I read this a while ago on a site I can’t remember and it really stuck in my mind. Not just rules for us, but also rules for us to help our little people learn/own, as well. Rules for being Human 1. You will receive a body. 2. You will learn lessons. 3. There are no mistakes, only lessons. 4. A lesson will be repeated until it is learned. 5. Learning lessons does not end. 6. ‘There’ is no better than ‘here.’ 7. Others are merely mirrors of you. 8. What you make of yo

We’re in the middle of an epidemic. You’ve heard it before, and I think you’ll hear it many more times: our kids are fat. Not just heavy, but obese. I’m not going to throw more statistics at you. They are out there, easy to find; google it if you’re interested. Let’s look instead at the main underlying causes: Kids are not moving as much; kids are not eating well; and kids are not spending quality time eating meals with their families, learning appropriate food-related

I think it’s a good time – no, perhaps the best time – for some compassion towards others. There are a lot of angry hate-filled words being tossed about and it saddens me that this is what our populace has to say to one another. Perhaps I may consider one side to be more correct than the other, but as with all opinions, everyone is entitled to their own; it is not for me – or anyone else, for that matter – to say what another has to believe. Treat another with kindness and

I try not to dwell on regret. I try really hard not to think about ‘coulda’ and ‘shoulda’ because really, it’s not going to help what really IS, right? Because you didn’t. So get over it. This isn’t about regret, though. We talked about that last week; this week? Let’s talk about the gift of happiness. Most don’t know that had a second sister, a twin. Very few know that my sister died in a vehicle accident with a BAC of .0459. So literally, almost half of her blood w

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” -Maya Angelou I often write about kindness, and modeling for our kids, and what we can do to help our kids reach out more, and focus on 'we' rather than 'me'. I often write about empathy and sympathizing with others and learning to be compassionate. I often write about being a good citizen and doing things for the betterment of others regard

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/22/opinion/granderson-criminal-kids-responsibility/index.html I have said it before: I know it’s hard to be a parent. I know it takes a lot of time, effort, and giving. I know it’s thankless. This isn’t really new news, though. If you have kids, you also have the responsibility to them and to your self – as well as to society – to raise your kids to know right from wrong. It’s your job to teach them what it means to be responsible for your