Yuba County Deputy Valentino Aguirre happened to be in the neighborhood when he got a call of a 1-year-old found in a bathtub who wasn’t breathing. As the closest first responder to the scene, the duty fell on him to save the boy’s life. “I was actually responding to a different call, and I just…
Bodycam Footage Shows 1-Year-Old Boy Found Not Breathing in Bathtub; NorCal Deputy Saves His Life
Autistic Boy, 11, Sees 5-Year-Old Drowning While Swimming in Park, Jumps In to Save His Life
A mom of four has an unlikely hero to thank for saving the life of her son, who nearly drowned at a summer swimming spot mid-July. Melanie Drake and her kids were just trying to beat the summer heat. The family from Wildwood, in northern Alberta, went up to the Rotary Park in Whitecourt, where a…
What Can Amish Values Teach Us?
When most people think of the Amish, the first thing that comes to mind is probably not a magazine. But Marlin Miller isn’t most people. Marlin is the publisher of Plain Values, a magazine that brings good news, stories of inspiring people doing good, and opportunities to make a difference to more than 300,000 readers…
Parenting Matters: Teach Your Kids to Discriminate
When we were kids, our parents taught us right from wrong. They had rather strict rules we had to follow. In addition, they helped us evaluate and judge the actions of other kids and allowed us to make friends only with those who were doing the things our mom and dad considered right and proper….
The United Front
I am not sure exactly when, and there weren’t any eyewitnesses to prove my theory, but there was an alien invasion into the-best-little-boy-in-the-whole-wide-world. I can assure you of that. Understandably, our life was a bit chaotic with four mischievous little boys, but it was great. I could basically solve any problem with a cookie and…
Dear Next Generation: An Incident During Basic Training
As a subscriber to The Epoch Times, I read with interest your published letters from readers offering their advice or experiences to the younger generation. It brought back an incident that I was involved in during basic training, July 1966, at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, that may be of interest to your readers. With the…
Teaching Literature: A Guide for Homeschoolers
Homeschooling parents may find the prospect of teaching their children to read a straightforward endeavor. When it comes to teaching their children literature, however, many find themselves ill-equipped. One resource worth consulting is the CenterForLit, an organization that provides educators and reading enthusiasts tools and guides for exploring and enjoying literary classics. Adam Andrews and…
Advice for New Homeschoolers
The number of families choosing the path of homeschool continues to skyrocket, according to experts. If you listen closely, you may hear the claps and cheers of millions of experienced homeschooling families who know well the great blessing newcomers are bestowing upon their families with this choice. Of course, the homeschool route isn’t the easiest…
Say No to School Daze: Planning and Preparing for the Coming Academic Year
“Summertime, and the livin’ is easy:” that line from George Gershwin’s opera “Porky and Bess” might serve as the motto for many schoolchildren. No homework for a couple of months, no tests and grades, no racing around in the morning throwing books into a backpack and looking for that lost assignment: the summers of my…
Good, True, Beautiful: Great Literature for Middle-School Students
Some readers may be homeschooling their children this year. Others may have enrolled them in private, public, or charter schools. But whatever means we have selected for our children’s education, the desired end results for all of us are pretty much the same. We want our kids to leave high school not only with a…
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