Family: How to Raise Creative Kids

How to Raise Creative Kids

Written by Susan Stump

“Where did he come up with that?” Kids often amaze us with their imaginative ideas, and we should give ourselves a pat on repparttar

back for playing a role in this development. Innovative thinking is essential for success in school and in life, and it’s our job as parents to nurture our kids’ innate desire to be creative. Inventive play fosters original thinking, an asset when children are confronted with new situations. By providing activities that use their creativity and imaginations, we are giving our children an important tool to deal with life down repparttar 111046

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Give them ideas. Children come up with things to do on their own, but we also need to provide them with new ideas of interesting activities. Think back to what you did as a kid. Did you write a diary, create elaborate puppet shows, or sing and dance for relatives? Share ideas from your own childhood experiences. Offer creative writing ideas like writing an episode for a favorite television show or writing a new ending to a favorite story. Craft projects offer another outlet for inspiring imaginations. Craft kits, especially those from Curiosity Kits and ALEX, offer a wide variety of unusual and fun projects. They’ve brought us a long way from repparttar 111047 sock puppets of our youth. These manufacturers offer ideas and supplies to make such things as scrapbooks, powerballs, soaps, candy, sun catchers, dolls, planes, dinosaurs, jewelry treasures, and lots of decorative items. Kids can gather ideas from repparttar 111048 instructions, and then give repparttar 111049 projects their own unique touches.

Are Money Conflicts Ruining Your Relationship?

Written by Margaret Paul, Ph.D.

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Title: Are Money Conflicts Ruining Your Relationship? Author: Margaret Paul, Ph.D. E-mail: mailto:margaret@innerbonding.com Copyright: © 2004 by Margaret Paul URL: http://www.innerbonding.com Word Count: 831 Category: Relationships, Conflict Resolution

Are Money Conflicts Ruining Your Relationship? By Margaret Paul, Ph.D.

Sam and Rita are multimillionaires. Sam is repparttar 111046 president of a multinational corporation and Rita stayed home to raise their three children, whom are now all adults. Having reached this place in life, one would think that Sam and Rita would be really enjoying their life and their financial freedom. But this is not repparttar 111047 case. Sam is constantly anxious about money and even envious toward others who have even more than they have. Sam still tries to control how much money Rita spends, even though they have more money than they could possibly spend during repparttar 111048 rest of their lives. The control issues around money cause frequent conflicts between Sam and Rita.

Millie and Harold are also struggling with financial issues. Millie and Harold, while not rich, are financially comfortable. But Millie is constantly worrying that there won’t be enough money, and is often angry with Harold for not making more money. The anxiety and power struggles over money keep Millie and Harold from feeling close and intimate with each other.

Rebecca and Jack are also in conflict over money. Rebecca works hard in her home-based business yet barely brings in enough money to support them and their two children. She is frequently very resentful that Jack, who also has a home-based business, is not motivated to work hard. Rebecca ends up feeling anxious, put-upon and angry in repparttar 111049 face of Jack’s resistance to working. In fact, Rebecca is thinking of leaving Jack because of her frustration with his lack of motivation. Without him around, she would have fewer mouths to feed.

There are two types of concerns regarding money that cause relationship problems:

1. Actual money concerns, such as in Rebecca’s situation, where there really isn’t enough money and one of repparttar 111050 partners is not pulling his or her weight. In this case, repparttar 111051 problem centers around resistance and lack of personal responsibility on repparttar 111052 part of one partner.

2. Fabricated money concerns, such as with Sam and Rita and Millie and Harold. In these situations, repparttar 111053 anxiety and conflicts are coming from fear that is not based on reality. The obsession with money is causing power struggles and control issues to undermine repparttar 111054 intimacy in repparttar 111055 relationship. Money is more important than caring.

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