Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Mitt Romney's foot-in-mouth disease causes him to lose respect.
As parents, we are challenged to be role models for our children. If that weren't tough enough, we must also help guide our kids to selecting others as role models. For example, we teach kids to respect people in positions of authority: teachers, principals, police officers, mayors, senators, and presidents. Yes, presidents. It's hard to believe this time of year that our leaders vying for the highest public office act the way they do. With that in mind, Mitt Romney made a statement recently that is causing me to break my own rule of not writing about politics. If he were to win the election, I could not imagine how I could point to him and say to my children, "There is a man we must honor and respect." “There are 47 percent of the people …
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
How can we teach our kids a life lesson early?
Gossip, like bullying, is a very painful weapon. As an adult, I’m still getting kicked in the teeth by gossips. As an adult, gossip makes me nauseated. I want to come out swinging, to correct the record. To defend myself. As an adult, gossip hurts my feelings and still makes me cry sometimes — especially when the nastiness and half-truths come from people who claim they are our friends. This a lesson to our children that they are not babies just because they get upset by maliciousness. We all get upset at any age. Words can be very hurtful. There is no wonder why our children suffer so much by hateful words. Kids are still maturing. Their abilities to let things roll off is practically non-existent. How can we teach them to overcome the …
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Does the presidential hopeful's wife represent modern America?
It was pretty mild as far as political blunders go. After having read the entire transcript, I thought the statement was awkward, but not offensive. Of course, had I been Ann Romney, I may feel differently. Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen took a big swat at Ann Romney. Despite Ann's well-bankrolled lifestyle, she has five sons. So unless she had a battalion of nannies and staff, the woman must have worked very hard being a mom. There is no doubt that Rosen was wrong and stuck her foot in her mouth when she said Romney never worked a day in her life. The next sentences of Rosen's statement softened the blow. Rosen was making the point that Romney hasn't ever had an employer, she has never had to fight for wage equality, she has never had…
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Pre-chewing our kids' food is for the birds.
We are not birds. So when I saw actress Alicia Silverstone feeding her toddler son like one, I couldn't relate. Silverstone has come under fire for posting a video on YouTube doing just that. The practice is called premastication or pre-chewing. She chews her son's food and feeds it to him from her mouth to his. Yuck. I can't imagine a situation where I would do that. Like Silverstone, I come under fire for how I feed my children. I had so many people, relatives included, who fought me for still nursing after two months. I've been publicly dressed down for not letting my toddler eat cake when he wouldn't eat his dinner first. Premastication is different, however. Apparently, pre-Gerber mothers have been pre-chewing for centuries during the…
Thursday, February 2, 2012
What's the big deal? Kids can learn as much or more at home.
Homeschooling, like most things, is a personal decision each parent will make. Most families don't have the luxury of the option. Those who do should seriously consider it. Socialization is one of the main excuses I hear from people who are anti-homeschooling. I think that's a bunch of hooey. Children who have brothers and sisters must learn how to be part of a family, to take turns and to be considerate. Those are incredible socialization skills. Also, there are lots of ways kids can learn to be social outside the home. Team sports, group activities, music lessons are all ways to be part of a community. How easily we overlook church activities and volunteerism as social structure. When my nephew started kindergarten, he was adding and …
Scotty
11:50 pm on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
I've read thru this whole page and my only comment is TIM L is a bitter, imature crybaby liberal who has no facts just nasty partisan talking points. Its funny to read. I think your mommy is calling she wants you to come home now. more ›