…These times are critical for brain development as it is where children form neural networks that are involved in problem solving and creativity. Children who lack environments that foster play…
…Looking outward instead of inward gives relief: “It’s not my fault.” What a burden can be lifted! The dog ate my homework. She started it. Bad leaders incited their innocent…
“There’s nothing to do! I’m bored!” is the battle-cry of children everywhere who are on summer vacation. Yet after weeks of counting the days for school to end, children are…
Telephone and notebook The phone rang at 9:30 pm. I looked at the call display and didn’t recognize the name. After a long and crazy day at work as a…
…which I replied, “I’m going to ask my Father!” That evening after supper, he supplied me with the explanation I needed: “It’s a Greek letter that symbolizes the ratio of…
…a few minutes of undivided attention with your children; smile or hug them spontaneously as you fix the car; sit with them and show interest as they surf the net;…
…media, on the temptation of the internet and the video games which are so readily available. I know I will be trying hard this summer (and it won’t always be…
…(about 2500 – 3500 words) which he claims is “short enough to hold people’s attention, including on the Internet, and precise enough to be taken seriously. But it’s also long…