"EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT RAISING KIDS..."

Written by Terry L. Sumerlin


"EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT RAISING KIDS…"

While it’s not entirely true that "everything I need to know about raising kids I learned behind a barber chair," it is true that I've learned some things.

I was reminded of these things, after hearing a sad statement from a conscientious dad. He said that he and his son are now on different paths. I asked how old his son is. "Twelve," he answered. I thought of how close I am to Jon, our 22-year-old son, and how it would hurt me to think we were "on different paths" when he was twelve.

But, I also thought ofrepparttar many kids who come through our doors and ofrepparttar 111058 many parents who seem to be getting it right. Thus, I've developed sort of a "Barber-osophy for Raising Good Kids." Here are a few such "Barber-osophies":

1. Be in charge. It doesn't seem possible that a 4-year-old child can control a 40-year-old parent. However, I've seen it happen, and it makes you wonder who isrepparttar 111059 child and who isrepparttar 111060 parent. It also makes you wonder if child abuse doesn't sometimes takerepparttar 111061 form of a parent who won't take charge.

2. Reducerepparttar 111062 choices. While this is relative, depending onrepparttar 111063 age ofrepparttar 111064 child, it seems that children who always have a choice regarding such things as treats and privileges tend to be ungrateful, unhappy and undisciplined. Sometimes it might be more appropriate ifrepparttar 111065 choices are reduced to something I read on a friend’s refrigerator: “This ain’t Burger King. You take it my way or you don’t get it at all.”

It's Broke, Sam - Time To Fix It!

Written by Robert M. Ziegler


This isrepparttar second article I have written this week (bearingrepparttar 111057 same title). Although it relates to a different subject, it still stressesrepparttar 111058 fact that there is definitely something wrong with some of our laws, and with some ofrepparttar 111059 people who enforce them, when protecting someone's freedom of speech is afforded a higher priority than protectingrepparttar 111060 mind of an innocent child. How much longer are Americans going to sit by and letrepparttar 111061 will ofrepparttar 111062 minority rulerepparttar 111063 lives ofrepparttar 111064 majority? Our

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