Checking accounts are an absolute necessity these days. You can either have a checking account or run to the bank or other outlet for money orders. Many people pay for almost everything with a check including groceries, gas, clothes and a long list of other things. When you add an ATM card to this picture, […]

What would it be like to have a clone? What would it be like to be a clone? If you end up cloning yourself you just might have the opportunity to find out what you might do in those shoes, but it takes about 16 years of times on the investment side until the new […]

All of us, including your child, entered this world equipped with a super-computer that can be programmed to achieve almost anything.
We all have what it takes to function at optimum level–to be the best student, to be the best in our career, and to function efficiently in every area of our life.
Want proof?
See the wonderful […]

OK, moms and dads out there, we hear you when you say, my children won’t eat healthy foods. If we even say the word, they tune out and already decide they don’t like it. Well, my first response to this is "who is running the house, you or the kids". If you say the kids, […]

Little Suzy has really been having a hard time getting some of her assignments done. When she reads in class, she struggles with many words, and her mother reported at conference time that Suzy spends hours each night on homework.
At the same time, Suzy carries on intelligent conversation, and when you ask her about what […]

By the time your children reach their teens, there is only a limited amount of time left to influence them and get them started in life in the right direction.
The teen years are a critical time for role models in your children’s lives. Often you will find teens have a hard time talking to their […]

Recently I took my two children to a popular new park in the area. It’s a beautiful new playground, all wood, divided into different areas of play for different age groups. It’s wonderful for me as well, as my children can play at age appropriate areas and I can see/interact with both of them at […]

Q: My husband and I are at a loss as to what to do with our two teenagers. They have been great kids and all of a sudden it seems like we are in teenage hell! We keep fighting to see the kids we once knew, and they keep fighting to get their own way. […]

Most parents can hardly wait for their baby to say its first word. This usually happens between the nine months and a year. From about two years, the child should be able to use simple phrases, and by three he should be able to use full sentences. By four, he should be fully able to […]

An Awesome Dad in by no means perfect. But that itself is perfect, because imperfection allows us to really understand the personal evolution our children are going through with us. The definition of an Awesome Dad, then, is the father who stays in the game, shows up fully and sets powerful intentions to grow into. […]