Family: Using a Can of Beans to Make Your Child Feel Important

Using a Can of Beans to Make Your Child Feel Important

Written by Laura Bankston

It never ceases to amaze me...children.

They are such little miracles, and at times I'm just overwhelmed with repparttar responsibility of them.

Tonight as I watched my daughter, Maegan, I was amazed at how excited she was, how important that she felt - all because of a can of green beans.

That's right, a can of green beans.

Today was an extremely busy day, so when we got home at 4:45; repparttar 110324 kids were hungry and I was tired. So, I decided to warm a frozen lasagne and have that and green beans.

Three-year-old Maegan wanted to help, and tonight was repparttar 110325 perfect night since dinner was going to be so simple.

So first, I put repparttar 110326 lasagne in repparttar 110327 microwave to cook, set repparttar 110328 timer, and let Maegan press repparttar 110329 'start' button. That's great excitement to her, you know. I'm sure you've seen repparttar 110330 same thing with your toddlers.

Then we put repparttar 110331 lasagne in repparttar 110332 oven together to brown. She knows where repparttar 110333 light button is on repparttar 110334 oven, and she loves to be able to check on her food cooking all by herself.

Just before repparttar 110335 lasagne was done, I opened repparttar 110336 cans of green beans. I gave her a container and repparttar 110337 opened cans. She was so excited to pour repparttar 110338 green beans into repparttar 110339 dish (and that's also good motor development work). She concentrated so hard to make sure all repparttar 110340 beans went into repparttar 110341 dish. But, repparttar 110342 green beans were in a pile, so she asked for a spoon to 'spread out 'her' green beans.' I let her do that, and then we put them in repparttar 110343 microwave - with her pressing repparttar 110344 start button of course.

Seven Steps to A Sucessful Future

Written by Cheryl haining

Seven Steps to A Sucessful Future

Being successful in life is difficult unless you ensure you have a balanced life. To obtain repparttar optimal benefits you must be passionate about your life plan and believe 100% in what you are doing. It is important to have an end goal firmly in your mind, a plan in place to reach repparttar 110323 goal and steps in place to follow, which will lead to your goal. It is also imperative to maintain your physical health in repparttar 110324 best shape possible. If you do not believe in what you are doing, then stop now. Find something that you really want to be involved in and something that offers positive outcomes.

Have A Goal

Without a goal you are like a ship without a rudder, or a wind up toy spinning in circles. You are working but have no clear idea why. Spend time writing down your goals. Make short-term goals to be accomplished within a week. Perhaps your first goal will be to have a written list of goals with realistic time frames within 7 days. Have specific goals. “I want to be a rich within two years,” is not a goal it is a daydream. Zig Ziglar quotes research that has proven that those with a well-defined written plan will succeed at a much higher level than those that have no clear goals and guidelines. Ask yourself “Where do I want to be in 12 months? Then write down your goals and focus on repparttar 110325 results. Now get going! It is that simple. Just set your goals, follow your plan, be committed and you will achieve.

The Plan To Reach Your Goal

Success doesn’t simply happen. It is something for which you prepare – and you need a plan. Set yourself a 90-day plan. First: Choose your goal. Is it finding a great business opportunity? Is it buying or paying off a house? Having children? Amount of income? Your body shape or fitness level? Secondly: Determine how you will meet these goals. Determine repparttar 110326 budget you need, have a plan, how much reading you need to do, other activity needed to meet these goals. Thirdly: Evaluate your goal every week to make sure you are on track. If you are not reaching your goal then double your effort. Break down your goals to manageable steps. Congratulate yourself when your plan works well.

Step By Step - The Daily Method of Operation (DMO)

When you have your plan in place spend some time working out what your priorities are. Spend most time on what will give you repparttar 110327 most benefit. Don’t procrastinate. Work on achieving repparttar 110328 most difficult task first. Begin by keeping a time diary for one week. Include everything you do from repparttar 110329 time you get out of bed, until you go back to bed. This is a difficult task and requires commitment. If you can stick to this it will pay off. How much time a week do you spend in repparttar 110330 shower, thinking about what to do next, watching TV etc? You will be amazed at where you can save precious time when you analyze this diary. Next make a plan for your day. Enter into this everything to be achieved in repparttar 110331 day and repparttar 110332 time you will allow for this to happen. When you have a realistic DMO and follow it you will be amazed at how much more you will achieve in one day.

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