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It takes a village to raise a family; advice and tips to make the most of yours.

You Can Change the World
The first thing we need to understand is our children mimic our actions. Why? Caregivers are the child’s first role model. This is exhibited when we observe them wearing our shoes or other personal belongings. This is not simply dress up time. They may also say that they want to be just like their caregiver when they become a parent. Why? It’s simple, really. We show them affection, love, compassion, comfort, and reassurance. What kid would not want to be like their caregiver when they have children in the future. Cool, right? Well, that depends.
By JA Angelo5 years ago in Families
“I Can Make Time” — a Love Language
For most of us, 2020 wasn’t a good year. We’ve suffered in our ways. However, it gave us the biggest life lesson so far — the crucial need to devote your time to loved ones.
By Ziva Lane5 years ago in Families
An emotional roller coaster
He fanned the notes in front of his face and smiled. Was this a moment of pure joy that he would always remember? Probably. He made a mental note to get his little black book out later and phone his friends to gloat. He had never held this much money in his hands. The smile widened. He thought about those closest to him and if he could make them feel as good as he was right now. He wondered if this was empathy or generosity.
By Andrew Hines5 years ago in Families
How to deal with PreTeen & Teen Girls during Online school Thank You Covid19
I wrote this poem on June 9th 1998, when I was just about 14 years old. I have many poems & diary's from past years, some are absolutely awful, other still have the power to make my eyes well up. Perhaps that is because I know in what context they were written in, the people they were written about, & what they actually meant/mean to me.
By Laurie Chambers5 years ago in Families
Home Inspection Benefits for House Buyers
Purchasing a house is a long cycle and it requires a serious immense amount of venture, so one can't settle on any choice without appropriately breaking down everything. That is why it's truly essential to inspect the land you are keen on, particularly in the current real estate market. A house goes through such home inspection in texas so all the potential issues could be found before one intends to move into it. These sorts of home inspections in texas typically incorporate an audit of underlying, mechanical, and electrical viewpoints in the house.
By George Kinsela5 years ago in Families
The Sudden Death of a Parent
All around us, life and death exist. Sometimes we know when it will happen, while other times it's a complete surprise. It's estimated that 250 babies are born each minute. It comes as no surprise that life and death are inevitable, so long as women are still able to reproduce and men are able to stay just as fertile. The circle of life is truly what it's all about. We are born, we live, we die. Our time spent on Earth varies per person. Some only live a few moments, too weak to survive, while others live to be over 100 years of age, surviving wars, famine, and disease.
By Shasta Scott5 years ago in Families
My Daughter Chose to Leave College
Since she formed in the womb, I proclaimed that she would be kind, respectful, giving, and ultimately, a college graduate. I made it my life’s work that she would become as many professionals, leaders, or entrepreneurs of her dreams. My only daughter would rule the world. She was my buddy for 9 years before her little brother was born (I was married before she was born, separated when she was three, and divorced when she was 10). We did most things together. I became moreover a divorced single mom of two by the time she hit 4th grade.
By Tiff5 years ago in Families
Where Anger Comes From
Anger The feeling within you where it bubbles and brews, blows up, which it then finally seeps into every core of your mind, body, and soul, feeding off of you. Tainting your wholeness, creating a monster of where in then you turn from being angry to Anger, the devil in flesh. And the worst part of where anger comes from is that it is planted from the very people you love.
By Gina Wang5 years ago in Families
Growing up, Getting out, Creating your new Family
Family, the foundation for the next generation of adults. Some people have large families, while others have small families, and some people have no family at all, or feel isolated from them over time. Friends and teachers are the outside forces that also influence much of our dreams and aspirations. Traditions change with the passing of grandparents and great grandparents, family reunions become less and less, so we try our best to create our own traditions.
By Shasta Scott5 years ago in Families
Family Issues
Family Issues Family and Abuse What is a family? A family is any group of individuals who are banded together through marriage, kinship, adoption or mutual agreement whether hetero/homosexual. Kinship means related to grandparents, aunts and uncles. There are six goals of the family and they are an opportunity to express ideas and feelings, to have no family secrets, to having a valuing of everyone's values, opinions and feelings, must have rules and have flexibility and yet enforced with consistency, have positive energy shown in a systems theory support system that allow for opportunities for growth and change.
By Mark Graham5 years ago in Families
Your expectations of Child Care. Top Story - January 2021.
One warning I always give any parent who is looking for childcare is that it is crucial not to have unrealistic expectations. Even though you want the very best care for your child, you have to understand that the very best care would be you staying home. Next best would be your child spending the day with grandma or Aunt Suzie who never was able to have kids of her own. If you are going to place your child in any form of childcare, including a nanny in your home, that person is a substitute and will never do things the same way you would.
By Terri Mulhern5 years ago in Families
The "F Word" in Child Care
There are a few words in daycare that providers consider unofficial cuss words. These words are used by parents to get away with the very worst of behaviors. Like using the words “Allergies” or “Teething” as an excuse to drop a child at daycare that they know is not well and should be at home. Another buzz word for us is “Occasional” because usually it is used by a parent who wants us to watch their child for extra hours without getting paid for them.
By Terri Mulhern5 years ago in Families