Stop Those Credit Card Offers!Written by Cindy Morus
You can stop receiving credit card offers in mail! It's really easy to do - just phone 1-888-567-8688 and follow prompts and provide requested information including Social Security number, date of birth, etc. Do this for every adult member of your household, including college students.
| | Creating a Family IdentityWritten by Ginny Warren
CREATING A FAMILY IDENTITY Everyone who has a family has stories to share. Family traditions, quotes and tall tales are valuable tools that can be used to help create a unique family identity. It gives us a sense of where we came from, our values, our sense of humor, our history and sense of belonging to something comfortable, unique and bigger than ourselves. Our family's faith and foundation is transferred to us by other, usually older, family members, and is important to us as we carve out our place in big world. The most obvious and sometimes most difficult way to create a family identity is by taking time to talk to our children, really talk to them, at length, about ourselves, our family growing up, and what their grandparents and great grandparents were like. Why is this so difficult? Because now, more than ever we are shuttling our kids from one activity to another, breathlessly throwing fast food at them and sending them off to bed with no more than, "Brush your teeth," in way of conversation. We drive here and there listening to talk radio while our kids are plugged into video games and MP3 players with headphones that further distance them from their siblings sitting right next to them. In order to enhance your ability to create a family identity, you don't need to quit everything and homeschool your children, although that works for some who are called to that lifestyle. Family traditions are important to building family identity and seem to come naturally with holidays and birthdays. However, so can implementing things as simple as having no electronic entertainment on Mondays in order to enjoy more productive time together. A half hour, bedtime tuck-in with stories, private talks and prayers will nurture a relationship and deepen children's sense of belonging to something bigger and more important than themselves.
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