"Good & Not So Good Advice From Our Moms (UK)"
Written by Debbie Jenkins
REPRINT GUIDELINES =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= You are free to publish following article in it's entirety in your eZine or on your website. Our only condition is that you MUST keep information about author,(c) notice and resource box at end intact. Please let us know when you use an article by sending us an email... mailto:howto@leanmarketingpress.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=Word Count: 586 Character Width: 60 Resource Box: Choice of 2 =========================================================== "Good & Not So Good Advice From Our Moms (UK)" - by "Dangerous" Debbie Jenkins (c) Debbie Jenkins. All Rights Reserved. http://www.BookShaker.com =========================================================== Our moms were always full of good advice when we were growing up and they had to put up with a lot of crap (quite literally) from us... So don't forget to thank your mom for all her good advice this Mother's Day! Why not give her a call? Forward this article to 3 or more of your friends to remind them just how much their moms taught them too. Together we can make Mother's Day really special and bring a smile to people's faces. When We Were Littl'uns... --------------------------------------- * Of course it stung you - wasps don't like to be stroked. * No, her face isn't melting. Those are called wrinkles. * Don't hit your brother while he's sleeping! * Take that crayon out of your sister's ear! * No, man doesn't have a baby in his belly. * Put that down! You don't know where it's been! * Where are your clothes? * Humans don't eat cat food * Take your feet out of your mouth * Please don't blow in dogs ear * No your sleeve isn't a hanky * Don't put that in your mouth, you don't know where it's been * Stop trying to ride dog, he doesn't want to play As We Got Older... -------------------------------------- * Close your mouth when you're eating * Stop pulling faces - if wind changes you'll stick like it! * Keep laughing and I'll give you something to cry about * Stop picking, it'll go septic. * What if your friend jumped off a cliff? Would you do that too? * Money doesn't grow on trees. * Somebody's going to end up crying. * You're going to have somebody's eye out with that! * Eat those carrots, they're good for your eyes. You don't see rabbits wearing glasses, do you? * I'm going to give you until count of three. * Wash behind your ears or you'll have potatoes growing there. * If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. * Don't come running to me when you break both your legs! * Don't run with a lollipop in your mouth. * Don't sit too close to television, it'll turn your eyes square. * I don't CARE if all other kids are doing it, you're not doing it * Less said, sooner mended
| | Spending Time With Your ChildWritten by Russell Turner
Why Is Spending Time with Your Child So Important? For children to get any sense that they are loved and wanted, you have to be prepared to spend some time with them. I know you are all thinking, so tell me something I don’t know. My point in all of this is how important this really is. The term “spending time with your child” gets tossed out there fairly casually. We hear it so often that after awhile we may not take it as seriously as we should. I found myself, with all of time I have to spend with my diabetic daughter and daily diabetes care, considering that as part of my quota of time spent with my child. In a sense it is, but it’s not kind of time that makes relationship with your child so special. This is a difficult article for me to write because I can see some areas I need to improve in. I hope this isn’t too difficult to read. There’s no getting away from this simple truth. If you do not give them very much of your time, talking, laughing, playing, and sharing things or just generally being around listening to and enjoying them, how can they possibly get any other message than that they are not worthy of your love, time, and attention? How can they then progress to love themselves if they perceive that you always put yourself and others first, before them, and that they are apparently incidental to your life, even that they are a nuisance? Please note that I said “they perceive”. What a child perceives is not always accurate. But to a child perception is reality. If they think this is how you feel, then to them, this is how you feel. This is why I think time you spend with your child is so important. I know how much you love your child. You know how much you love you child. What’s so critical is does your child know how much you love your child? Our children need us to be interested in them and to demonstrate our love for them by spending time with them right through adolescence.How Do We Know that Children Need So Much Time? The more you give, more they want. If they don’t get it, they behave badly to try to get it. Our children will need us, love us and want us more than we can imagine. We give them their sense of belonging, and security. Children can crave this so much that when it’s not given naturally and spontaneously, they will behave in what ever ways they think they have to in order to get it. Time to Do What? Talk Talk about your day, their day, what you are going to do, what you are seeing on street, what they are watching on television, what they like to do, your childhood, their relatives, their toys. Play Sit with them while they play, and talk to them about what they are doing. Listen Look at their faces when they are telling you something. If it seems important to them, stop what you are doing and sit down with them to hear it. Quiet Time Sit with them while they watch TV (this can be painful but important) or while they are getting ready for bed. Share Invite them to do something or go somewhere with you, to show you enjoy their company.
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