Category — Family/Parenting

I know that this article as well as this subject is going to touch the chord of so many people both positive and negative, both mothers and fathers. I recently posed a question to both men and women and to my astonishment; both favored and concurred with it. So, what is it? Child support! Did you know that child support is determined on the income of the noncustodial parent? Yes, I’m sure most of you know that. However, do most of you agree that child support laws are antiquated and biased and needs to be changed?

If support payment is based on a noncustodial parent income, then what happens to the excess of the money that is received by the custodial parent once the child’s needs are taken care of? [Read more →]

Christmas gifts are one of the key attractions of Christmas. As a parent, Christmas may be a giving you a headache because you need to know what is the most popular Christmas gifts are for kids. Christmas Gifts are quite a difficult thing to choose.

Christmas gifts are more about the sentiment than the price tag. Christmas gifts are not hard to find, since during the holiday seasons, there are lots of options for you. I would have to agree that homemade christmas gifts are a great idea and friends and family absolutely love them.

Make sure your homemade Christmas gifts are practical. It doesn’t have to be expensive and it doesn’t have to be huge as long as this year’s Christmas gifts are right on target. Personal Christmas gifts are becoming more and more popular each year. These Christmas gifts are great [Read more →]

Originally Broadcast Nov 2001

The fourth Thursday in November is called Thanksgiving Day in the USA. Whether you live here or not, are you going through a tough time this Thanksgiving? Aside from all the international unrest, are you finding it hard to find anything to be thankful about in the midst of your own life? If so, maybe this message will minister to you.

Did you know it wasn’t until the American Civil War (1861-1865) that Congress officially recognized Thanksgiving Day? Even though it all began over 200 years earlier in the Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts, 1621. The Separatists (it was much later when they became known as “Pilgrims”), who founded Plymouth Colony in 1620, ignored most holidays. In fact, they recognized [Read more →]

The importance of parental involvement as an accelerating and motivating factor in their children’s education is a worldwide-accepted fact. This research project provides an in depth explanation along with specific reasons, the importance of parents’ involvement in their children’s education. It also discusses the parenting techniques, their types and their consequences if neglected. It also describes the ways to measure the outcome of the positive parental involvement. Furthermore, it mentions the teachers involvement and the difficulties faced by the teachers in getting parents involved in their children’s (this is further supported by the examples of two teachers who with their deliberate efforts won the parents over to devote their maximum attention towards their children), single-parent involvement, [Read more →]

Fine Arts is defined in the Encarta Dictionary as being, “any art form, for example, painting, sculpture, architecture, drawing, or engraving, that is considered to have purely aesthetic value” (Encarta, 2004). Though this definition is used in relationship with the arts in the regular world, in regards to teaching, fine arts is defined as a subject beneficial, not essential, to the learning process and is often phased out because of lack of time, little learning potential, and no money. Fine arts is simply seen as painting and drawing, not a subject studied by an academic scholar. Writer Victoria Jacobs explains, “Arts in elementary schools have often been separated from the core curriculum and instead, offered as enrichment activities that are considered beneficial but not essential” (Jacobs, 1999, p. 2).

What is missing in classrooms is the lack [Read more →]

We live in an age when love, sex and intimacy seem to be many people’s epitome of happiness. Yes, we seek other ways to find happiness and fulfillment, but the rate of divorce and the percentage of single parent families compared with two-parent families tells me that parenting is either of less importance to parents than marriage or that they are uninformed about the effects of divorce on their children. Parents who leave an unhappy marriage for the sake of their children are not in possession of all the facts or are misguided in their belief that divorce is [Read more →]

With the popularity of Halloween, the most popular holiday for adults & children in United States, Halloween parties are increasing. It is highly important to appreciate and cherish your kids while attending Halloween costume parties. The main theme of the Halloween costume parties is to provide the maximum level of satisfaction and pleasure. The best Halloween costumes might even win prizes. Make your kids look great on Halloween parties. For timely tips for kids on Halloween costume parties, turn to related websites. Some companies offer an online platform that makes it easy to browse for available Halloween costumes for kids.

There are a variety of exciting Halloween costumes and accessories for kids. With such costumes it is possible for you to make kids look good in a Halloween party [Read more →]

If you are looking for Halloween classroom activities, you have wide choice of games and activities that you can use. You can incorporate Halloween activities into math lessons, writing lessons, art classes and more. In fact you could do nothing but Halloween activities for the month of October and still fill each day with quality educational content.

Halloween classroom activities don’t have to be just a bit of fun. They can be worthwhile activities where the learning continues and best of all the kids are really keen to participate. Look at the different ways that you can incorporate this spooky theme into your program.

Brain Teasers

It is worthwhile adding a few math Halloween activities into your program before Halloween. Halloween brain teasers are always popular with the kids. These can be math brain teasers where the problems are [Read more →]