Tag: Family & Education

Dear Next Generation: The Life-Changing Power of Smiling

My most memorable lessons didn’t come as remarkable revelations, like a thwack upside the head to get my attention. No aha moment. No lightbulb. It was quiet, like a whisper that my spirit was ready to hear. While waiting for a friend to join me in a restaurant, I noticed writing on a sugar packet…


Kids and Etiquette: As the World Becomes More Impersonal, Manners Become More Important

Adults who have good manners and are respectful of others evolved from children who had the fortune of having a caring adult who served as a role model. Return the favor to the next generation. Teach by Example How you teach your children is just as important as what you teach them. Teaching by example…


Nap at Preschool May Boost Tots’ Learning

Many parents of preschoolers insist that naps are essential to recharge their little ones during the day and improve their mood. Turns out that daytime shut-eye may also boost early literacy skills. New research by scholars in Australia and England suggests that naps help preschoolers map letters to sounds, a key to reading success later on….


Why Do Birds Sing In The Morning?

Every day just before the sun comes up in the wild places of South Africa something amazing happens. If you go outside and listen carefully you will find that all the birds puff up their feathers and put on a show — a singing show! When the sun hasn’t yet come up it’s just light enough to…


For Kids: Why Do Birds Sing In The Morning?

Every day just before the sun comes up in the wild places of South Africa something amazing happens. If you go outside and listen carefully you will find that all the birds puff up their feathers and put on a show — a singing show! When the sun hasn’t yet come up it’s just light enough to…


Former Teacher Chooses Homeschool: ‘An Incredible Blessing for Our Family’

As some parents decide whether to homeschool their children, a specific facet of the homeschooling population may offer some unique insight. Among homeschoolers you might be surprised to find a great many former public school teachers who said “no thank you” to the prescribed route and chose the path of homeschool for their own children….


The Swindle of Mass Testing and Schooling

In the last few years, I’ve heard a lot of complaints that doctors don’t do real doctoring anymore. They do blood work and run various other scans and tests, but they often can’t seem to figure out the problem if a patient doesn’t fit the cookie-cutter mold that those tests and scans can diagnose. A…


It’s a Girl: Super Rare Sumatran Rhino Born in Captive-Breeding Center

Indonesia has reported the birth of a Sumatran rhinoceros in a captive-breeding program targeted to save the critically endangered species from extinction. The new calf is the first child of captive rhino Rosa at the Way Kambas Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary, and Andatu, a male who was himself born at the sanctuary in 2012. This new…


Your Pets Can Experience the Negative Effects of EMFs Too – Learn Why, and How You Can Mitigate Their EMF Radiation Exposure

Electromagnetic field radiation (EMF) is the electromagnetic energy that emits from all electronic devices including cell phones, laptops, and tablets. By now we’ve all heard of the harmful effects that chronic, daily exposure to EMFs can have on the human body, but have you ever wondered whether or not they are affecting your pets in the same way?…


Dear Next Generation: The Problem of Suffering

Several passages in the Bible refer to the suffering that the Hebrews and several prophets had to endure as they attempted to survive in a variety of hostile environments. A number of times, Jesus noted that he must undergo suffering at the hands of men in order to fulfill certain prophecies, and redeem fallen humanity….