The other night, I went with my partner to our friends’ house with whom we used to play bridge with on a regular basis. That was, of course, before the baby. It had been four months since our last bridge game and we were keen to get back into the swing of things. The baby in bed, mum was enjoying her ‘night out’ when, out of nowhere, the squeal of a crying child filled the room. It jolted me near out of my skin! Read more…
The story of the Prodigal Son has always bothered me. It seemed to me that the loyal son, the one who stayed and helped the father, lost status when the Prodigal son returned. That didn’t seem fair. I had been reading the story from the perspective of a son. I think the lesson is from the perspective of the parent. Read more…
The variety of camps available today is almost innumerable and there will be some specialized camps that have availability left even into the summer. An overnight summer camp is a supervised program for children and teens conducted during the summer months in many countries; children and teens, formally called campers, who attend camp, participate in a variety of activities, many of which are special interest. There are even overnight summer camps with a focus on self-improvement, weight loss and grief counseling. Read more…
Some babies are unmistakably brilliant from birth. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Mozart were composing music when they were barely out of diapers. S.E. Hinton wrote her first best-selling book at fourteen. But what if your child is not a natural genius. Is there still hope? Research suggests that there is. Read more…
People nowadays have labeled teenagers as thugs and hoodlums, as they’re into drugs, street gangs and crime. Teenagers blame it on their parents, saying they don’t care, or even society itself, saying no one listens and that there’s nothing for kids to do, to keep them off the streets. Read more…