How to teach your kid to program
Tiger Woods started golfing at age three. What’s to say a kid couldn’t start programing at age three. (Hmmm, they would have to know their alphabet first. Small hurdle!) Wired.com has a sizeable list of resources for teaching your kid how to program. Who knows, he or she could be the next Bill Gates.
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Read MoreVolunteering: Five ways to practice compassion
Volunteering in my opinion is compassion with hands and feet. Volunteering is one avenue to help teach your kid the value of compassion and selflessness. This tends to go against the mainstream idea of “Me first!” I remember one time around Christmas time, there were several elderly ladies who lived in the area by themselves and had no one around for the Christmas holiday. At the time, my family didn’t have much money, but my dad went out and bought several boxes of fruit. He helped my sibling and I to put together several homemade fruit baskets. We proceeded to make our way to each widow’s home passing out the fruit baskets and spending some time chatting. Volunteering that evening left a lasting reminder in my mind to show compassion through volunteering. Below you will find a list of five ways to volunteer and help your child practice compassion:
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Do you know what your child is posting on Myspace or Facebook?
In the past week Myspace.com banned 29,000 sex offenders from using Myspace. I applaud their action but realize that it wouldn’t take much for them to cook up some phony identity, log back on and get back to their old habits. Below are several points to discuss with your teen in regards to posting online via Myspace, Facebook, or other social networking sites:
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Pacifiers Decorated with Crystals Recalled Due to Aspiration and Ingestion Hazards
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firms named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
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Financial Independence – How and when do I cut the financial apron strings?
When do I stop supporting my kids financially. Do I support them through college? Do I support them after college? How do I stop supporting them financially? Is there a solid exit strategy from doing so? For at least eighteen years you expect to support you kids financially. When do you stop?
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