Gift Ideas for a 50th Wedding Anniversary

Written by Louise Goodman


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* If money is no object, how about a weekend break? You can get some nice 'getaway' cruises of city breaks quite cheaply nowadays. Just make sure they can still travel! * Do they have major hobbies? Bird spotting? How about some new lightweight binoculars? Golf? How about some new clubs or a set of top ofrepparttar range balls? * If they are fans of a charity, see if you can make a donation in their name. It is possible to sponsor rare animals these days, andrepparttar 110201 WWF will happily send you details if you ask. * AVOID trying to help them directly in a financial sense,repparttar 110202 chances are that no matter how much they would like money, they would prefer to keep their dignity more. * AVOID 'gift certificates'. This implies that you know they have interests, but can't be bothered to do anything about them. * AVOID trying to 'muscle in' on their big day. You might think it will show love to try and organize everything, cookrepparttar 110203 food personally etc, but believe you me, at this age, they need their space, and will appreciate straight gifts or restaurant treats far a more. Never outstay your welcome - they don't have as much stamina as they used to!

Louise Goodman is a new addition to the writing team at www.sorrydarling.com the web's finest source for free gifts and free gift ideas.


Should We Apologize To Our Children

Written by Russell Turner


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Some ofrepparttar words we can use:

 “I’m sorry I got back later than I said I would.”  “I feel awful that I shouted at you this morning.”  “It was silly to get so upset about your messy room.”

Doing something:

Doing something special with our children can be more powerful than just saying we’re sorry. It shows that we really mean it.

Buying something:

Giving our time and attention to our children almost always means more to them than buying them something, but little surprises given along with a verbal apology shows we have given thought to what happened.

When Not to Apologize There are some dangers in apologizing too much. The problem is not withrepparttar 110200 apology but withrepparttar 110201 reason forrepparttar 110202 frequency. When we find ourselves apologizing too much we might be showing our children our own uncertainty. Our children rely on our certainty about life. They rely on us for guidance. Instead of apologizing if we aren’t sure whether we have donerepparttar 110203 right thing, it might be a good idea to feel sorry but say nothing. We need to use our own judgment to decide how much is too much.

What Happens When We Don’t Apologize? We all remember at some point in our lives when someone was clearly wrong and did not apologize for their behavior. It caused a lot of resentment when we felt we were unfairly treated. Our children have an acute sense of fairness. Resentment grows and eats away at good feelings and a barrier grows between our children and ourselves. We must not allow this. Remember this about apologies; if you want to hear them, you need to give them. Apologies make you feel better about yourself. They are a statement of honesty and wiperepparttar 110204 slate clean. And finally, it they are given, make sure you accept them.



Russell Turner is the father of a 10 year old diabetic daughter. After she was diagnosed he soon discovered he could find all sorts of medical information on the internet. What he couldn't find was how to prepare his child and family for living with this disease. He started his own website for parents of newly diagnosed diabetic children http://www.mychildhasdiabetes.com


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