Oh yes you have! Suddenly, “Where’s Bobby?” You instantly realize that he is not where he is supposed to be-where you told him to stay! Little kids, and even older ones, just don’t behave like they used to. Has anyone noticed that?
Since corporeal punishment of children has departed the scene, parents are left with the […]
Lead is one of the most dangerous toxins a person can be exposed to in his lifetime. Besides damage from radioactive or nuclear chemicals, significant exposure to lead can cause some of the most severe and even fatal health effects possible.
It seems to be fairly common knowledge that lead is dangerous and that one should […]
Today your children will learn mathematics, decision making, direction following, task distribution, and gratification delay. For 10 points, which activity will they be participating in?
A. First day in the Corporate World
B. First day in the Armed Services
C. First day at the University
D. Baking
If you chose A, B, or C, you might have been right, except […]
“Setting the alarm on Sunday mornings is inhuman?..God should know that!” Those were my adolescent thoughts every weekend when my parents forced me to church. “I can get more out of my headphones and the Beatles.” It was this way as far back as I can remember. Early Sunday school, then later Bible studies, liturgies […]
I recall somewhere in the recesses of my aging brain a time past when kids actually asked to borrow the family car for the evening. Heck, I even recall myself uttering that request to my folks many times. In fact, it was a science. If you had a hot date (in my case that was […]
They are reproducing faster than rabbits. There are more than 500 million in the world, now. They began gradually, with one usually “tied-up” in the kitchen. Soon they were attached all over the house: master bedroom, living room, kitchen, and even bathrooms! Then they broke loose and became portable, roaming the house freely. Now they […]
How many times have you flipped through the pages of a magazine or newspaper and seen images of children with captions like “Brats,” “Bullies,” or “Mean and Selfish”? Unfortunately, these are common occurrences in today’s media. For some child advocates, these images serve as a call to action: We need to do something to help […]
It is so important to create an environment that promotes the love of reading. Not only is reading necessary for survival in today’s world, it is educational, it sparks imagination, it is a stress reliever, provides entertainment and enjoyment, the list goes on.
Here are some ideas to help you help your child love reading.
The most […]
Parents are in a unique position to “monitor” their children’s internet activities and to observe their behavior with respect to any actions generated by the child’s internet use. If children are hiding something from a parent, usually an astute parent will sense that something is askew… in these times it may well be internet associated. […]
It is extraordinary times that we find ourselves in. Change is now an entrenched way of life. Most of us don’t blink when new piece of technology comes out. Just the other day I read about the death of the desktop computer. The big lump of plastic and glass that used to sit on my […]