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Influencing Your Grandchildren
I just returned from a week of being with my eighteen and fourteen-year-old grandsons while their parents were on a golfing trip in Montana. My calendar indicated that I would...
Influencing Your Grandchildren
I just returned from a week of being with my eighteen and fourteen-year-old grandsons while their parents were on a golfing trip in Montana. My calendar indicated that I would...
Helping Your Child Do Well In School
It's almost the end of the school year and many parents are concerned about whether their child will pass or be in the same grade for the fall. Worry will...
Helping Your Child Do Well In School
It's almost the end of the school year and many parents are concerned about whether their child will pass or be in the same grade for the fall. Worry will...
My Adult Child Doesn't Communicate
Lately I have been repeatedly hearing parents and their adult children talk about how relationships and communication has changed significantly over the years. As children, our generation would look forward...
My Adult Child Doesn't Communicate
Lately I have been repeatedly hearing parents and their adult children talk about how relationships and communication has changed significantly over the years. As children, our generation would look forward...
Food and You - Live to Eat or Eat to Live
My Norwegian maternal grandmother was a wonderful cook! Grandpa was the grain elevator agent in a small Saskatchewan community and there wasn't a restaurant there so people would go to...
Food and You - Live to Eat or Eat to Live
My Norwegian maternal grandmother was a wonderful cook! Grandpa was the grain elevator agent in a small Saskatchewan community and there wasn't a restaurant there so people would go to...
Easter - Life After Death
I don't know if it's because I am getting older or if there are just a lot more people who are dying. In February, two therapists who I knew died...
Easter - Life After Death
I don't know if it's because I am getting older or if there are just a lot more people who are dying. In February, two therapists who I knew died...
The Difficult Role of Parenting
For years I have had parents come to me asking about how they can change their children or improve their own parenting skills. Unfortunately, they often have the illusion that...
The Difficult Role of Parenting
For years I have had parents come to me asking about how they can change their children or improve their own parenting skills. Unfortunately, they often have the illusion that...
Twelve Tips For The Twelve Days Of Christmas
Every year the PNC Financial Services Group in the United States calculates the cost to purchase all the items in the carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas". For 2012, the...
Twelve Tips For The Twelve Days Of Christmas
Every year the PNC Financial Services Group in the United States calculates the cost to purchase all the items in the carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas". For 2012, the...
Different Perspectives of Christmas
The other day I bought a pop-up book of the Christmas story to share with my seven year old granddaughter. She was so surprised when I mentioned that the stable...
Different Perspectives of Christmas
The other day I bought a pop-up book of the Christmas story to share with my seven year old granddaughter. She was so surprised when I mentioned that the stable...
Confidence for the New Year
When you say that you have confidence in someone or something it generally means that you trust your expectations will be met. There are many, many different things in which...
Confidence for the New Year
When you say that you have confidence in someone or something it generally means that you trust your expectations will be met. There are many, many different things in which...
You Are the Role-Model
Children learn from those around them. What are you saying? Do you tend to use threats with your children that everyone, including you, knows that you will never act upon?...
You Are the Role-Model
Children learn from those around them. What are you saying? Do you tend to use threats with your children that everyone, including you, knows that you will never act upon?...
For These Things We Give Thanks
So often in life we complain about things that are really of no consequences. When we do give thanks, our gratitude is usually limited or tied to pleas for more...
For These Things We Give Thanks
So often in life we complain about things that are really of no consequences. When we do give thanks, our gratitude is usually limited or tied to pleas for more...
Remembrance Day: Did You Ever?
Did you ever... run, walk or work out until you ached all over and then start all over again? wake up in the dark and go to bed hours...
Remembrance Day: Did You Ever?
Did you ever... run, walk or work out until you ached all over and then start all over again? wake up in the dark and go to bed hours...
What Is Labour Day?
When I grew up things were different! All the stores were closed on Sunday and Monday. The whole town shared the same opening and closing times throughout the rest of...
What Is Labour Day?
When I grew up things were different! All the stores were closed on Sunday and Monday. The whole town shared the same opening and closing times throughout the rest of...
Helping Your Child to Finish Well
It's the beginning of June and only a few weeks until students will be facing a summer of leisure. For some, it will be the end of their formal academic...
Helping Your Child to Finish Well
It's the beginning of June and only a few weeks until students will be facing a summer of leisure. For some, it will be the end of their formal academic...
Where Are You From?
Since I was a young child, I have enjoyed hearing stories from friends and relatives about our ancestors and the experiences that they had. My maternal grandmother would say "I...
Where Are You From?
Since I was a young child, I have enjoyed hearing stories from friends and relatives about our ancestors and the experiences that they had. My maternal grandmother would say "I...
Your Memories Are Your Legacy
This year I decided that it was time to bring some order to the family information that I have and to use it to build a legacy for my descendants....
Your Memories Are Your Legacy
This year I decided that it was time to bring some order to the family information that I have and to use it to build a legacy for my descendants....
New Beginnings
I treasure something that my boss of many years ago once said to me. I was wearing a new dress and jewelry at the time and had taken care to...
New Beginnings
I treasure something that my boss of many years ago once said to me. I was wearing a new dress and jewelry at the time and had taken care to...
Remembrance Day Memories
My mother was born in 1921 and therefore was a young adult when World War II began. She often shared memories of her experiences with me. I still have her...
Remembrance Day Memories
My mother was born in 1921 and therefore was a young adult when World War II began. She often shared memories of her experiences with me. I still have her...
New Year One Minute At A Time
Did you know that you have 525,600 minutes waiting for you in the next year? If you sleep for eight hours a night you will have used 175,200 minutes. Working...
New Year One Minute At A Time
Did you know that you have 525,600 minutes waiting for you in the next year? If you sleep for eight hours a night you will have used 175,200 minutes. Working...
The Christmas Touch
According to ancient Christmas custom, a man and a woman who meet under a hanging of mistletoe were obliged to kiss. Some think that this practice may have originated in...
The Christmas Touch
According to ancient Christmas custom, a man and a woman who meet under a hanging of mistletoe were obliged to kiss. Some think that this practice may have originated in...