What does ITBOM Mean?

What does ITBOM Mean?

ITBOM stands for I’m The Boss Of Me!

ITBOM started as a children’s book series when our Boss, Casey, was trying to teach her son how to be responsible for his words and actions at the tender age of 7… They wrote a book one night after school and used it as a handbook to teach personal responsibility & accountability, something SHE realized she needed a refresher course in as well as teach it!

Specifically, Casey wanted to teach her young son that he was the Boss of his MOUTH and should keep it closed when his teacher was trying to teach! He had a habit for interrupting and shouting out answers, which was disruptive to the other students.

ITBOM blossomed into a lifestyle for the two of them, resulting in a full academic scholarship for her son 11 years later with him graduating Magna Cum Laude 4 years after entering college!  He had been a GREAT Boss of his learning and figuring things out. He accentuated his intelligence with taking on learning the things he didn’t already know. “I Can Learn, I Can Try, I Can Learn How & Why” became a way of life.

When Casey was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 49, her husband told her to quit her job and do whatever it was she always wanted. She told him, “I want to publish the children’s book that Owen & I wrote when he was 7.” And so she did.

Casey set about the world of publishing, hired a friend’s son who had just graduated film school in LA, and embarked on her goal of changing the world, one little Boss at a time.

ITBOM is NOT about being BOSSY. It has 3 themes:

- Personal Responsibility & Accountability

- Diversity & Inclusion

- Body Safety & Autonomy

She believes that when everyone has those in the forefront of their lives, they will be unstoppable Bosses!

The books are not about teaching kids to be BOSSY. They are about teaching children to be BOSS-SOME!  Responsible for what they do and say; inclusive and caring; and SAFE!  And if they AREN’T doing these things, a SAFE GROWN will step in and help them “Find the Way!”

All of the phrases on the apparel in this shop are direct quotes from her books.  She realized that her simple rhymes for kids were actually really great and empowering reminders for adults too, and thus, she created the ITBOM FASHION site.

She looks forward to helping people take back their power or just strengthen their current emotional standing in their lives.

(She has an entire Cartoon site too, for the little kiddos to wear and remember the messages too. Just search ITBOM and both sites should pop up!)

Thank you for popping in and learning more about the ITBOM world and how it started! Come on and join the ITBOM movement! YOU are Boss-Some! And we want to make sure EVERYONE knows it!

Check out our website www/imthebossofme.com for the original children’s book site!

XO

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