Back to school can be a tricky time for lots of reasons, especially if you have changed over the summer. You and your friends may look different in the fall than you did when you left school in May. You may be darker from spending time outside or have braids from your trip to the [...]
As we all know, Halloween is filled with outdoor activity. Young children are walking from door to door hollering “Trick-Or-Treat”. In gated communities, this is a safer practice, since sidewalks and lighted streets are quite common. However, if you live out in a more country-like setting, sidewalks are rare and streetlights few and far between.
So, [...]
One cold night, my husband picked me up from work. I was working second shift, which ended at midnight. We drove the same way we did every night, down a long country road. We had been driving for about 10 minutes, when coming towards us was an elderly woman, walking in her pajamas, with no [...]
Some camps have a targeted focus like religious study, academics, and competitive sports. Special needs camps meet the needs of a wide range of children with disabilities these camps provide an outdoor summer camp experience along with a therapeutic environment. Choosing the right camp for your child, teen or other children deserves a great deal [...]
I have met half a dozen children rumored to be suffering from such disorders, and on all of these occasions I was interested to note the parents behavior was exactly cloned, one from the other. In every case the parents were attentive, well meaning and affectionate, passionately devoted to their children.
In two cases, the [...]
Planning a birthday party for your preschooler? Party games are
a great way to keep young children entertained and engaged in the
party. Make sure every child gets a prize of some kind so child
every goes home a winner!
Bean in Your Shoe
One player goes out of the room. A dried bean is given to one [...]
What is the perception of young people today about work and values?
Without batting an eyelid, will some of them help themselves to the public purse if given the chance and flaunt the funds to the less smarter ones?
Young people are regularly subjected to a confusing state of dilemma: as older adults advise them [...]
I was in the grocery store last week and within the course of the 30 minutes that it took me to find the four items that I needed and check through the express lane, I experienced 4 children with four different families whaling uncontrollably. I wanted to say something to all of them but [...]
Should teenage girls wear make up to school before age 16?
I just went over to Yahoo! Answers to play. I like to visit and see what questions interest me and answer the ones that do.
Yesterday I saw one asking for help to apply eye liner make up, a category of the board [...]
I managed to keep a straight face while replying, No, there are a few colors in between. The naivet amused me. Yet in fairness, this group of 25 newly-minted yellow belts had been promoted in record time-just six weeks. It had been a special summer program for kids just out of juvenile hall, or expelled [...]
