Stages
28 Nov How To Be A Gentleman: How to Pay a Compliment
Gloria Starr offers advice on how to pay a compliment. ...
28 Nov How to be a Gentleman – How to Shake Hands
Gloria Starr offers advice on how to shake hands correctly. ...
13 Oct Smart Phones, Dumb People
03 Oct Preparing for Christmas
We have a custom of celebrating Advent. We gather the family around and burn one candle on the first Sunday of Advent in the evening while we read a part of the bible that has to do with the Holy family. We do this...
03 Oct Adolescents & Problems
Adolescence is a difficult time in the lives of young people both for themselves and their educators, parents and teachers. This period is normally associated with conflict, turmoil and tension. It is common for parents to be "de-mythologized in this period. The mass media plays...
03 Oct How Parents Deal Effectively with Their Adolescent Children
Remind yourself of your real job as a parent: to raise adults, not children. Your job is not to keep your children busy and amused, nor just to keep them out of trouble and make them behave, nor to exercise a kind of "damage control"...
03 Oct Party Advice from Peers
From a young adult woman: I never partied in high school. It wasn't my thing. But after graduation I felt I missed out, so to fill that void I seemed to go out more. Things I learned: Almost everybody is drinking. So much of what is...
03 Oct Partying Advice for Parents of Teens and Young Adults
I received these comments after soliciting many people for advice. May they help you in navigating these issues in your family. MH: As a parent you need to equip your kids with the truth. It's illegal to drink under age. If you have consumed any amount...
03 Oct Tips for the Teen Years
ADJUST to the new emerging adolescent. It's not easy and takes quite a bit of time. Cut yourself some slack and your teen as well, but do be vigilant. Don't be neglectful. Your teenager is not an adult yet. He/she may look like one, but...
03 Oct Partying Tips for Young Parents
LAY THE FOUNDATION Parents have the privilege of forming the minds and hearts of their children and need to invest a lot of time in doing so, particularly in the young years. They lay foundations for their children by their love, availability, example, shared activity and...