The primary job of a parent is to prepare their children for how the world really works. We teach and train our children from childhood the knowledge and skills necessary to become independent adults, self-sufficient and upstanding members of societ

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I enjoy scrapping because it gives me the chance to document in my own way, through pictures, our family’s history. I like to think that when I reach my twilight years these scrapbook layouts will put a smile on my face. For when I am old and gray, and too old to read books and papers, a picture would be easier and more entertaining to look a

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Diabetes is one of the leading causes of health risks among children today. A child diagnosed with diabetes can still run and play just like other children and they can be involved in just as many extracurricular activities as other kids may be. For the most part, children diagnosed with diabetes can lead very normal lives.

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Many children are being diagnosed with type 1 and type 2 diabetes today. It's very important that you discuss your child's health with their teachers and caregivers. They will need to know this information concerning your child so that they will know what to do if anything happens while they are at school.

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At some point during my childhood, Dad must not have put quite enough emphasis on how unfair life can actually be...
We try to avoid having all three kids together unless it's a holiday or birthday and then we have no choice. But leaving all three of them alone with Grandma and Grandpa is just a recipe for disaster....Maybe the kids don't

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Inspired by a recent comment on jblu’s website that I’m really not sure had anything to with the post itself, although the post is very good, I decided to make a childhood song my video of the week.

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Dr Phil was talking to parents of severely obese children this evening.

I must admit that when I see these types of shows I get angry. One mother had a 80 lb 3-year-old, one mother wrote in that her 70lb 2-year-old would only eat orange chicken, one mother didn't know what to do about her 351 lb. 15-year-old because "she couldn

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The holidays are right around the corner and for many parents this brings up the age old question about when and if to tell our children the "truth" about Santa. Many of us remember the exact moment we were told that are moms and dads were Santa. For some, this knowledge marked the beginning of the journey from the innocence of childhood

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Memoirs: Childhood memories - Memoirs - Helium - by Paul Dice

I found myself thinks of the past lately.

I guess that what being an adult is really all about, working out what happened in the past.

Yesterday would have been my twentieth wedding anniversary to my first wife, so the day was a reflective one, thinking of who I was and wh

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As Christmas gift-giving time nears, several topics have surfaced as we reflect back on our childhood toys.

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Evelyn, my wife is my childhood sweetheart. We became “on” 9 years before we got married in a simple solemn wedding ceremony at the Sta. Cruz Church chapel. Half of those 9 years were spent quarreling with one another and broke-up 3 times. Our Choir member sang on that “fateful” day. The memorable date was July 10, 1984 meaning 23 years of ma

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My childhood friend Phine and her husband is currently building their first house, her husband told her that he would give her a free hand in choosing the furniture and interior design of the house in one condition, that the bathroom must be really gorgeous, gorgeous enough for him to be able to drink his coffee inside it. I said that what is

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These bathroom ideas and designs I found from the web are for my dear childhood friend who is currently in the process of building their family home after years of saving and aspiring for a dream home. A beautiful interior design for a house is not complete without a nice-looking bathroom. These bathroom ideas and designs will hopefully excit

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Imagine a table of superheros getting together after a night on patrol and unwinding with a friendly game of poker. Which of our childhood icons would win and how would they use their powers to outplay and out last their competition? We explore the battle between Superman, Batman, Spiderman, Wonder Woman and the rest in a versus post, but wit

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Wordsworth is one of the most celebrated Nature poets. In his 'Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood' he like his usual self talkes about Nature and how the influence seems to loosen its grip upon us as we are involved in materialistic world. In this post I have talked about the autobiographical elements in t

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