Oh – and you know what Mom said about her bratty kids? She said that she “tried everything”. She tried sitting down and talking with them, she tried taking away toys, she tried sitting them in time-out. She tried it all, but nothing worked. Hmmmmm. Seems she left out THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE! The controlled, loving, whack across caboose.

When are parents going to “get it” that loving, proper, consistent discipline when they’re young means that they’ll be controlled, loving, children that behave when they are 6, 7, and up.

AND – children can’t be happy if they aren’t disciplined. You can see it on their faces. Whiney, out-of-control children are miserable. And so is everyone around them, for that matter.

When’s last time that you’ve seen a miserable, well disciplined child? You haven’t. I mean, there are a few moments of bad attitude or whatever that quickly goes away with correction; but they are basically happy, content, and secure.

So, anyway, back to my story.

Each family was getting $50,000 for trade. But catch was that visiting spouse made decision of how other family would spend their $50,000. The rich man’s answer to fix low income family? Buy house, remodel it – basically improve material possessions.

The country man’s answer to fix wealthy family? Family relationship counseling, cooking lessons, and family vacation time.

And you guessed it – rich wife flipped out – she was planning on using $50,000 to pay for her son’s bar mitzvah!!

But, I’ll say one thing. The country man was right on for what that family needed. Less focus on “things” and more focus on “relationships”.

Actually, he was downright clever. He showed America #1 way to build family relationships…Cooking together.

Ahem. Ring a bell?

Cooking creates family bonds – across all ages – across all abilities. Too bad country man didn’t have more of that wisdom to have disciplined kids too.

So, if you’re already ahead of game with well behaved kids – don’t forget about relationship side of things. And don’t overlook easiest, most funnest ( he, he), I mean “fun” way to spend time with you kids – COOKING!!!!

In United States, one out of three families owns one or more dogs. Most dogs live anywhere from eight to fifteen years. When dogs are one year old, they are as physically mature as a 15 year old human. Dogs can see some color but not as vividly as humans, thus they are considered color blind. Yet, dogs can see much better in dim light than us. Dogs have us beat in category of smell, also. Their sense of smell is up to one million times greater than humans!

Regardless of which kind of dog you choose- big, little, smooth haired, shaggy, fast, slow, playful or dignified, dogs make wonderful companions. Enjoy their companionship and remember they need plenty of love, attention, and petting to be happy!

Published by: Wendy Yeager http://www.wenmarcorp.com/dogs-go2