Teaching Your Child To Lift a Car

Written by Laura Bankston


Yesterday my husband Wade tookrepparttar day off (that’s one ofrepparttar 109159 really cool things about having your own business!). The only bad thing about yesterday is that two ofrepparttar 109160 kids are still sick—they have that cold withrepparttar 109161 horrible cough and congestion.

So, needless to say, I’ve been going a little stir crazy and was so happy forrepparttar 109162 extra help.

The kids were excited too. They love spending time with their Dad.

In fact, on days he does work, there’s a terrible commotion when he comes home. As soon asrepparttar 109163 van pulls inrepparttar 109164 driveway,repparttar 109165 kids run torepparttar 109166 window and start yelling, “Daddy, Daddy, Daddy” in that familiar, excited child chant. Next, as Wade comes uprepparttar 109167 sidewalk, they all scramble to get torepparttar 109168 front door—usually getting in trouble for pushing to see who gets to stand right atrepparttar 109169 opening. Finally,repparttar 109170 front door opens, and everyone cries, “Daddy, you’re home!” They jump up and down while they wait for their turn to be picked up and hug.

There’s nothing my kids like more than spending time with their Dad, and I hoperepparttar 109171 same is true for you too!

So, on Wade’s day home yesterday, he decided that he needed to getrepparttar 109172 garage organized. Of course, everyone wanted to go out and help; and I was just to eager to get some breathing space. Sincerepparttar 109173 garage is heated, they could have a little fun without it slowing down their immune system.

They were probably out there for three hours, but it seemed like only three minutes before they were back inside and desperate for something to eat.

As I fixed them something, I listened to stories fromrepparttar 109174 garage. One that nine-year-old Nathan told me really caught my attention.

Wade prefacedrepparttar 109175 story withrepparttar 109176 fact that he’s teaching Nathan to be a problem solver. While they had been working, he told Nathan about a problem and how it was solved.

Building Teams --You see it everywhere

Written by Stephanie Tuia


A college football team has it. A corporation has it. Even a growing family has it. These three organizations share a common desire to build their prospective teams. For example, a college football team continually needs to bring in new players to replacerepparttar graduating players. A corporation builds its team to help it grow and meetrepparttar 109158 needs of clients. A young married couple who are having children are building their own family team. Each of these results has a different outcome. Inrepparttar 109159 end,repparttar 109160 goal is to work together, help each other, and collectively reach a higher level of performance. Whatever team you are currently involved with, it is surprising at how much organization is needed to build a great team. Furthermore,repparttar 109161 following teams have their own equally important approach as to how they successfully build their prospective teams.

First of all, let’s focus on a college football team. Unlike professional sports, coaches have roughly a four-year time period to retain their players. After that period, an athlete’s eligibility is complete due to graduation. In order to fillrepparttar 109162 void left by graduated players, coaches rely heavily on recruiting new players to continue buildingrepparttar 109163 football team. Coaches look forrepparttar 109164 best athletes who haverepparttar 109165 capability to surpass those athletes before them, so that they can continue a winning team. Coaches face a challenging role to rebuild their program, depending on their previous team’s success. Atrepparttar 109166 end ofrepparttar 109167 football season, coaches must takerepparttar 109168 initiative to re-build their team each year to fill vacancies so their team can move forward again.

During college, I interned for a public relations firm, and on my first day, my supervisor welcomed me with an e-mail that read, Welcome torepparttar 109169 team! At first, I felt that only organized athletics reservedrepparttar 109170 right to userepparttar 109171 word team. On a mature level, I’ve realized companies stay healthy when they implement a team-like atmosphere inrepparttar 109172 workplace. Being on a team brings out motivation and competition in employees, and also helps them to unite, identify their roles onrepparttar 109173 team, and produce stronger results. I’ve attended many career sessions and with every employer I’ve met, they have emphasized their desire to hire college graduates to join their team. Like a college sports team, an employer needs to recruit prospective candidates to fulfill roles in their company.



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