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  • Hurtful Situations At School - What To Do At Home To Lessen The Hurt
    In the first five years of our children's lives, we are able to protect them from most of life's hurts. If they fall and scrape a knee, we clean, bandage, and kiss it. When they wake up frightened or sick in the middle of the night, we hold them tightly and wipe away their tears.

    However, when they turn five and begin school, their worlds expand greatly. They begin interacting with many children who come from backgrounds both like and unlike their own.

    It is no surprise...
  • Poisonings In Children - Which Household Products Are Hazardous?
    As parents, we do our best to keep our children healthy and safe. We buckle up their seatbelts, tell them to wash their hands before dinner, and to eat their fruits and vegetables. Yet, childhood poisonings occur every day across the globe. According to Safe Kids Worldwide, one hundred children ages fourteen and under died in 2002 because of accidental poisonings. Fifty-seven percent of these deaths occurred in children ages four and under. Safe Kids Worldwide also reports th...
  • Childhood Cancer, Asthma, And Allergies - Are Chemicals To Blame?
    Infectious diseases like polio and smallpox are virtually unheard of these days. However, cancer, asthma, and life-threatening allergies are on the rise in children. In fact, cancer is the number one cause of disease-related deaths in children, according to the American Cancer Society. As well, asthma rates have more than doubled in the last twenty years.

    When I think back to my school years, I can only remember two children who had asthma or allergies. At that time, peanu...
  • "The Secret" To Working From Home
    By now, you have probably heard about “The Secret.” Oprah Winfrey and Larry King have interviewed the people who contributed to the creation of “The Secret” DVD and book.

    So if you do not know what “The Secret” is, I am going to tell you. “The Secret” is the “Law of Attraction.” This means that everything that happens to you, good or bad, occurs because you have attracted it by your thoughts. In other words, you will attract what you think about most. For example, i...
  • Business Owner Or Employee - What Are You?
    I have often heard business owners say that they could never imagine working for someone else, because they love the freedom that business ownership offers. On the other hand, I have heard employees say that they would never want to have their own businesses. They believe that there are a lot of hassles associated with being a business owner.

    I have been both an employee and a business owner, and have noticed that business owners and employees have two different ways of...

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