Since 2005 we’ve had German Shepherds trained for the personal protection of our family. The training requires their obedience which results in their devotion to our family. Our first German Shepherd, Schatzi, had an excellent nose. The kids would put her on a stay command, and then run and hide. Once hidden they would shout …
Want to do something fun and creative with your children? Make paper dolls. After the doll is made, the fun has just began! Next come clothes, more clothes and countless hours of fun spent dressing and playing with the dolls.
What is sibling rivalry? It’s jealousy, competition and fighting that occurs between brothers and sisters. But when you think about it, you’ll notice that jealousy, competition and fighting is not unique to siblings. Rivalry occurs among all subgroups of the population: relatives, neighbors, classmates, co-workers, competitors, political candidates, etc. Anywhere there are human beings, you’re …
Years ago, my in-laws had a very unique coffee table in front of their sofa. It had been fashioned by their son who had worked construction, building custom homes in a resort town. When one of the homes was completed there were scraps leftover. A laminated beam made of fir was refashioned, stained black walnut, …
As in all child raising activities you’ll hear lots of stuff and nonsense about what to do, what not to do, what’s right, what’s not, who’s easier to train: boys or girls, etc. You’ll do best to ignore all of the dogmatic and negative information. Approach the task from a positive mental and emotional frame …
