TAKING A STEP BACK FOR OUR CHILDRENWritten 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 have best of everything…..everything, but their parent’s time or guidance? I realize that in this economy, if we want to keep up with 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 over 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 at 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 all 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 than 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 consideration difference of cultures, religions, and race. Does enrolling our children in after school activities such as sports, scouts, dance, etc., take 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 about 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, and teachers can’t teach in that environment. They have to have support of 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, and 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 IncomeWritten by Paul Sanford
Unless you are one of those fortunate few earning more money than you know what to do with chances are that 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 with television blabbing on about something we can’t even remember—and repeat. Is this your life?Do you own a computer and have access to Internet? Then read on but not for 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 around world conduct them for one very simple reason: to boost profits. Market surveys help organizations improve quality of products that they already have as well as aid them in developing new products for 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 to Internet! Even if you don’t have 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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