Develop Your Child’s Critical Thinking Skills

1. Encourage Questions.
Don’t answer every question, instead ask what do they think.
Asking questions stimulates conversation between you and your
child.
2. Don’t Criticize.
Criticism invites low self-esteem. Children feel that they have
failed or disappointed their parents when they are criticized.
Find alternate ways of correcting the problem. A child will
likely shut down communication if they feel that [...]

Teaching Children To Organize

Organizing is something that many people are born with, yet
those who aren’t need not despair. Organizing is a LEARNED SKILL
and one that kids and adults alike can pick up at any time. Here
are some ways to organize a kid’s room, and teach the principles
of organizing at the same time.
OLD FRIENDS If the child has a [...]

Top Ten Tips For Having Fun Organizing

Has the word “clutter” become a negative trigger for you? Do
piles of papers or stacks of stuff invade and haunt your
physical and mental space? Do you feel hopeless at the thought
of filing or clearing? How about if your beliefs on creating
order would “reorganize” themselves, in a Mary Poppins way,
easily, effortlessly, and playfully, could you [...]

4 Tips For Clearing The Clutter

Spring.. Fresh breezes through open windows, sleeping trees come
awake with bright new leaves, flowers begin to bloom and the
grass becomes green once more. Now along with the obvious, there
is another sign that the season has arrived, our yearly pledge
to clear the clutter and organize our homes. I’m not sure why
this happens, maybe we humans after [...]

Organizing Tips For Your Office

Being organized at the office involves managing a few key
activities effectively:
. Emails . Phone . Meetings
The increase in productivity from investing a small amount of
time in efficiently managing these activities upfront is more
than worth the result.
EMAIL MANAGEMENT
Keeping up with the daily onslaught of emails is a major
challenge for most of us, both personally & professionally. [...]

PARENTS – What Kind of Role Model Are You?

Are you being the person you want your children to be?
Many parents today really try to be better parents than their
parents were. They attempt to be there for their children – to
listen to them, support them, spend time with them, as well as
hold and nurture them. Their children grow up feeling loved and
valued by these [...]

The ADD Child: Challenging Parents, Teachers and Friends

The ADD child exhibits a series of behaviors that are common in
most children. Most children misbehave, act silly and day dream.
So what, then, is the difference? The child with Attention
Deficit Disorder exhibits these behaviors in a constant and
extreme manner, often interfering with their academic, social
and family interactions. Here are the variety of ways that a
child [...]

War Declared On Instant Messenger: How to Stop Your Child from Wasting Their Life Away Online

Hey Parents! I hate to tell you, but there is no such thing as
“useful instant messaging”. Your crafty child might try to take
advantage of your lack of “Techie” know how when they say in
that whiny voice… “But Mom I’m IMing my friends about
homework.” Don’t buy it! They are simply playing up the school
is important bit [...]

Are You Addicted to Your Children?

Is it possible to be using our children addictively?
Anything that we use to get love, avoid pain, and fill up inner
emptiness can become an addiction – even our children! If your
children are your whole life – if you don’t have a strong
spiritual connection with a personal source of love and
guidance, as well as other relationships [...]

HOW TO REORGANIZE YOUR TIME TO ACCOMMODATE A HOME-BASED BUSINESS

Almost everyone needs or wants more money coming in, and with
this desire most would like to start some sort of extra
income-producing project. The trouble is, not many of these
people seem able to fit “a second job” into their time schedules.
It’s true that most people are busy, but extra time for some
sort of home-based extra income-producing [...]

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