Children
Incentives Can Encourage Feelings of Accomplishment
Do you know the difference between a bribe and an incentive? Are your children and employees always concerned with WIIFE (what’s in it for me)? Do you think the sense of entitlement some children have is growing? How do you teach the inner reward when t [read more...]
Presents or Presence? Which Gift is the Most Priceless?
Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to get her poor dog a bone, when she got there, the cupboard was bare. And so her poor dog got none.
Do you remember the old nursery rhymes from Mother Goose? Does your cupboard feel bare? How about your bank a [read more...]
The House Of Christmas Every One Needed It
Over the years, dollhouses have never failed to amaze children and even the children at heart. Dollhouses provide simple pleasure to those who own it and it is an excellent medium to unleash ones creativity and imagination.
Many people, especially child [read more...]
Making Time for the People You Love
Last weekend my daughter, Hannah and I had a special Daddy Daughter Day . Hannah suggested we travel to downtown Chicago and go to the American Girl Doll outpost near Michigan Avenue. She wanted to get a new outfit for her doll with the allowance that she sav [read more...]
How To Make Christmas A Fun Filled Time For Kids
Christmas is a very exciting time of the year, especially for children. With the festive season approaching here are a few ideas of how to keep the kids entertained before the big day.
Anyone who has been around little ones during December will be famil [read more...]
Children, Parents and Common Questions for Today
Children are often touted as being very important members of society because they represent our future.
Positive outcomes for children’s behaviour in a leisure or education setting will be produced only when the environments have been design with [read more...]
How My Daugher Left Home
When we have children we do so knowing that one day in the very distant future they will leave home. We love them, nurture them, feed, clothe and educate them and above all, we love them.
We do it all in the hopes that they will become happy and heal [read more...]
At What Age Should a Child Have a Cell Phone?
Well, I finally broke down and bought my 10-year-old son a cell phone yesterday. I saw it coming, and tried to resist for as long as I could but eventually I gave in.
I thought a 10 year old would be far too young to assume the responsibility of a cell [read more...]
How to Make Someone Feel Special
As a relationship expert, I’m often asked how to mend a broken relationship. My response is always with a question: Do you take the time to make your wife, girlfriend, mother, daughter, son, etc fell special?
As a dad I enjoy doing things that oth [read more...]
How Children Really Understand the True Meaning of Honesty
It was just a typical weekend with the family at home but an extra special weekend for my 8 year-old son who was having his cousin stay with us for a sleepover. His cousin is only 5 years old and adores his older cousin to death. It was all squeals of laught [read more...]
