Reflect Upon Your Harvest At Thanksgiving I don't know about you, but at this time of year I always think of work. It’s harvest time. Because of the years I spent in the MidWest, I was around people who were harvesting produce, bringing in the crop for the year. The quirks of nature notwithstanding, they would be reaping what they had sown. The result of their work was visible, and commensurate to the amount of effort and care they had...... Similar Editorial : by Linda LaPointe. | Source : Raise Self Confidence
Whatever You Fear Has Already Happened That huge elephant, I thought to myself for the 100th time, tethered on that tiny stake. They can weigh up to 7 tons, and there was this huge elephant rocking back and forth, kept from moving more than a few feet by … an electric fence? 25 armed men? No, by a small chain on a tiny stick. How can this happen? How has it forgotten what it’s capable of? This can happen to any mammal, including you...... Similar Editorial : by LeAnn R. Ralph.
How To Cope When Someone You Love Is Deployed When we must part with a loved one, we have physical and emotional reactions beyond our control. Our emotional intelligence skills can help us manage them. Having someone you love deployed is extremely stressful. PROTEST-DESPAIR Newborns separated from their mothers show us the extremes of "protest-despair behavior." When the infant is separated, the body reacts, pumping out stress hormones that...... Similar Editorial : by Adeyemi Adetosoye. | Source : Dating In College
About Your Copyright With the easy access of the Internet, more people are writing and creating and displaying their art publicly than ever before. As a marketing coach, I receive many questions about copyrights – how to get your own, and how to know about someone else’s work. WHAT EXACTLY IS A COPYRIGHT?According to the U. S. Copyright Office, a copyright is “a form of protection provided by the laws of the United...... Similar Editorial : by Judith Kallos. | Source : Copywriting Course
When Youre The New Employee Or Temporary It’s amazing what people don’t think to tell you when you’re new to their place of business. Everyone should be required to work somewhere new for a “first day” about once a year to remember what it’s like. Someone who’s worked in the same office for months of years forgets, so you’ll have to remind them.Every new employee needs to know at the absolute minimum:?Where to park?Dress code, especially...... Similar Editorial : by Lyle Cochran. | Source : Michigan Career Builder
All I Want For Christmas Is My Son Back The holidays are upon us … and how they churn up our emotions. The expectations … the memories … the empty chairs … Somewhere there’s the Norman Rockwell family celebrating, but it was never at my house. Was it at yours?A client and I have in common the loss of beautiful young men on the cusp of adulthood -- my youngest son, who died at 21, 3 years ago; her younger brother, who died at 17, much...... Similar Editorial : by Kristin Johnson. | Source : Christmas Decorations
Christmas & Ways To Dress Up The Traditional Pie Here are some ways to dress up the “traditional” favorites at your Christmas dinner. 1. Make your usual pie crust, 2-crust version. Line the pie tin, put in the filling, and now it’s time to play. Roll out the second crust and start cutting shapes – using cooky cutters or free form with a knife. At Thanksgiving, for instance, up at my son’s house I was stuck without the “necessary’ equipment so I...... Similar Editorial : by Kristin Johnson. | Source : Christmas Decorations
Christmas Libations For Little Elves Please make the children's table festive! I watched a little munchkin’s face fall last holiday when she realized she was relegated to the “children’s table.” I make it the focal point of my own decorating, and invite you to consider the possiblities!Here are some festive drink recipes for the little elves at your celebration. Choose festive ware and garnish. Any drink with whipped cream, you can...... Similar Editorial : by Kristin Johnson. | Source : Christmas Decorations
Family Vacations And Expectations It’s that time of year again: Time for the family vacation. It’s a good time to rethink some things like perfectionism, expectations, and the meaning of the word “vacation.”First of all, we call it a “vacation,” but if you’re the parent, it isn’t going to be one for you. In fact you’re likely to work harder than you would at home, so why not call it “The Children’s Vacation.” Children don’t need a...... Similar Editorial : by Sarah J Holt. | Source : Family Vacation
Interview With A Coach Who Helps Men Become Better Fathers “He’s disobeyed me again,” Bill fumed as he walked in the door at night. The kitchen was a mess and his teenage son was playing “Grand Theft Auto: Vice City” on the computer with rap music blaring at 106 dB, known to cause permanent damage in less than 4 minutes, and homework nowhere in sight; all things Bill had fought with his son about before. Bill’s heart started pounding and he shook with...... Similar Editorial : by Ken Marlborough. | Source : Fatherhood
How To Handle A Mid-School Year Move Q: What’s worse than moving?A: Moving in the middle of the school year.My family did it more than once when I was growing up. I still remember some of the incidents-being introduced in the front of the class, having to share a locker until they could find one for me, breaking into the already-formed social groups, having the wrong "accent". Whatever the reason for the move, moving is stressful....... Similar Editorial : by Vincent Stevenson. | Source : Online Distance Learning Courses
Are You Protecting Your Child��s Hearing Properly? 5.2 million 6-19 year old have hearing loss directly related to noise exposure*. Don’t let your child be part of this unfortunate group.PEACE & QUIET “Offer your child peace and quiet,” says the Noise Center. “Noise poses a serious threat to children's hearing, health, learning and behavior.” (And I can’t think of an adult who functions well in a noisy environment either.) “Peace” and “quiet”...... Similar Editorial : by Angie Dixon. | Source : Teenager Help
Six Things You Can Do To Protect Your Child��s Hearing 5.2 million 6-19 year old had hearing loss directly related to noise exposure according to the 3rd National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2000, reported on Dangerous Decibels, http://www.dangerousdecibels.org . According to a study done by Montgomery and Fujukawa in 1992, “Over the last 10 years, the percentage of 2nd graders with hearing loss has increased 2.8 times; hearing loss in...... Similar Editorial : by Angie Dixon. | Source : Teenager Help
Tech Abuse And Your Child: What You Can Do New technology brings new ways to stay in touch and guard your child's safety but it also brings new ways to steal, cheat, bully, act irresponsibly, and harm others.Bullying via camera cell phones and Internet is an international problem and misuse starts younger than you might imagine. BBC reports that one in nine 5-9 year olds has a mobile phone, and over a third of primary school children with...... Similar Editorial : by Sam Vaknin. | Source : Teenager Help
