Preparing Children For Life and Enriching Families
No outdoor space for a garden? Consider starting a garden indoors! Here are 5 tips to help you begin indoor container gardening today. Plants can bring both life and color to your home. In addition, there is also benefit to growing herbs and vegetables. If you don’t like in a place where you can plant a garden outside, or if…
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Babysitting is a great first job for many. It can also be a great responsibility for a child who has younger siblings. How do you know when your child is old enough to begin babysitting? Here are seven things to consider. #1. What is your state’s law? Whether you think your child is ready or not, every state has a…
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There I was, standing in line and ready to pay for my purchases. The total was $10.06. I gave the cashier a $20 and $.06. In my mind this made perfect sense, I would walk away from the exchange with a $10 bill. All would be right with the world. However, what happened next was a sincere lesson in why…
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From the time our children become cognizant of money, they realize that they want it. Though it is often said that the love of money is the root of all evil, we still can all agree that money is definitely a necessity for living. How to get that money in the form of a well-paying job, can sometimes be the…
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We see it on the news and sometimes in our own neighborhoods. Natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, power outages and storms can wreak havoc on friends and family at a moment’s notice. Have you taken the time to sit down and talk with your children about these emergencies? As an adult, you may well be aware of a…
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We see them all the time. Expiration dates or “best by” dates adorning the labels of all of our food products, from canned goods to lettuce. There are times that we decide to strictly adhere to the dates, such as mayonnaise. There are other times that we may choose to take our chances, like with a jar of pickles that…
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We teach our children from a very early age that if there is an emergency, they should call 911. However, there are many things about this simple statement that don’t go quite far enough. For example, when you call 911, you will be asked LOTS of questions. The caller needs to be able to identify their location, the emergency at…
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Your children see you whip out your card, often emblazoned with a Visa or Mastercard logo and swipe it at the store. The items you had in your cart are now free and clear for you to take home without concern that someone will stop you at the door for not paying your bill. Your children also see you use…
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When our children begin the process of learning to drive, we try to make sure they are well prepared for every situation. We might discuss defensive driving with them, talk to them about always being cautious while passing other drivers, and of course, to be diligent around school zones. Then one unsuspecting day, the phone rings and on the other…
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I walked into the living room just in time to see something that made my heart skip a beat. My 3-year-old was making a bridge with his body over our 3-month-old baby. It occurred to me at that moment that though I had told my son not to pick the baby up, I don’t know that I was explicit with…
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