please take a moment and read my review and/or  Original post about why General Mills, Chorion and Target have teamed up to offer such amazing product prize packs for this week’s event!

So what will each prize pack include? Simple! Each day, I will feature a new character and the limited box of cereal it will be featured on.

Today’s winner will receive a Prize pack which will include:

• One (1) box of cereal featuring the Mr. Men, Little Miss iron-on character of the day (today’s character is MR. STRONG/ Honey Nut Cheerios)
• One (1) Mr. Men Character T-Shirt (shirts may vary)
• One (1) White T-Shirt to apply the iron-on Character
• One (1) Mr. Men, Little Miss collectible book (available wherever books are sold)
• One (1) Mr. Bump Medical Kit from Fisher-Price (available at Target)
• One (1) $10.00 Target Gift Card for another item to use with the iron-on Transfers

Again, we hope you enjoy this week’s festivities and will participate in the fun! There will be a lot of comments to read as I’m sure we all have a story to tell. Thanks too – to all readers and followers of BlogFully because without you, I wouldn’t have been offered this wonderful opportunity!

Please come back to the Main page @ BlogFully each day where you will find the new giveaway post for this week’s event. There has been some confusion as to where the comments should be posted. Each day I will start a new post with a new featured character. Because they are written daily, you have to come back to the main page in order to find it. I do apologize for any confusion. Remember: Each giveaway for this event will run for 24 hours. Winners will be chosen at random. Thank you.

*** SORRY FOLKS; THIS GIVEAWAY IS ONLY OPEN TO U.S.RESIDENTS ***