TAKING A STEP BACK FOR OUR CHILDREN

Written by Kay L. Schlagel


Why is it that as a society we tend to look down on a stay at home mom or dad, but it is perfectly normal for both parents to work, so their kids can haverepparttar best of everything…..everything, but their parent’s time or guidance? I realize that in this economy, if we want to keep up withrepparttar 135216 Jones’, per say, that both parents have to work; but take a look around at our children. Is what they gain in material goods, worth what they lose in parental guidance love and safety? I realize that I’m walking a really fine line here, and probably a good percentage of you, would like to push me overrepparttar 135217 edge already, but think about it. Think about how much you learned at your mom/dad’s knee or even grandparents side, talking about things you didn’t realize were all that important atrepparttar 135218 time, that have stayed with you through out you life. We’re losing those times, that take place during casual chats that you have no way of scheduling into your busy day. You can’t really set a time aside for those casual observations about life; because they only work, when you’re both feeling quiet and comfortable with each other, and not trying to hurry and tell each other every thing that has happened since you’ve last seen each other. I won’t even mention allrepparttar 135219 lessons we learn by example. I don’t want my children ever thinking, their less important then some job I’m running off to every day; and why? To pay for one more vehicle, so we can squeeze in even more activities. Activities…………..what ever happened to life? Who is accountable for teaching our children values? Is it our over-worked, underpaid teacher’s responsibility? How are they going to teach their overcrowded classrooms, with males, females, and different cultures how unique and valuable each and every one of them is with so little time? Their job is to educate our children, not discipline them. Other thanrepparttar 135220 very basics; how are they supposed to try and teach them family values that are different within each family? That doesn’t even take into considerationrepparttar 135221 difference of cultures, religions, and race. Does enrolling our children in after school activities such as sports, scouts, dance, etc., takerepparttar 135222 place of them knowing that when they have a problem, there is a parent actually at home they can talk to? Doesn’t anyone notice how stressed our children have become? I’m not putting down after school activities, but when they become so important that it interferes with time to study, time to play, time to just be….then I have a problem with it. Since when did sitting in front of a TV or a computer playing games for hours; become substitutes for physical healthy activity? I realize at this point that this is a relatively negative article, but we need to take some time and think aboutrepparttar 135223 direction that our child rearing trends are moving. I don’t believe that capital punishment should be allowed in schools, but there has to be some form of discipline to take its place. We have classrooms where kids are in charge, andrepparttar 135224 teachers can’t teach in that environment. They have to haverepparttar 135225 support ofrepparttar 135226 parents. Having been a survivor child abuse I most certainly don’t believe in hurting or abusing a child but there has to be discipline in a home, rules, andrepparttar 135227 most important, respect for other people. Children can’t be expected to discipline themselves, they aren’t little adults, they are children, and should be allowed to be children.

Take Online Surveys to Boost Your Income

Written by Paul Sanford


Unless you are one of those fortunate few earning more money than you know what to do withrepparttar chances are thatrepparttar 135215 income from your current job just doesn’t seem to be enough. Perhaps you are making ends meet but that certainly isn’t helping your savings, is it? Some of us even have two jobs and though we are taking care of our financial obligations, our personal lives are all but non-existent. The day begins with an alarm clock and ends withrepparttar 135216 television blabbing on about something we can’t even remember—and repeat. Is this your life?

Do you own a computer and have access torepparttar 135217 Internet? Then read on but not forrepparttar 135218 promise of becoming some overnight millionaire but for a real way to put cash into your hands every month with a simple investment of a few minutes each day.

They are called market surveys and companies aroundrepparttar 135219 world conduct them for one very simple reason: to boost profits. Market surveys help organizations improverepparttar 135220 quality of products that they already have as well as aid them in developing new products forrepparttar 135221 future. Again, these companies are interested in increasing profits and they need good, accurate, and reliable information to achieve this. Like all of us, they know that anything worth having does not come free. This is why they are willing to pay good money for this information! And in today’s computer age, people like you and I can benefit from all of this simply by having a computer and access torepparttar 135222 Internet! Even if you don’t haverepparttar 135223 computer you can still have your opinions turned into real income by participating in phone surveys or even by previewing movie trailers! There are a number of ways that companies gather data from consumers and they are willing to pay people good money for that information!

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